[rehab] Using Sleep Shades in Chapter and State Affiliate-SponsoredBraille Classes

[Jan Bailey]

Mary:
I find that when people don't use shades, they automatically get their face 
down close to the Braille, even if they can't see it, and then they soon 
have a back ache.
Jan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Donahue" <braille at satx.rr.com>
To: <napub at nfbnet.org>
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Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2011 7:57 PM
Subject: [rehab] Using Sleep Shades in Chapter and State 
Affiliate-SponsoredBraille Classes


> sHello everyone,
>
>    Our chapter in San Antonio will be starting a Braille class this coming 
> Saturday in which I will be the lead instructor, and several members will 
> be assisting me. Lately, a question came up whether to use sleep shades. 
> I've studied both _The _McDuffy _Reader and _The _Slate _Book. I agree 
> with both Jennifer Dunnam and Sharon Monthei that using sleep shades is a 
> must. Our president, however, seems to think that we should not make the 
> students wear sleep shades unless students continuously bend down to look 
> at the Braille. The class planning committee met by telephone conference 
> earlier, and all of us on the call agreed we should use sleep shades. (Our 
> president was absent, and definitely in the minority.)So far, those four 
> students who are coming on Saturday have some or total vision.
>
>    My question is do any of you know of chapters or state affiliates who 
> have sponsored Braille classes, and have the students worn sleep shades? 
> Please let me know as soon as possible before this coming Saturday so I 
> can forward your responses to the other committee members.
>
>    Thank you in advance.
>
> Mary Donahue, a nervous aspiring Braille teacher
>
> "Be well, do good work, and keep in touch."
> Garrison Keillor
>
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