[stylist] Blind and segregation

[Donna Hill]

Parents don't insist because they are strong-armed by the public school 
officials with budget concerns who tell them that their child doesn't 
need Braille.  We still live in a world where authority figures are 
deferred to, whether they're right or not.  I think it would be easier 
to convert the school authorities with a change in the legislation than 
trying to find every parent who isn't standing up for their kids and 
train them in time to avoid having the kid miss out on their education.  
Surely, the parents who join the NFB are given some support for standing 
up for Braille literacy, but how many parents don't belong?  I really 
think the schools must be forced to do it.
Donna

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LoriStay at aol.com wrote:
> No.   The main reason is that parents don't insist, loud and long, with 
> advocates behind them when the schools balk.   Braille has been taught to the two 
> blind children in Chatterton School in Merrick, and all their work is presented 
> to them in Braille.   Actually, one of them is now in Middle school, and I've 
> no idea what they do there, but her background is solid because her parents 
> insisted.
> Lori
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>> The main reason that Braille is not taught in public schools is
>> two-fold. 
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