[stylist] Braille really is beautiful

[Angela fowler]

I grew up with  a lady, a couple of years older than myself, who had a good
bit of usable vision. She refused to learn Braille as a kid, preferring the
"Normality" of reading print despite compromising her ability to do work
efficiently. Now she is older and wiser, and wishes fervently she had
learned Braille. I gave her the print portion of one of those NFB membership
packets, which is evidently in large print. She can not read it except when
the light is ideal, and then she reads very slowly. It's a sad situation.  

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Nikki B.
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 12:55 PM
To: 'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Schools run by blind people

HI Helene and all,

I'll just put my 2 cents in here. As someone who grew up legally blind but
still reading print with the help of magnifiers, glasses and such, I do wish
I had learned braille as a kid. I did learn it at 32 years of age and it was
not hard but I am not a very fast reader and I am much too dependent on my
eyes even though now I have much less vision than I used to. Letting go of
using my vision is a constant struggle. Learning more non-visual techniques
(including braille) as a kid would have helped I think. Of course, my
hindsight is almost 20/20. (grin)

Nikki B.
 

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From: stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of helene ryles
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 2:28 PM
To: NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Schools run by blind people

Judith: I agree we should be encouraging ALL low vision and blind kids to
learn braille.

I've heard that braille reading is easier to pick up when you learn while
very young. Do you know the age when braille becomes harder to pick up?

Helene

On 26/03/2009, Judith Bron <jbron at optonline.net> wrote:
>   I've seen nearly blind people read hard copy with the book or paper 
> next to their nose and can read maybe 10 words a minute on a good day.
> I think this is the place where we should be proactive.  Let's define 
> what "partially sighted" means.  I'm not talking driver's licenses, 
> but sight skills like reading, sewing and other skills that require 
> sight.  I'm not talking about the fact that the blind can use adapted 
> sewing devices, I'm talking about sewing on a button using a regular 
> needle and thread.  Judith
>
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