[stylist] Braille really is beautiful

[Judith Bron]

Angela,  I could be that lady.  When I first suffered vision loss a handicap 
specialist at SUNY Buffalo strongly advised against learning braille.  He 
claimed that braille was too bulky and useless.  He claimed that everything 
I needed was on tape at the time.  Obviously he was wrong.  Learning braille 
is on my to do list now.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Angela fowler" <fowlers at syix.com>
To: "'NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 4:00 PM
Subject: [stylist] Braille really is beautiful


>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.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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