[stylist] Schools run by blind people

[Barbara Hammel]

I do believe I heard somewhere that between the ages of three and nine is 
when a child is most receptive to learning new languages.  I guess that 
would also include different ways to communicate also, like Braille and sign 
language.
Barbara

If wisdom's ways you wisely seek, five things observe with care:  of whom 
you speak, to whom you speak, and how and when and where.

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From: "James Canaday M.A.  N6YR" <n6yr at sunflower.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 9:39 PM
To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [stylist] Schools run by blind people

> helene,
> as far as I know there isn't a particular age, it is simply the earlier 
> the better.  my wife learned braille in kindergarten, I learned it in 8th 
> grade after I lost my squinty little vision.  guess which of us is a much 
> faster braille reader!
> jc
>
> Jim Canaday M.A.
> Lawrence, KS
>
> At 01:27 PM 3/26/2009, you wrote:
>>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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