[stylist] Schools run by blind people

[Judith Bron]

A child's mind is like a sponge.  Depending on what you teach them, that 
information will be available for life.  For those who were sighted children 
we learned how to read and just did it because we didn't know how not to 
read.  We all learned number facts as children and use that information in 
many situations because it became second nature to refer to it.  I have 
children and grandchildren who go from bi-lingual to quadra lingual.  I 
speak only English with a smattering of a few other languages but my kids 
and their kids learned these languages as children.  A child learns to walk, 
talk, what to avoid because it is dangerous and how to interact socially. 
Yes, if you teach a child Braille from an early age, it will be their's for 
life.  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara Hammel" <poetlori8 at msn.com>
To: "NFBnet Writer's Division Mailing List" <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2009 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] Schools run by blind people


>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
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> Subject: Re: [stylist] Schools run by blind people
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>> 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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