[stylist] New THOUGHT PROVOKER #151- The Braille Princess

[Judith Bron]

Lori, A sighted child can communicate perfectly well with a blind child. 
The signing is the only way to communicate with a deaf child.  Even then, I 
would guess only the children who want to communicate with the deaf child 
would learn this method of communication.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LoriStay at aol.com>
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] New THOUGHT PROVOKER #151- The Braille Princess


Why not?   Lots of kids who aren't deaf learn sign to talk to deaf friends.
  So why can't kids learn Braille to pass notes to a friend?   But in this
case, I expect the teacher wouldn't be teaching all the kids Braille.   Even
vision teachers (at least in my state) don't know enough Braille to really
be effective.
(Sorry.   Can't seem to keep the cynicism out of my emails!)
Lori

In a message dated 11/15/09 9:33:25 PM, justin.williams2 at gmail.com writes:


> I like the open mindedness of the teacher, but she shouldn't teach the
> other
> kids to read Braille. Its not necessary.
>
>

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