[stylist] Braille

[vejas]

Hi.
Yes, jumbo Braille and very small Braille are very hard to read.  
It deffinetly baffles my sighted peers when they see that I can't 
read the jumbo Braille, because they're like, "It's Braille." 
There's a huge difference between the 2.
Vejas


 ----- Original Message -----
From: Bridgit Pollpeter <bpollpeter at hotmail.com
To: <stylist at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 15:29:34 -0600
Subject: [stylist] Braille

Jackie,

I don't believe jumbo Braille is accessible as regular Braille.  
I
actually have found jumbo Braille to be even more tedious than 
regular
Braille.  I can feel the raised dots but have problems 
distinguishing the
characters.

There are different types of neuropathy, and yes, it can affect 
anyone.
After the unknown viral infection, pneumonia and uraceptis hit 
me, which
is what caused my blindness, it also affected other areas of my 
health.
I since have developed neuropathy, tachycardia (which is an 
accelerated
heart rate) and my already low blood pressure will suffer 
episodes of
dangerously low numbers.  And I'm only 31.

Like you, I find Braille a unique way in which to explore letters 
and
words.  They say you use your visual part of the brain to learn 
Braille,
and I definitely visualize the letters and characters in my head.  
When I
was first learning Braille and computer with JAWS, I would have 
problems
typing quickly since I kept visualizing Braille as opposed to the 
actual
letters, and for me, this would trip me up, grin.

Braille is a crucial and vital tool for blind people though, and 
I know
a few people with severe dyslexia who have experimented with 
learning
Braille, and it seems to help.  It's scary to think people, 
including
blind people, want and believe Braille is becoming obsolete.  I 
know this
is a huge issue that sparks a lot of debates and contraversy , 
but also
remember that print, to an extent, is in danger of changing as 
well.  My
mom has been a teacher for 16 years, and she says in public 
schools they
use computers and other screen devices like tablets in which to 
teach
instead of good old pencil and paper.  Kids are learning to read 
and
write on computers, and you have to wonder what will be the 
outcome for
removing tactile sensations from society.

Okay, this has turned into a rant, smile.

Sincerely,
Bridgit Kuenning-Pollpeter, editor, Slate & Style
Read my blog at:
http://blogs.livewellnebraska.com/author/bpollpeter/

"If we discover a desire within us that nothing in this world can
satisfy, we should begin to wonder if perhaps we were created for
another world."
C.  S.  Lewis

Message: 8
Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2013 17:33:28 -0700
From: "Jacqueline Williams" <jackieleepoet at cox.net
To: "'Writer's Division Mailing List'" <stylist at nfbnet.org
Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille
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Bridgit,
I did not know that this neuropathy hit any but the older among 
us.  I
did label all the folders in my file in Braille, but can no 
longer read
it.  I am not only a promoter of Braille for the Blind, I truly 
feel it
ought to be on the general curriculum.  My reasons may appear 
strange,
but never have I internalized the structure of words as I did 
when
learning the advanced words.  In retrospect, I felt it would have 
helped
my learning disabled students.  When you feel the letters and 
also
visualize them, it works wonders for memory.  I an thing of all 
of the
prefixes, suffixes, short cuts, etc.  There is so much of value.
My grandson, then 5 when I was practicing it, picked it up so 
fast, and
was so enthusiastic, that I wished it had been something 
regularly
studied in his "seeing" classroom.  They do not publish anything 
in jumbo
Braille, and I do not know that it is even available on your 
Braille
readers.  Thanks for your response.  Jackie


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