[stylist] Braille

Sat Feb 16 22:03:54 UTC 2013

Hi,
I think braille has been real valuable to me in learning to read and 
learning; I always study in braille reading my braille notes on the Braille 
Note.
I also agree that jumbo braille is harder to grasp.
As a community we have to keep advocating for braille so it won't go away.

Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Donna Hill
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 9:31 PM
To: 'Writer's Division Mailing List'
Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille

Vejas,
It reminds me of my experience with large print. They thought it would be
easier for me to see, but my visual field was so restricted that I could see
even less at a time of the bigger words. Since I was already piecing words
together, the step to large print was a real problem.
Donna

-----Original Message-----
From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of vejas
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2013 6:53 PM
To: Writer's Division Mailing List
Subject: Re: [stylist] Braille

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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