[blindkid] Compass Suggestions

[Mark Feliz]

Hello Eric:

I have utilized a braille compass since junior high school and continue to 
do so at present. Although I have great orientation I always carry my 
compass in my pocket. Since junior high till now I have had to need to 
purchase two. I find that a braille compass is much more reliable in all 
types of situations--noisy, quiet, light rain, dusty, very dirty, 
wilderness, rocky... If your child tends to accidentally move the dial while 
taking a reading make sure the lid is completely open. If the dial continues 
to move more easily than you think it should then perhaps the compass itself 
is defective.

Oh, by the way, I didn't give my age but I have gone to high school, 
graduated from the University, married, have young adult children. So you 
can see, I have utilized a braille compass for a very long time.

Happy camping!


Mark Feliz

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Carol Castellano" <blindchildren at verizon.net>
To: "NFBnet Blind Kid Mailing List,(for parents of blind children)" 
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Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: [blindkid] Compass Suggestions


> Serena has tried a braille compass, but it was very easy to move the arrow 
> and get a wrong reading.  Maybe she/we never developed good technique, I 
> don't know.
> Carol
>
> At 01:19 AM 1/13/2009, you wrote:
>>Hi Everyone,
>>I just came back from a parent orientation at our Middle School.
>>Our 6th grader is heading off to a wilderness science camp for a week 
>>along with over 400 classmates.
>>No parent chaperones or cell phones allowed -> you can imagine the shock 
>>some parents had, esp. as some of the kids have never spent that amount of 
>>time on their own :-)
>>We would like to get Vejas a braille or talking compass -> any 
>>suggestions?
>>Eric V
>>
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