[nfb-talk] Teaching Braille, to the elderly

Joshua Lester jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu
Mon Mar 26 23:13:02 UTC 2012


I'll do that, next time I go over there.
It will be, in the next two weeks.
Thanks for the idea!
Blessings, Joshua

On 3/26/12, Powers, Terry (NIH/OD/DEAS) [E] <Terry.Powers at nih.gov> wrote:
> Show her your NLs player and show her how she can read on her own and her
> husband can do something on his own.  Maybe he might want to play cards with
> a friend and she can read a talking book.  For a few dollars you could get
> her an alarm clock or a watch.  There is a lot of small things you can do
> for them.  Just your companionship is a big help.  It lets her know that
> blind people can do more than just sit in a chair, all day and be read to.
>
> Terry Powers
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joshua Lester [mailto:jlester8462 at students.pccua.edu]
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> She, and her husband are in the same room, and he reads the Bible to her.
> This is sad, because, what if (God forbid,) he dies, before she does?
> Who will read to her, then?
> I'll see if she has a recorder, and all of that, in the next two weeks.
> My friends, go twice a month.
> Blessings, Joshua
>
> On 3/24/12, d m gina <dmgina at samobile.net> wrote:
>> I would ask her if she had any players to read with anything like that.
>> As far as braille, I would do that last.
>> Asking her if she has a recorder to take down numbers anything like that.
>> it is hard to get them started when they know the world is at an end.
>> Glad you met her though and I hope you can keep checking uup on her.
>>
>> Original message:
>>> I was ministering at a nursing home, on Thursday, when I met this
>>> lady, who had lost her sight, due to Macular Degeneration.
>>> She has been totally blind, for 2 years.
>>> I offered to teach her Braille, and this was her response.
>>> "I'm too old, to learn!"
>>> I told her, that noone is ever too old to learn, and tried to share
>>> some of our NFB philosophy with her.
>>> What else should I do, to encourage her to learn Braille?
>>> Thanks, Joshua
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