[NFB-Talk] braille award?

Jack Heim john at johnheim.com
Tue Nov 26 19:18:38 UTC 2019


You know what I think would be an appropriate protest? Contact the other 
parents and get them to ask their kids to return their awards and ask 
for a blank piece of paper in its place. You're going to give Johnny 
what to him is a blank piece of paper, I'll take one too. Now that is a 
life lesson.



On 11/26/19 12:40 PM, Star Gazer via nFB-Talk wrote:
> She's a parent, she has the right to call the school about anything she
> wants regarding her kid.
> I'd back her right to do that, even if I disagreed with the issue, and I'm
> not sure I do as the school has the capability to produce Braille.
> In short, she's a mom, this is what she does.
> Now, if she wanted to accompany her son on his honeymoon, there she'd be out
> of line.
> Contacting the school about wanting an award to be Brailled, let her do it.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [NFB-Talk] braille award?
> 
> An issue came up on our parents group on facebook, and I thought I would
> pose it hear to see if I'm totally off base. I like to participate in our
> NOPBC facebook group not because I'm a parent but because I'm a blind adult
> and hope to be a role model, etc. Anyway, a parent posted that her son, I
> believe middle school age although it doesn't matter, had made the honor
> role. Awesome. But she was upset that the award certificate that he got was
> not in Braille and she was going to contact the school. I told her not to
> bother calling the school, that not everything would be made in Braille when
> he got older etc. I understand that academic material should be provided in
> Braille, but felt that this should be let go. Wow. No one agreed with me,
> and one parent wrote this response to my message listing all the 25 million
> reasons why I was wrong. I can take it, I have thick skin, but I'm just
> wondering am I out of touch? I know Braille is important, and I know it
> would not have taken long to do this, I just think this type of thing isn't
> a big deal. I'm sure I got many awards in school and I don't remember a
> single one of them being Brailled. I think sometimes we go too far. Just
> wondering what you all think.
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