[nfbwatlk] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] More On Improving Access to Braille Instruction for Blind Students

[Mike Freeman]

Of course, the real problem is the antediluvian attitude of TVI's like the one referred to here about blindness.

Mike Freeman
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On May 30, 2012, at 22:46, "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net> wrote:

> The links to letters in this message from the NFB members list make for
> fascinating, and infuriating reading.  Nothing new, the same old attempts to
> bring on the magnifiers and confuse the issues.
> 
> What universe do these TVI's inhabit?  Do they honestly believe that there
> exist blind children with sufficient eyesight to read print who don't learn
> how to do so?  I'm totally blind and learned the shapes of print letters so
> that I could read raised letter signs on doors and plaques.  Print is
> everywhere!  It's useful to know.  Every element in our society presses
> blind children with some residual sight to use it to the max.  Is there even
> one low vision child in the country who hasn't been routinely asked, with
> great hope and anticipation, "Can you see that?"
> 
> Teach blind kids how to read, in Braille, and they'll learn to read print if
> they have the visual capacity.  We can point to literally hundreds of
> stories of blind adults who wish they'd been taught Braille as children.  I
> have never met a single blind adult with residual vision who has been print
> deprived.
> 
> I'm glad Dr. Maurer answered the TVI letter with the scorn it deserved.  If
> you skimmed the message and didn't follow the links to the letters, I highly
> recommend going back and reading what Dr. Maurer said.  (Unfortunately, to
> fully understand his response, you'll have to read the drivel from the TVI.)
> 
> I'm grateful that a growing number of teachers of blind children have
> recognized the wisdom of our position on Braille and are advocating for
> their students with commitment and skill.  Denise, when you're forced to
> deal with people whose attitudes are like the ones in that TVI letter,you
> have more fortitude than I do.
> 
>  _____  
> 
> From: nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of David Andrews
> Sent: May 30, 2012 12:08 PM
> To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] More On Improving Access to Braille
> Instruction for Blind Students
> 
> 
> 
> 
> We have received inquiries regarding Professor Anne Corn's draft addendum (
> <http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/duncan_letter_corn.pdf>
> http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/duncan_letter_corn.pdf) to the
> letter from twenty-six senators to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
> <http://www.nfb.org/national-federation-blind-commends-senator-murray-braill
> e-literacy-letter>
> http://www.nfb.org/national-federation-blind-commends-senator-murray-braille
> -literacy-letter 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> regarding improving access to Braille instruction for blind students. Dr.
> Maurer has sent a response to Professor Corn's addendum to Senator Patty
> Murray, who led the bipartisan group of senators in sending the original
> letter. Dr. Maurer's response can be read in its entirety online (
> <http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/murray_052512.pdf>
> http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/pdf/murray_052512.pdf). 
> 
> 
> 
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