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From: Al.Hoffman@p0.f143.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Al Hoffman)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: braille instruction and feelings
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:22:17 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

I love my own subject line on this msg, but never mind that.
     How bout this?
     If a medical evaluation implies that a child has a better than 50%
chance of becoming very low-vision in his life time, then braille
instruction makes sense to me.  If he/she keeps sight, fine, great, but
if not, they will need that basic understanding of braille.  Doesn't
seem too much of a can of worms when its presenteded that way, does it?

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