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From: Gary.Petraccaro@f90.n129.z1.fidonet.org (Gary Petraccaro)
Newsgroups: misc.handicap
Subject: Re: braille instruction and feelings
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Date: 19 Apr 91 20:25:37 GMT
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[This is from the Blink Talk Conference]

-> In a message to William Wilson <03-31-91 19:00> Al Hoffman wrote:
->
-> AH>       How bout this?
-> AH>       If a medical evaluation implies that a child has a
-> AH> better than 50% chance of becoming very low-vision in his
-> AH> life time, then braille instruction makes sense to me.  If
-> AH> he/she keeps sight, fine, great, but if not, they will need
-> AH> that basic understanding of braille.  Doesn't seem too much
-> AH> of a can of worms when its presenteded that way, does it?

     Yep, sure does to me.  If we live longer and longer, what's more and
more likely happen to our sight?  (It's behind door number 3).  Let's see.
Now, we've got people who will have to learn braille because they'll needed
it in their eighties.  Maybe we should make 'em take refresher courses, eh?

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