Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!yale!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!204!Ann.Parsons From: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Parsons) Newsgroups: misc.handicap Subject: Re: Braille Message-ID: <9550@bunker.UUCP> Date: 12 Jan 90 02:20:59 GMT Sender: wtm@bunker.UUCP Reply-To: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org Distribution: misc Organization: FidoNet node 1:260/204 - Flower City Central, Rochester NY Lines: 27 Approved: wtm@bunker.UUCP Index Number: 6218 Hi Gene, As a certified teacher of the visually impaired I say great! If Allen's ready to read, fine! I think that the trouble with many teachers is that they have a tendency to say all children, blind or sighted are all alike. They aren't. As a blind braille reader, I say great! I was a grief to my teachers because I am a one-handed, one-fingered braille reader. But, I get along. No, I don't have another disability, I just read better with one finger. As for books for kids, try Library of Congress, also try your local library for taped books, there are a lot of them around. You can get them in bookstores, you know the kind that have the print book accompanying them? There are also a lot of albums out too. The reason you don't find too many braille books is that only about twenty percent of all blind people read braille. As for Allen's teacher being scared about his climbing the jungle jim by himself, I had a nursery school teacher who allowed me to climb into one of the trees on the playground. Then, she handed me a blanket and a broom so I could play that I was Polynesia The Parrot, in nest. Keep squeaking, "the squeaky wheel gets oiled." Take care and God bless. Ann P. -- Uucp: ..!{decvax,oliveb}!bunker!hcap!hnews!260!204!Ann.Parsons Internet: Ann.Parsons@f204.n260.z1.fidonet.org