I'm so glad I learned how to read and write Braille when I was 19 at the Florida school for the deaf and blind. I'm studying to be an educator for the visually impaired and blind and I have to be proficient in Braille and that and another reason why I'm learning Braille is because I have glaucoma which is a progressive eye condition even though it's stable it could change and delish my sight to where I can't read print anymore. I've realized over the years that Braille is very vital in my life as well as for the Blind & visually impaired children. I recently started reading a to volume Braille book on glaucoma that has challenged my brain and I've ordered other braille books where some are two volumes . There's also Braille at my college on the bathrooms the elevator the classrooms and the library that I practice practice reading. I love taking my slate and stylus with me to college and a binder full of Braille paper with my academic homework. When I have free time before or after class, I go to the library take out a piece of braille paper, slate and stylus along with my sleep shades and I practice writing the Braille contractions from my contraction books I got from the Braille Superstore and nfb or the alphabet from the nfb Braille alphabet card or both. I've also seen Braille at my glaucoma doctor on the room numbers and bathroom. Braille has really brought up my confidence level as I've been practicing every day. Recently I just bought some Braille Uno cards from Target to practice with and have fun too. I have also taken some Braille classes to Hadley to continue my Braille skills. Sometimes I will ask my friends to help me with Braille that are experts. I've order the Braille monitor from the nfb in Braille to read for pleasure under my sleep shades. American Action Fund has also sent me a lot of Braille books to practice with. I've also been joining spring into Braille Hadley every year and it's a lot of fun because I can read anything that I want in Braille. I don't care about winning I just care about developing my Braille skills and having fun! I know when glaucoma attacks, Braille is the answer to Independence!
i am a braille transcriber who works with directly with the visually imapred daily as a poofreader of braille, & i will tell u if a blind child learns braille their options in life are endless. Intellect, ability, & knowledge are directly releated to literacy, sighted or blind. im tellin u dont underestimate the ability of the visually impared. braille is beautiful
Braille is so awesome! I just got done practicing my Braille with the slate and stylus and reading Braille under my Mickey Mouse sleep shades. After I practice my Braille I send it to my Braille teacher so he can check it over and give me feedback. I'm working on a pack of Braille for him to critique.
As a braille user, I can forgive the uneducated coments that have been made. I really do think that a majority of what people think about visually impairedness in general, is just simply a lack of knowledge. What you think is "creepy" could be the result of an array of illnesses which may have come from birth.
Im VI college piano student...I cannot sight read printed music ! Huge drawback...knowing that all the other students can read. I was not taught braille to a high level...I wish I was! I just learned about the music code this past semester! I started to teach myself to code. I eish I had a teacher to help me! We Need Braille like the sightedvneed
I'm visually impaired and I taught my self grade one Braille I used this app for android called 64 it just teaches you the alphabet than I orders a free Braille pamphlet after I learned the alphabet sighted. It was kinda hard at first it's like you have to think as you read. It's like starting fresh. But I soon got it. :)
@hawkinman18 Excuse me, could you please let me know where I can buy a cheap priced refreshable braille display? One that I can use for my computer. I can't seem to find one that is cheaper than five hundred dollars. It can be a very small one, I am not blind but I want to learn braille and I think it would be very easy if I had something like a braille display so I could learn to read it.
Braille is no more difficult than learning to read regular print. Most adults learned to read so long ago that they have forgotten how much they struggled with it back in elementary school. But I wager that an illiterate sighted adult has just as much of a hard time learning to read print as a newly blinded adult has learning Braille. In fact, the newly blinded adult may have an advantage since she already knows how to read and only needs to learn how to identify the Braille characters.
@hawkinman18 I was born sighted and lost my sight in an accident about a year and half ago. I have found braille difficult but it is giving me independence. If you don't have contact with blind people, I think you are just ignorant of it so if comments are made about people, I think it is just based on lack of experiences with people.
@dakoata121212 If you go to the braille superstore (just google it) they will have all sorts of things to help you learn. If you still need help, send me a message and I can give you some ideas. I had to learn sort of cold turkey and that is where they bought many of the things for me to help me learn it.
I need to get some more vanilla Braille paper from the nfb independence Market and the Braille Superstore those are the cheapest places to receive Braille paper. I practice my Braille everyday with my slate and stylus or the Braille writer. I want to teach Braille to a little kids that are visually impaired and also for myself because I have glaucoma and it's just in case glaucoma was to take my vision Braille will always be there for me since I know it already and I've been studying it for 7 years.
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I'm so glad I learned how to read and write Braille when I was 19 at the Florida school for the deaf and blind. I'm studying to be an educator for the visually impaired and blind and I have to be proficient in Braille and that and another reason why I'm learning Braille is because I have glaucoma which is a progressive eye condition even though it's stable it could change and delish my sight to where I can't read print anymore. I've realized over the years that Braille is very vital in my life as well as for the Blind & visually impaired children. I recently started reading a to volume Braille book on glaucoma that has challenged my brain and I've ordered other braille books where some are two volumes . There's also Braille at my college on the bathrooms the elevator the classrooms and the library that I practice practice reading. I love taking my slate and stylus with me to college and a binder full of Braille paper with my academic homework. When I have free time before or after class, I go to the library take out a piece of braille paper, slate and stylus along with my sleep shades and I practice writing the Braille contractions from my contraction books I got from the Braille Superstore and nfb or the alphabet from the nfb Braille alphabet card or both. I've also seen Braille at my glaucoma doctor on the room numbers and bathroom. Braille has really brought up my confidence level as I've been practicing every day. Recently I just bought some Braille Uno cards from Target to practice with and have fun too. I have also taken some Braille classes to Hadley to continue my Braille skills. Sometimes I will ask my friends to help me with Braille that are experts. I've order the Braille monitor from the nfb in Braille to read for pleasure under my sleep shades. American Action Fund has also sent me a lot of Braille books to practice with. I've also been joining spring into Braille Hadley every year and it's a lot of fun because I can read anything that I want in Braille. I don't care about winning I just care about developing my Braille skills and having fun! I know when glaucoma attacks, Braille is the answer to Independence!
i am a braille transcriber who works with directly with the visually imapred daily as a poofreader of braille, & i will tell u if a blind child learns braille their options in life are endless. Intellect, ability, & knowledge are directly releated to literacy, sighted or blind. im tellin u dont underestimate the ability of the visually impared. braille is beautiful
Darn finger slipped!
We Need Braille like sighted need print! !
Braille is very beautiful!
Braille is so awesome! I just got done practicing my Braille with the slate and stylus and reading Braille under my Mickey Mouse sleep shades. After I practice my Braille I send it to my Braille teacher so he can check it over and give me feedback. I'm working on a pack of Braille for him to critique.
As a braille user, I can forgive the uneducated coments that have been made. I really do think that a majority of what people think about visually impairedness in general, is just simply a lack of knowledge. What you think is "creepy" could be the result of an array of illnesses which may have come from birth.
Im VI college piano student...I cannot sight read printed music ! Huge drawback...knowing that all the other students can read. I was not taught braille to a high level...I wish I was! I just learned about the music code this past semester! I started to teach myself to code. I eish I had a teacher to help me!
We Need Braille like the sightedvneed
I'm visually impaired and I taught my self grade one Braille I used this app for android called 64 it just teaches you the alphabet than I orders a free Braille pamphlet after I learned the alphabet sighted. It was kinda hard at first it's like you have to think as you read. It's like starting fresh. But I soon got it. :)
@hawkinman18
Excuse me, could you please let me know where I can buy a cheap priced refreshable braille display? One that I can use for my computer. I can't seem to find one that is cheaper than five hundred dollars. It can be a very small one, I am not blind but I want to learn braille and I think it would be very easy if I had something like a braille display so I could learn to read it.
Braille is no more difficult than learning to read regular print. Most adults learned to read so long ago that they have forgotten how much they struggled with it back in elementary school. But I wager that an illiterate sighted adult has just as much of a hard time learning to read print as a newly blinded adult has learning Braille. In fact, the newly blinded adult may have an advantage since she already knows how to read and only needs to learn how to identify the Braille characters.
@hawkinman18 I was born sighted and lost my sight in an accident about a year and half ago. I have found braille difficult but it is giving me independence. If you don't have contact with blind people, I think you are just ignorant of it so if comments are made about people, I think it is just based on lack of experiences with people.
@dakoata121212 If you go to the braille superstore (just google it) they will have all sorts of things to help you learn. If you still need help, send me a message and I can give you some ideas. I had to learn sort of cold turkey and that is where they bought many of the things for me to help me learn it.
The nfb independent market has braille items
I need to get some more vanilla Braille paper from the nfb independence Market and the Braille Superstore those are the cheapest places to receive Braille paper. I practice my Braille everyday with my slate and stylus or the Braille writer. I want to teach Braille to a little kids that are visually impaired and also for myself because I have glaucoma and it's just in case glaucoma was to take my vision Braille will always be there for me since I know it already and I've been studying it for 7 years.
creepy???I dont think so