[access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink

  • From: "Jillian Grant" <jillian.grant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 02:13:46 +0100

There isn't as far as I can see a regional office in the Northeast, or at
least not Newcastle and surrounding areas.


----- Original Message -----
From: Dave <groups.dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 5:02 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink


> Not everybody has a regional office of RNIB and many local societies do
not
> encourage people to learn.  Many rehab workers also find Braille difficult
> and tell newly registered clients that they would never use it.  The
quality
> of rehab is off topic, but while there some good ones, the quality is
> extremely variable indeed.
>
> Computers would be equally alien to some rehab officers and societies.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tink Watson" <tink@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 4:32 PM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
>
>
> > I'm curious to know where the supposition that there is no
> > opportunity to learn Braille, originates from.
> >
> > I was given the opportunity to learn Braille from my mobility worker
> > at the time, I know that my regional RNIB office is currently teaching
> > several adults to learn Braille and that there are home study courses
> > available also.
> >
> > Is this really a matter of opportunity among adults or simply that
> > most adults do not wish to tackle the steep learning curve?
> >
> > There's clearly no doubt that Braille users are strongly supportive
> > of it's benefits and with good reason, but the decline can't entirely be
> > put
> > down to opportunity. I cannot be the only one who has had an
opportunity,
> > but found no practical reason for using the skill.
> > Tink.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> > Of
> > James O'Dell
> > Sent: 08 July 2005 14:45
> > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [access-uk] Re: The Benefits of Braille - for Tink
> >
> > But the enigma in this case is how to preserve braille at all, if the
vast
> > majority of blind people are older and don't have the opportunity to
learn
> > it.
> >
> > James
> >
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