[bksvol-discuss] Re: tactile aids? Re: bksvol-discuss Digest V2 #51
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 14:53:29 -0500
I love the Kiddy petting zoo smile, and yes I love going in there.
Smile.
Actually when I was in Washington DO.CO. I was a bit disappointed that they
didn't have tactile reprepresentations of the different monuments.
But things are getting better, there are museums now with "touch" tours that
are absolutely awesome.
I did get to feel my first deer this year, smile. My brother shot a doe,
and I got to touch her before they took her to the butchers. The tail, I
thought it was going to be you know stiff, but instead it was almost
entirely made out of fluff, and the hooves were really tiny.
I am a full hearted believer in models, and tactile images. smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
www.guidedogs.com
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
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From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: tactile aids? Re: bksvol-discuss Digest V2 #51
Yes, I am jealous too. I went to a school for the blind as well as to
public school, but they only had a small number of tactile things. We also
had a truly enormous globe, but not much else.
Most of the things I had represented for me were done with that puffy glue,
which people used on enlarged copies of maps. They worked since I got an A
in geography using them. One map was done with a different type of glue and
I almost passed out from the awful smell when taking a test on eastern Asia.
lol
I wish they would have used the thermoform machine more in copying tactile
images instead of only for copying Braille.
I have heard of places that had representations of buildings in miniature,
but they usually don't let anyone touch those either, so it defeats the
purpose of having them in my opinion. I think I once got to touch a couple
models of some unique buildings in Minneapolis, but there were too many
distractions, so I was a bit hurried and confused about what was what.
Other than that, I have only seen some representations of the Eiffel Tower.
It is actually amazing how many touchable things a person is never allowed
to examine. I get tired of only being able to examine animal pelts. :-)
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
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