[access-uk] Re: Question regarding our sense of touch :
- From: "angel" <angel238@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 17:43:56 -0400
I often wondered whether, if a blind person were fortunate enough to be given
sight, and if he offered some of the excuses we hear for not either learning or
teaching Braille
regarding the learning of print how much water would those same excuses hold.
Or would the formerly blind person be taken to task for not trying to learn to
read print.----- Original Message -----
From: Shea Anker
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Question regarding our sense of touch :
Hmm. I think if a an adult who loses their vision is determined and stubborn
enough, they can learn how to use their sense of touch to the best of their
advantage. However, I think it probably takes much more of an effort than it
does for a congenitally blind person who learns Braille as a child. But I have
heard of adults learning to read Braille very well, but not very many because
as I said, it takes a lot of practice and determination.
Shea
----- Original Message -----
From: Angel238
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 3:17 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Question regarding our sense of touch :
I won't read your replies for some time. But, I wanted to ask you astute
people this question. Two messages caught my attention as I was reading my
e-mail . One message concerned the delicacy or lack of such in Braille
watches, the other message gave an opinion regarding the much maligned movie
"Blindness". These messages caused me to think back to an observation I made
recently. Recently I purchased a tactile watch which vibrates to tell time.
It also has a vibrating alarm. It can be noted here there are other vibrating
watches. Those are mainly meant to serve deaf consumers and lack
accessibility. The watch I purchased can be set either using the hands or the
vibrations. if one sets the hands, however, one needs to have sight to do this.
One must use the vibrations to set the watch whether he wants to synchronize
it's hands or just to set the tactile vibrations. I asked both my sister and
my daughter to assist me with the setting of the hands of the watch. They are
both sighted. They were unable to accomplish this task because their touch was
so heavy it distracted them from being able to discern the vibrations. Thereby
causing them not to be able to set the watch properly. My question is this:
Excluding those with diabetes, and as sighted people don't use their sense of
touch as often as I would like them to, or as often as do we congenitally
blind: Do you think when a person looses one's sight and is forced to use
their sense of touch, he is unable to proficiently use it? Do you think this
contributes to many unsuccessful Braille readers among the adult population?
should blind adults be trained to use this neglected sense to it's best
advantage. Providing they have no other impediment to its use? Or is this
being done already?
it is well known that the Republican party never blows an opportunity to
blow an opportunity.
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