[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:35:55 -0800 (PST)
fascinating info
Cindy
WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE
AT
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm
www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
--- On Mon, 2/23/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 4:57 PM
> Sue, they outnumber us by three or
> four to one. If you do some Googling you will see that the
> number of sighted people with print disabilities is quite
> large since it includes several groups that qualify for
> services under the Chafee Amendment. There are people with
> at least seven types of learning disabilities that qualify
> for Bookshare as well as people with cerebral palsy or total
> paralysis who can't hold books, people with traumatic
> brain injuries that can't process print, and people who
> have had a stroke or other illness who can no longer hold a
> book.
>
>
> In my work for the Veterans Administration, I meet many
> adults who can see perfectly but need Bookshare for reading.
> A lot of these people have received brain injuries in combat
> where their visual cortex is jarred so badly that it sends
> them gibberish when they try to read. Some of them can look
> right at you and cannot describe your face or explain what
> you're doing or wearing. I'm not talking about old
> men either. These are people Jake's age and sometimes
> younger. These people are being taught to use computers with
> speech and/or Braille for reading so they can reenter the
> work force. We also have a fairly large number of men and
> women who have lost both hands or arms in an explosion. They
> can read, but they can't hold a book very well or turn
> its pages. These people learn to use things like voice
> recognition software so they can speak and have the computer
> dictate letters and such. They use Bookshare, NLS, and other
> services for reading material. Again, these are often people
> in their 20s and 30s, people who have so much life ahead of
> them. It warms my heart to see people choosing to cope and
> stay in the game like these men and women.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 7:00 PM,
> siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Monica,
>
>
>
> Beggin' your pardon, but do you really think sighted
> print disabled
>
> outnumber us? I doubt it. (smile)
>
>
>
> Sue S.
>
>
>
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