I don't blog about this topic as much as I'd like, but I saw this story and just had to share it. It's often argued that kids with albinism have "too much vision" for braille. The thinking goes they'll never really use it because they'll always prefer print.
I think it has a lot to do with how the whole thing is presented and supported.
As for my own current braille studies, I must confess, I've been naughty. I carried braille books with me on my trip and was very good about reading at least a little every day. Ironically, I've been lax since I've been home.
So, this is an inspiration for me.
Here's the story:
Franklin girl in Los Angeles for National Braille Challenge
Logan Anderson hopes to visit the ocean during National Braille Challenge
By William J. Booher william.booher@indystar.com
Logan Anderson, Franklin, is among just 60 blind or visually impaired students in the United States and Canada scheduled to compete today in Los Angeles in the ninth annual National Braille Challenge.
Logan, 11, who is blind and entering the sixth grade at the Indiana School for the Blind, competed in a preliminary statewide contest in the winter at the school to win her spot in today's event.
"It was my first year trying, and I guess it worked," Logan said.
For her preliminary success, she was awarded a 2009 Louis Braille Silver Dollar, which commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the Braille system, which is still used by the blind to read and write.
The contest is designed to test competitors' skills in Braille reading, comprehension, spelling, chart and graph reading, proofreading, speed and accuracy.
To read the whole story, go to: http://www.indystar.com/article/20090620/LOCAL0403/906200378/1023/LOCAL04/Franklin+girl+in+Los+Angeles+for+National+Braille+Challenge
I think it has a lot to do with how the whole thing is presented and supported.
As for my own current braille studies, I must confess, I've been naughty. I carried braille books with me on my trip and was very good about reading at least a little every day. Ironically, I've been lax since I've been home.
So, this is an inspiration for me.
Here's the story:
Franklin girl in Los Angeles for National Braille Challenge
Logan Anderson hopes to visit the ocean during National Braille Challenge
By William J. Booher william.booher@indystar.com
Logan Anderson, Franklin, is among just 60 blind or visually impaired students in the United States and Canada scheduled to compete today in Los Angeles in the ninth annual National Braille Challenge.
Logan, 11, who is blind and entering the sixth grade at the Indiana School for the Blind, competed in a preliminary statewide contest in the winter at the school to win her spot in today's event.
"It was my first year trying, and I guess it worked," Logan said.
For her preliminary success, she was awarded a 2009 Louis Braille Silver Dollar, which commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the inventor of the Braille system, which is still used by the blind to read and write.
The contest is designed to test competitors' skills in Braille reading, comprehension, spelling, chart and graph reading, proofreading, speed and accuracy.
To read the whole story, go to: http://www.indystar.com/article/20090620/LOCAL0403/906200378/1023/LOCAL04/Franklin+girl+in+Los+Angeles+for+National+Braille+Challenge
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