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hi,
great thread;
i went to schools for the blind until my senior year so was not just
immersed but inundated with braille; when they couldn't find me in class,
i'd be hiding behind a bookshelf in the library with a book - wish all my
school related infractions were so innocuous.
Anyway, this was long, long ago and I got my braille reading speed up to 180
words a minute. it mightn't be that high these days, but i'm much better at
skimming and scanning due to volumes i have to regularly read.
tactile literacy - it's way, way more than decoding; blind kids don't get it
much anymore but sure need it. it includes understanding all the
two-dimentional stuff: math, charts, graphs, maps, figures, skematics, etc.
then, of course, since public/formal education really has become more visual
in scope, literacy has to include all the meaning-making that goes into
presentations at school (think Powerpoint), and their interpretation.
Sorry to have gone on and on like this; the students are heavy on my mind
today.
Thanks for reading but i now need a nap.
best to all,
kat
-----Original Message-----
From: napub-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:napub-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On
Behalf Of Jody W. Ianuzzi
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 9:07 AM
To: NFBnet National Association to Promote the Use of Braille
MailingList
Subject: Re: [napub] Reading speed
Hi Penny,
I was reading a message from a TVI who said the average Braille reader reads
at 60 words a minute and I thought this was ridiculous so I asked Braille
readers who have been reading since early childhood what their rates were.
I learned Braille as an adult when I taught myself and I think I can read at
60 words a minute.
JODY
"WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH
TO SEE IN THE WORLD" ~ Gandhi
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