In any study of folk where braille is concerned and success or failure
is concerned, we need to look at the entire picture. For instance, what
decides who is and who is not a good braille user? This is really what
this study is all about. If you are not a good braille user, your fate
will be the same as that of someone who does not use braille at all.
Why do some use braille and others do not? Tha answer to this can tell
us volumes about the real issue. All things being equal, It is not
possible for braille to outstrip other abilities so I would venture
that:
1> a person's success depends less on what they use as a medium of
communication than it does on how conversant in that medium they are
and:
2> since it takes a good deal of capability to attain true mastery of
braille, this capability if applied equally to other forms of media
interaction that are equally accessible would lead to the same end.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Andrews" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: Reconnecting with the dots
I know that several years back, Dr. Ruby Ryles, who is now at Louisiana
Tech University did a large study that showed that employment rates for
blind people who know and use Braille are much higher then the regular
blind public. I believe they were in the 90 percent range, and I think
there have been other studies.
I think this principle is becoming well-established in the community.
Yes,
there are individuals who have and will make it without Braille,
however,
most people reach a glass ceiling without Braille. It is more difficult
to
store and retrieve info, take notes, study, and learn.
Dave
At 01:40 PM 7/1/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Yes, there are some marketing statements posing a problem in this
article
>as well. Does anyone have a lead to the study which states that better
>employment and pay is directly related to Braille literacy? I have
often
>wondered if there are other underlying factors at play. I know of a
>vice-president of a very large corporation who did just fine without
Braille.
>.
>Please do not get me wrong. I believe anyone who is blind should learn
>Braille. Braille is an important tool in learning to read and write,
and I
>have found Braille very useful for specific tasks like doing speeches.
>However, I do not use Braille to do leasure reading. this non-usage of
>Braille for leasure reading I guess can be related to learning to use
>Braille at a much older age then grade school.
>
>At 09:11 AM 7/1/02 , you wrote:
> >Impressive article on braille.
> >____________________________________________________________
> >
> >The following story appeared in The Globe Online:
> >Headline: Reconnecting with the dots
> >Date: 7/1/2002
> >Byline:
> >
> >" It was an epochal invention, akin to the wheel or fire or ether.
> >And yet, strangely, it has fallen on hard times."
> >____________________________________________________________
> >
> >To read the entire story, click on the link below or cut and paste it
> >into a Web browser:
>
>http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/182/living/Reconnecting_with_the_dots
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