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Post by inuvik on Jan 20, 2006 17:18:15 GMT -5
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Post by carl1951 on Jan 21, 2006 0:07:14 GMT -5
I read yesterday also.
Later, Carl
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 21, 2006 2:32:16 GMT -5
That is so cool! I don't think you can describe it any other way but with the word "miracle."
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Post by bump on Mar 28, 2006 18:51:25 GMT -5
"Infant Monitor Helps Blind Man Save Partially Blind Neighbor"
CNN.com has a video of this story, but I was able to locate a text version on the Houston, TX NBC affiliate's web site.
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HOUSTON -- Infant monitors helped a blind Houston-area man rescue his partially blind next-door neighbor from her blazing home Monday night.
Jim Sherman had set up the audio link with his 84-year-old neighbor recently while the woman was recovering at her Montgomery County home from a stroke. The 54-year-old retired computer programmer had been spending a lot of time with his neighbor, cooking and caring for her.
But Sherman said he was home Monday night when he heard sudden noises come from the monitor speaker, then his neighbor called out to him.
He left his house, felt his way along a fence and, having become familiar with the layout of the woman's home, found the kitchen. He found her there and led her from the burning home.
Firefighters showed up in time to rescue and resuscitate three kittens the woman had in a back bathroom.
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Post by awlrite4now on Mar 29, 2006 4:06:00 GMT -5
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Post by hoosier on Apr 13, 2006 16:33:42 GMT -5
This article was in the April 17 issue ofPeople Magazine--Reading Buddy
Eric Ligon, a teacher of graphic design at the University of Texas, has a son Ethan born June of 1997 who was blind due to detached retinas. As they were trying to teach him to read, they found that the traditional set up of braille/print books made it almost impossible for them to help him as blocks of braille were positioned above the print. Eric came up with the idea of placing the printed words directly above the braille characters so the sighted can read along. In 2004, Eric and Bruce Curtis launched BrailleInk which has produced two of the redesigned braille books for kids.
Another case of--its so simple why didn't someone think of this before!!
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Post by awlrite4now on Apr 13, 2006 20:24:42 GMT -5
I didn't realise that no one had. Good for him! Something I find distressing is that I can no longer find a source for clear Dymo labeller tape. I had some that came with my labelmaker, but Dymo no longer makes it, and I haven't found a sourch for it. Later on, it won't matter to me if it's clear or not, but I don't like totally covering up stuff I'm labeling.
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Post by kytdunne on Apr 13, 2006 22:45:07 GMT -5
A late April Fool's Day joke? Granted, I'm not overly familiar with books with both, just one or the other; but when I have come across the combination, braille's always below unless there's simply no space. Kyt This article was in the April 17 issue ofPeople Magazine--Reading Buddy Eric Ligon, a teacher of graphic design at the University of Texas, has a son Ethan born June of 1997 who was blind due to detached retinas. As they were trying to teach him to read, they found that the traditional set up of braille/print books made it almost impossible for them to help him as blocks of braille were positioned above the print. Eric came up with the idea of placing the printed words directly above the braille characters so the sighted can read along. In 2004, Eric and Bruce Curtis launched BrailleInk which has produced two of the redesigned braille books for kids. Another case of--its so simple why didn't someone think of this before!! |
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Post by hoosier on Apr 15, 2006 16:12:04 GMT -5
Nope, its true no April Fools! The article stated that traditional braille children's books have blocks of braille characters above the printed text. They found that when their son would make a mistake , they would have to move his hands so they could check the text and he would often lose his place and have to go back to the beginning. So why not put the text immediently above the braille thus making it easier for the parent/ teacher to check and correct any mistakes?
Maybe having a braille block above the text is a feature found primarily in children's books. The only book I have seen in braille was the Bible and I don't recall seeing any printed text in it at all.
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Post by kytdunne on Apr 15, 2006 16:38:45 GMT -5
Thanks. I understand what they're saying the problem is, but have you seen anything beyond this article to support it? The children's books I've seen do not mesh with the claims here, but maybe I haven't seen 'traditionally' brailled children's text/braille books. Still dubious, Kyt Nope, its true no April Fools! The article stated that traditional braille children's books have blocks of braille characters above the printed text... |
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Post by awlrite4now on Apr 16, 2006 21:07:08 GMT -5
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Post by Duchess of Lashes on Apr 16, 2006 21:54:01 GMT -5
Wow - very cool! Peterborough is only 45 miles from where I grew up. Since changing over to municipalities, incorporating and amalgamating services for the many small towns and villages within those municipalities, the Ontario Provincial Police Department is now in charge of providing all facets of law enforcement, replacing many regular "town" departments.
Peterborough now has one of the largest contingencies of officers, responsible for almost 4,000 km of rural towns and major highways. The fact that this Officer takes care of the reporting for this contingency is admirable - that is quite the challenge, especially given the increased responsibilities of those officers under the new system.
But Sgt. Thompson is doing what Jim wouldn't - stay in house!
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Post by carl1951 on Apr 17, 2006 14:44:21 GMT -5
Kudos to Canada. I should think the word "progressive" applies here.
I wonder if this is the story that launched our Blind Justice series.
Sort of.
Later, Carl
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Post by hoosier on Apr 17, 2006 16:37:39 GMT -5
Thanks. I understand what they're saying the problem is, but have you seen anything beyond this article to support it? The children's books I've seen do not mesh with the claims here, but maybe I haven't seen 'traditionally' brailled children's text/braille books. Still dubious, Kyt Nope, its true no April Fools! The article stated that traditional braille children's books have blocks of braille characters above the printed text... I can only go by what the article reported. Apparently this was the experience this one family encountered while trying to help teach their son to read. The article on the Canadian cop. Not so 'far-fetched' after all is it! But you are right, Lori, Jim wouldn't have stood for the in-house deal no matter how many cops he would oversee! |
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Post by awlrite4now on Apr 19, 2006 6:05:09 GMT -5
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