Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Braille and ASL Analogous
The parallel history of Braille and ASL and it's impact upon a commentor on Amy's blog offered a strong evidence of how attitudes of the parents of the blind and of the deaf are similar.
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Hey I like your post very good detail but I did not see or notice about Amy's blog. Thanks for your share on ASL story those between Braille and ASL Analogus.... yep make sense!
Davy
Hi Cy!
I'm so thrilled that you are able to 'get it' from my blog!
I find this ironic that not many people made comments on my blog... made me wonder if they did understand my point?
I try to present an evidence from an actual article discussing about Braille and how this approach is not been used often amongst the blind, and the story about it are uncanny similar to our history!
So, that's why I created a 'fake/adapted' article on ASL - to show the comparison.
Your vlog made a big difference! I really, really appreciate you picking that up and emphasized the message!
Did anyone else notice that? I am not quite sure...
Warmest,
Amy Cohen Efron
Amy,
Thanks! Yes, I, too, wondered about the low count of comments on your blog. My guess is they perhaps did not follow the analogy and and parallelism presented on your blog. Perhaps they missed the point?
Davy,
It was a COMMENTER who shared her experience where she skipped learning Braille because she could see large print and her parents felt it was not necessary for her to learn or acquire Braille skills. It was commenter #2, I believe. I meant to include her name in my vlog but I forgot.
Amy's part was mostly citing from a source she came across presenting parallel history between ASL and Braille.
Wow. I haven't thought of that. I always thought sign language and spoken language are analogous. I sometimes thought ASL is better than English, because you can talk at far distance or behind windows and has better description as researchers showed. Strangely, they view sl as analogous to braille.
Salticid68
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