tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759653841487170338.post1691371628997562603..comments2023-08-26T08:43:09.100-07:00Comments on JAM on AT: Kudlick at Smith-Kettlewell -- Braille: The Man, the Method, and the MomentJoshua A. Miele, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03586019224139152936noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8759653841487170338.post-21498088976934007462013-03-03T16:44:37.989-08:002013-03-03T16:44:37.989-08:00I read the article in the NY Times by Wendall Jame...I read the article in the NY Times by Wendall Jameison about you and your work. <br />I volunteer to describe..Where do I sign up? <br />I now read to a very old man up the street who is living in a nursing home/rehab center. He was sighted all his life, but not now. His eyes got old. My father in law was in that home for rehab a couple of years ago, he is now dead. I was struck when I went up there during his rehab how many people were just sitting around staring at the ground. Often only because they couldn't see anymore. I decided then I would offer my good eyes for reading. <br />This old man wanted to read Le Miserables, as he remembered liking it 50 years ago. Well about 10 chapters in we decided it was.. well... too miserable so we have switched to the Three Musketeers! It's much better. <br /> Reading the NYTimes article made me think about how wonderful it would be, as a sighted person, to practice describing the things I saw. So often details are simply ignored in our rush to move on to the next thing. These details are the exquisite expression of life. As are the details the senses offer us. So... if there is a place to contact about offering service to this cause, please let me know. <br /><br />laurenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07670334052383571763noreply@blogger.com