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Harold Krents Braille Blind Celebrities

Harold Krents is a graduate of Harvard Law School. He was also a strong advocate for the rights of the handicapped through his entire life.

Darkness at Noon written by H.K. was appreciated in textbooks of many countries. This article was first released on The New York Times, May 26, 1976.

To Race the Wind(1980) was a film based on Krents’ autobiography. It offers the story of the free-spirited, girl-chasing Krents as he attempts to achieve to be as normal as others in the sighted world. This film has inspired many unsighted youths.

Louis BrailleBraille was first developed in 1824 by a 15 year old French student named Louis Braille, who was blind but wanted a better way to read and write. home.t-online.de/ home/bsvsa/publi.htm Louis Braille ( )

six raised dots Braille is created with six raised dots to stand for each English alphabet

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Braille for P E A C E

Guess what this braille means? For Your Reference A GOOD DAY

More Facts People use their fingertips to read braille. The average braille reading speed is about 125 words per minute. products/supernova.htm

More Facts With the aid of braille, unsighted people can read music, play cards and other games, ride elevators, read books and even surf the internet.

Can you name any blind celebrities in history or at our times? Helen Keller S t e v i e W o n d e r

How about in Taiwan? 蕭煌奇 A brilliant singer, music producer and judo player. Born in 1976, Taipei.

Blind Celebrity—Stevie Wonder An African- American Rock-en- Roll star. The most influential Black Music artist over the last 4 decades in US.

Blind Celebrity—Stevie Wonder He’s been generous in offering his services as a writer, producer, singer and musician to other performers.

Enjoy Stevie’s Music ! I just called to say I love you… usic/calledtosay.html Click to hear the music

The following are a series of questions about the concepts you’ve just learned from Harold Krents’ essay. You can try to answer them in class or write down your opinions.

Give some examples of the common misconception people have toward blind people.

Imagine that you’re visually handicapped, what do you want people to view and treat you?

After reading Darkness at Noon, what do you think the author Harold Krents wants to tell us?

People tend to have bias or discrimination toward those who are different from us or those whom we are not familiar with. For example, biases or discriminations toward the handicapped, Africans, Asians, aboriginals, homosexuals, immigrants, This one is kind of tough!

the elders, female capacity in working field, etc.. What can we do to eliminate those unreasonable biases? Try to think about it or share your viewpoints with the class. This is question is optional.

1.htm? USE-TH.htmhttp:// 1.htm? USE-TH.htm This website offers various novels about bias and discrimination on certain aspects of human societies. Many of them are worth reading and the issues raised there are worth thinking.