I’m 35 and not as agile in the brain as I used to be LOL!!
I would like to learn Australian Sign Language and braille but I’m not sure if it’s too late for me to learn braille. I know I would never get fluent in ASL, but I think I could do it slowly. But braille – that just seems really hard.
Has anyone learned it as an adult?
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I Don’t Know Of Anyone
Who Has Learned Braille As An Adult,
But I’m Sure There Are People That Have.
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Anything is possible if you’re willing to put in the time, commitment and effort required to achieve it. Children learn braille, morse code, and other languages easier than adults because as we grow up, we become more and more dependent on the language/mode of communication that we have used throughout the years.
With enough experience, practice, and exposure to Sign Language & Braille (meet people who can do ASL to practice with, watch online videos of it, buy braille books, etc.) you can definitely become fluent. Good luck! 🙂
I learned to read braille as an adult. It’s different from how one would learn as a child, as most adults who learn braille already know how to read print. The biggest challenge is memorizing the symbols and contractions. Because braille takes up so much space, it has special symbols and contractions to make books smaller than they would be if everything was copied letter-for-letter from the print version.
Different languages use different codes, and sometimes the code may differ between countries that share the same language. For example, North American English braille (shared by the U.S. and the English-speaking parts of Canada) has capital letters, whereas the braille used in the U.K. does not. N.A. and U.K. braille also use different punctuation. I know of many resources for learning North American braille, but unfortunately I don’t know if they would be helpful to you because Australia and New Zealand have their own braille standard that differs from both the U.K. and N.A. versions.