@@bubblerose292 well,yes kind of I guess I’m English and I speak in a “British” accent so I guess it’s British? The proper way is British but u can also say English :)
I am legally blind and color blind and am still learning how to read Braille! The problem is, I can never keep a teacher for long. However, I think I finally got me a teacher who is willing to stay there for me and not quit on me just because I am different or because they get a new opportunity somewhere else! I am not going to lie, it is really hard self - esteem wise since I have been learning for a few years now and am still learning, but I am not giving up! In Braille in the United States, there are what are called contractions, meaning symbols for letter combinations and short forms for words! Thanks! God bless you! =^D
Hi: I’m sorry you’ve had teachers quit on you; that is so hurtful and frustrating. But I’m glad you’re persisting with learning braille. It definitely helps with literacy. Also when Lucy was talking about grade 2, those are contractions, and it’s referred to that way in the States. It’s just that the grades make a distinction: Grade one equals uncontracted, grade two equals the contractions as you said, and grade three is a form of shorthand, even more contracted than grade two. I’m an avid braille reader and can’t imagine my life without it.
Glad you have a teacher of the visually impaired willing to stay and work with you on learning contracted, formerly known as grade 2 braille. Consistency and practicing every day under your teachers guidance will help a great deal. Keep being persistent and don't give up. Braille literacy is vital.
@@ninjamaster9805 Blindness is a wide spectrum and very complex; it is also incredibly personal, and so unless you know the person, asking for very specific details can be invasive. I’m only telling you this so that you may be more aware; I don’t know you, so I’ll assume that you didn’t ask from a bad place, you asked because you don’t understand. And I get that. In very general terms, it is possible, for example, for someone to have very little or no vision in one eye while the other eye can see everything else except colors. There’s still a lot we don’t know or understand about the eyes. Variations of blindness are infinite.
Try finding TH-camrs you like, who make content in your target language. Just put on english subtitles and watch, that way you will always find the motivation to keep learning. When I started learning english I watched a lot of Dude Perfects trickshot videos. Their Trickshots are impressive no matter what language you speak and the vocabulary was mostly limited to "this is the..." and a name, they gave their trickshots. That way I learned a few words with every video I watched, after some time I was able to watch other content, someday I began to watch with english subtitles instead of the german ones. And now I don't need subtitles at all.
@@IsaBella-ir4rf Thanks so much 💙 your English is amazing. I'm taking a German class, but I've lost so much motivation that I'm not truly retaining anything. Watching videos should be really helpful.
@@kj989 I don't watch a lot of german videos anymore, so I don't have a lot of channels to recommend you, but I'll try anyways: Coldmirror does comedy MaiLab makes videos about science Kurzgesagt also makes videos about mostly science and has an english TH-cam channel as well. I think that a guy named Julien Bam has made some trickshot videos, but I think his target audience is pretty young and I've never watched his videos, so I don't know if they are good.
It’s so interesting to hear each blind person’s journey with braille. I started as a child because I’ve been blind from birth. And I can’t imagine my life without it. No amount of speech technology can replace tactile musical notations or computer code. If I hadn’t known braille, I wouldn’t have been able to participate in sight reading and music theory exercises with my choir mates. That’s awesome you’re brushing up on grade two. Braille literacy is definitely a huge issue in the blind community.
I am not sure if I'm hearing dynamite by BTS in your background but this just makes me sooo happy! Two of my favourite people- you and them together in this way haha! Love you loads!!
@@jxdd6067 I have a life not like you you comment about your 7 idiots in a video about a girl talking about her experience ... it's not about them .... it's you who should get a life and stop mentionning your dogs in every comment section and making it dirty ❤
It’s so nice to hear you mention your braille teacher! As a teacher of the blind and visually impaired, it warms my heart to see adults like you thriving and still using the skills they learned in school! ❤️
As a teacher for the blind and partially sighted, i even found it hard to learn braille with my eyes!!!! I have the up most respect for anyone who has learned it with their fingers
Personally, I think sighted teachers of the vieasually impaired should be able to read braille with either their fingers or their eyes. If you know how to read it with your fingers (and it doesn't necessarily have to be rapid either, but enough to describe to a totally blind student the motions involved from a nonvisual standpoint) you can offer another perspective to braille learners you teach.
@@joannestark3023In school, when learning how to teach braille, we do actually have to do blindfolded lessons. I can read it with my fingers with my eyes closed, but I would be scrubbing a lot and it would take way longer. But, we do lots of lessons under blind fold to get an understanding of what it’s like to be blind so we can be better teachers, like going on public transit, using a public bathroom, making our bed, cooking, eating a meal out, etc. all under blindfold. They actually used to have this experience called Dialogue in the Dark where you go through this whole experience in pitch black and a blind guide taking you through and then sit, still in the dark, and discuss your experience.
You are resilient in your own way. We often don’t discover just how resilient we are until crises hits, or we acquire a disability. Disability is a human condition, and it can be a great gift in that it teaches resiliency. Be you.
Thank you for educating us , unless we people would never come to know more about visually challenged people and their daily struggles , ur videos inspire me and teach me to be grateful in life , god bless you and ur family young lady !
Dude grade 2 braille is wild lol im sighted but i work for an ada signage manufacturer, so i can read like really basic braille in order to make sure signs say the right things. some of those contractions get absolutely insane 😂
Fun fact: using two hands to read braille (one following the other) is the most efficient way to read. It's basically double checking what you just read with your other hand.
Great that you read braille! It is very good for your spelling. I learned braille when I was 43 years old. This year I’m going to try to learn grade 2 braille to widen my horizon.
Thank you Lucy! I hope to get the course in the mail in the next coming days. Here in the Netherlands they only teach you Grade 1. Then it is hard to travel to english speaking countries.
Cool! I want to start learning because my eyes are in danger from long-term diabetes. Even tho they are still almost totally okay to read, and i am trying to keep them that way, learning new skills would still make me feel better.
That’s really interesting, Lucy, I was eight years old when I started to learn braille, and though I was partially sighted at the time, it was good that I started to learn braille then because I lost my site by the time I was 12. I read very fast now! About the speed of a sighted person or maybe faster LOL I don’t do much slow and I am learning to slow down in other areas ha ha Have you seen how many comments you have on this video? You have inspired so many people and I am so proud of you. 🚄🤗
Hey, Lucy! I saw Molly Burke’s video about her experiences learning braille. I was wondering if you also had to do sensitization training for your fingertips.
I stated started learning braille as a hobby, so far I learned the whole braille alphabet, I know some numbers and 2 contractions and 2 puntuaction signs. Hopefully when I have more free time I can learn the rest.
Wow, I'm somehow relieved to hear it took you almost a year with every day practice! The braille writing I've encountered is usually very small. On medicine boxes for example. I struggle feeling the individual bumps. On elevator buttons they are harder and more pronounced than on the paper boxes at least. I just saw a practice tool that is bigger, so that might be easier for beginners? I'm gonna try to get my hands on one.
Thank you! I was dying to know! It seems so very difficult to me, I'm quite impressed at how little it took you to learn. I frequently touch the braille on elevators and medicine boxes with my eyes closed to check if I can feel the individual "dots"... And every time I fail big time 😂 But I also have hyperhidrosis so I would probably destroy all my braille documents with my sweat 🥴
If it's ok to ask: Why did you already learn it, when you were still sighted? Did you know, that you would loose your sight? Stay safe! You inspire me and a lot of my friends!
It's important to learn to read nonvisually and so much more without vision (typically under a blindfold) so the confidence with the new techniques and skill(s) is already firm when vision deteriorates further. A safety net, so she'd have something to fall back on later when reading print would be too much of a struggle.
When we know a student has a progressive condition, we always start teaching them braille young. Just like with any skill, the younger the better as your brain retains things better when learned at a younger age. And, then when the person loses more of their vision and NEEDS braille, they have those foundational skills and tactile awareness to help them pick it up quicker.
Miss your very pretty! I don't know if you are blind or not but it's ok! You are a good woman! And you deserve these subscribers. If someone that helps her film plz read this or make it a read aloud so she hears this. I may have 26 subs. But you are special it's like me having ADHD but a bit different I hope you have a good day and life!
i’m blind from birth, so i’ve learned braille at school when i was 9. honestly, it was very painful and now, i just love writing, and reading in braille.
Where did you go to school? In the US that is illegal. The Braille Bill essentially states that every child who is visually impaired will learn braille by default and if they don’t need braille, we have to prove why they are efficient readers using another medium, like large print or magnification.
My cousin was born blind and she learned braille in school. She's also teaching it to her blind daughters, even though they insist it's old school. But she insists that independent living means learning it all.
Great work your cousin is doing with her kids. Yes, learning to live as a blind person really does include learning to read braille. There are refreshable braille displays that can pair with iPhones and other devices to facilitate reading e-books and such, so the kids' assertion that reading braille is somehow outdated does not hold water. Braille literacy will never die, and there are many blind children who do not receive adequate quality instruction because of the shortage of qualified teachers of the visually impaired.
To be said, Everyone SHOULD learn Braille since you can get blind anytime, so the sooner you learn, the better. I don't say that everyone will be, I say everyone could potentially be blind. Sorry if I offended you guys, thanks.
She’s such a nice inspiring lady i’d really like to meet her one day I love her British accent she’s taught me how to do many things :)
I’m not being mean but it is an English accent (or it might be welsh) but I totally agree with what you are saying
@@smashedcandle aren't english and british the same thing? If not I guess I learn something new every day
@@bubblerose292 well,yes kind of I guess I’m English and I speak in a “British” accent so I guess it’s British? The proper way is British but u can also say English :)
Her accent kind of sounds Like a Welsh accent :)
@@spot3madrilly oh ok thanks for explaining
I am legally blind and color blind and am still learning how to read Braille! The problem is, I can never keep a teacher for long. However, I think I finally got me a teacher who is willing to stay there for me and not quit on me just because I am different or because they get a new opportunity somewhere else! I am not going to lie, it is really hard self - esteem wise since I have been learning for a few years now and am still learning, but I am not giving up! In Braille in the United States, there are what are called contractions, meaning symbols for letter combinations and short forms for words! Thanks! God bless you! =^D
Hi:
I’m sorry you’ve had teachers quit on you; that is so hurtful and frustrating. But I’m glad you’re persisting with learning braille. It definitely helps with literacy.
Also when Lucy was talking about grade 2, those are contractions, and it’s referred to that way in the States. It’s just that the grades make a distinction: Grade one equals uncontracted, grade two equals the contractions as you said, and grade three is a form of shorthand, even more contracted than grade two.
I’m an avid braille reader and can’t imagine my life without it.
@@ninjamaster9805 if you're legally blind you can still see "something" :)
Glad you have a teacher of the visually impaired willing to stay and work with you on learning contracted, formerly known as grade 2 braille. Consistency and practicing every day under your teachers guidance will help a great deal. Keep being persistent and don't give up. Braille literacy is vital.
@@ninjamaster9805
Blindness is a wide spectrum and very complex; it is also incredibly personal, and so unless you know the person, asking for very specific details can be invasive. I’m only telling you this so that you may be more aware; I don’t know you, so I’ll assume that you didn’t ask from a bad place, you asked because you don’t understand. And I get that.
In very general terms, it is possible, for example, for someone to have very little or no vision in one eye while the other eye can see everything else except colors. There’s still a lot we don’t know or understand about the eyes. Variations of blindness are infinite.
@@khanhhm5762 I'm sorry I said that.
I've always wanted to learn another language, but I never stay consistent 😭
Same 😭
Relatable :"c
Try finding TH-camrs you like, who make content in your target language. Just put on english subtitles and watch, that way you will always find the motivation to keep learning.
When I started learning english I watched a lot of Dude Perfects trickshot videos. Their Trickshots are impressive no matter what language you speak and the vocabulary was mostly limited to "this is the..." and a name, they gave their trickshots.
That way I learned a few words with every video I watched, after some time I was able to watch other content, someday I began to watch with english subtitles instead of the german ones. And now I don't need subtitles at all.
@@IsaBella-ir4rf Thanks so much 💙 your English is amazing. I'm taking a German class, but I've lost so much motivation that I'm not truly retaining anything. Watching videos should be really helpful.
@@kj989 I don't watch a lot of german videos anymore, so I don't have a lot of channels to recommend you, but I'll try anyways:
Coldmirror does comedy
MaiLab makes videos about science
Kurzgesagt also makes videos about mostly science and has an english TH-cam channel as well.
I think that a guy named Julien Bam has made some trickshot videos, but I think his target audience is pretty young and I've never watched his videos, so I don't know if they are good.
Her handwriting probably be better than mine and I can see what I’m writing and she can’t
She made a vídeo where she wrote the alphabet, *her handwritings is better than mine im sad*
@@CallMeMasky Ikr sameee
It’s so interesting to hear each blind person’s journey with braille. I started as a child because I’ve been blind from birth. And I can’t imagine my life without it. No amount of speech technology can replace tactile musical notations or computer code. If I hadn’t known braille, I wouldn’t have been able to participate in sight reading and music theory exercises with my choir mates.
That’s awesome you’re brushing up on grade two. Braille literacy is definitely a huge issue in the blind community.
I am not sure if I'm hearing dynamite by BTS in your background but this just makes me sooo happy! Two of my favourite people- you and them together in this way haha! Love you loads!!
Yeah luckily its dynamite
@Shreemi Zingde a lot :)
ARMYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
Yeah I also noticed it
@Shreemi Zingde do you mean wwh?
The background music is amazing are you a fan too 💜
I was looking for army comments, barely got a glimpse of your purple heart and immediately knew I found another
@@lydialaverty2121 OMG YOUR PROFILE PICTURE 😳💜
@@marksfavbbg yes
@@lydialaverty2121 lmao I remember that performance... JIMIN WANTS TO KILL US 🔥😭💜
@@marksfavbbg Yes, he's my bias wbu?
I love watching your videos because it’s helping me learn more about the blind community. Sending lots of love❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Our blind queen is back ❤︎
our*
@@ellaxx9606 oops ty
Someone in my class called Ruby does braille and she loves teaching us we do a braille section with her after lunch every Monday and Thursday
The background music got me dancing like a donkey 💃💃🎼🕺🕺
Lol
The bts music is everything
The BTS music. I really appreciate you. You’re such an inspiration to me.
Over350 likes? Omg ty
you are an army too
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@@dreamsmp8575 :D
@@cantsaymuchtbhx am a amy for 4 year's
@@dreamsmp8575 cool! I’ve been an army since I was 4 so it’s been 6 years now.
Dynamite playing in background 🥺
i was about to say that
💩💩💩 I thought it was a goat dying
@@directioner2870 go find a life plz 😩
@@jxdd6067
I have a life not like you you comment about your 7 idiots in a video about a girl talking about her experience ... it's not about them .... it's you who should get a life and stop mentionning your dogs in every comment section and making it dirty ❤
@@directioner2870 lmao bcz u are making the comments sections cleaner by insulting 7 innocents boys who did nothing wrong? lol
She is such an inspiration to everyone 🥰
She is so confident and positive its amazing
I am in the same boat. I am 45 and still have some sight. I'm learning to read braille and it is nice to hear a positive and reaffirming message.
It’s so nice to hear you mention your braille teacher! As a teacher of the blind and visually impaired, it warms my heart to see adults like you thriving and still using the skills they learned in school! ❤️
This women is amazing, massive Respect to her. She has a beautiful soul. She really is amazing 😊
As a teacher for the blind and partially sighted, i even found it hard to learn braille with my eyes!!!! I have the up most respect for anyone who has learned it with their fingers
Personally, I think sighted teachers of the vieasually impaired should be able to read braille with either their fingers or their eyes. If you know how to read it with your fingers (and it doesn't necessarily have to be rapid either, but enough to describe to a totally blind student the motions involved from a nonvisual standpoint) you can offer another perspective to braille learners you teach.
@@joannestark3023In school, when learning how to teach braille, we do actually have to do blindfolded lessons. I can read it with my fingers with my eyes closed, but I would be scrubbing a lot and it would take way longer. But, we do lots of lessons under blind fold to get an understanding of what it’s like to be blind so we can be better teachers, like going on public transit, using a public bathroom, making our bed, cooking, eating a meal out, etc. all under blindfold. They actually used to have this experience called Dialogue in the Dark where you go through this whole experience in pitch black and a blind guide taking you through and then sit, still in the dark, and discuss your experience.
I love how useful and informational her videos are
I love u so much. Always praying for you ❤✨
Dyna-na-na-na eh dyna-na-na-na eh light it up like dynamite!
Love you so much Lucy, you are so strong and independent
I wish I was as a resilient and positive as Lucy
You are resilient in your own way. We often don’t discover just how resilient we are until crises hits, or we acquire a disability. Disability is a human condition, and it can be a great gift in that it teaches resiliency.
Be you.
@@khanhhm5762 thanks dude
she is such a wonderful lady!! I really love her and her journey.❤️❤️❤️
You are the inspiration of future generations love from india🇮🇳❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you for educating us , unless we people would never come to know more about visually challenged people and their daily struggles , ur videos inspire me and teach me to be grateful in life , god bless you and ur family young lady !
I love these shorts. It enlightens me and answers so many questions! Thanks!
It’s amazing how you can manage to do things the way you do it like...I’ve never seen anyone do this as good as you can manage things
That is really cool to know Braille can be more advanced. Thank you for sharing ❤️♥️
God bless this gifted woman. Her parents must be so proud of her :)
May God bless u & ur holy family immensely sister🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
Lucy you always make my day better! Lots of love 🥰🥰🥰
Braille fascinates me honestly!
I just gotta say.. your SO PRETTY!! I love you! ❤️
Friend way ofc!❤️
I love her eye colour and she is so sweet💕
I like how she’s so happy
Omg you have dynamite as the background music I was just listening to that 😁💜
I love watching these. It reminds me of all the stuff we take for granted. Thank you so much for doing this for us!!
Aww she is so pretty❤❤
Youralways ao happy, that makes me smile
She's really very inspiring ❤️
I appreciate that you want to keep on improving
This lady is cool as hell I’ve watched all her videos
Dude grade 2 braille is wild lol im sighted but i work for an ada signage manufacturer, so i can read like really basic braille in order to make sure signs say the right things. some of those contractions get absolutely insane 😂
Your amazing, it would take me longer than that to learn.
Your dress is amazing ♥️
Absolutely amazing.
Fun fact: using two hands to read braille (one following the other) is the most efficient way to read. It's basically double checking what you just read with your other hand.
Great that you read braille! It is very good for your spelling. I learned braille when I was 43 years old. This year I’m going to try to learn grade 2 braille to widen my horizon.
That's fantastic, I found Grade two much more tricky but its so much quicker if you can learn it😊
Thank you Lucy! I hope to get the course in the mail in the next coming days. Here in the Netherlands they only teach you Grade 1. Then it is hard to travel to english speaking countries.
I want to know her story she is so sweet and sincere and answers lots of my questions
You are amazing.
DYNAMITE🧨🧨
Cool editing
Love the music choice 😉
mad respect for you
Apologies if you’ve done one already but a video explaining the basics of how Braille works would be cool and interesting :)
Shes so sweet
I love you so muchhhhhh
This is so cool, I'd love to learn braille even though I can see!
Cool! I want to start learning because my eyes are in danger from long-term diabetes. Even tho they are still almost totally okay to read, and i am trying to keep them that way, learning new skills would still make me feel better.
My library teacher at my old school tought us brail!💜
That’s really interesting, Lucy,
I was eight years old when I started to learn braille, and though I was partially sighted at the time, it was good that I started to learn braille then because I lost my site by the time I was 12.
I read very fast now! About the speed of a sighted person or maybe faster LOL
I don’t do much slow and I am learning to slow down in other areas ha ha
Have you seen how many comments you have on this video?
You have inspired so many people and I am so proud of you. 🚄🤗
Dynamite at the back😂 ommo it got me 😲
Hey, Lucy! I saw Molly Burke’s video about her experiences learning braille. I was wondering if you also had to do sensitization training for your fingertips.
I always wanted to know about this. Now I do.
I stated started learning braille as a hobby, so far I learned the whole braille alphabet, I know some numbers and 2 contractions and 2 puntuaction signs. Hopefully when I have more free time I can learn the rest.
Great. Keep up the good work and don't stop reading. :)
Your so inspiring
Wow, I'm somehow relieved to hear it took you almost a year with every day practice! The braille writing I've encountered is usually very small. On medicine boxes for example. I struggle feeling the individual bumps. On elevator buttons they are harder and more pronounced than on the paper boxes at least. I just saw a practice tool that is bigger, so that might be easier for beginners? I'm gonna try to get my hands on one.
Update: Found the option of practicing with tennis balls in a cupcake tray!!!!! Its in a youtube video called "you don't need to see this video"
Hello. I love you videos so much.
Lucy does scripting ??? She is so wise! I love her! Such an inspiration ✨ 💖 💛
I just tried teaching Braille to myself and it’s coming quite hard but I’m getting the hang of it!
Your really smart I like it
You’re *
@@ellaxx9606 why?...
Omg Dynamite in the background yessss
Positiveness
You're amazing I love you
Dynamite in the background 🥰👍
That's impressive!!
I’ve been curious about this !
Thanx for putting the song dynamite as the baground
I know it probably won't matter much but your eyes are beautiful
Thank you! I was dying to know! It seems so very difficult to me, I'm quite impressed at how little it took you to learn. I frequently touch the braille on elevators and medicine boxes with my eyes closed to check if I can feel the individual "dots"... And every time I fail big time 😂 But I also have hyperhidrosis so I would probably destroy all my braille documents with my sweat 🥴
I always like the vidios and tiktoks of her
She's so kind and cheery! I love watching her videos! Also did anyone else notice that dynamite by BTS was playing in the background?
I is vibing with le music again :D
If it's ok to ask: Why did you already learn it, when you were still sighted? Did you know, that you would loose your sight? Stay safe! You inspire me and a lot of my friends!
It's important to learn to read nonvisually and so much more without vision (typically under a blindfold) so the confidence with the new techniques and skill(s) is already firm when vision deteriorates further. A safety net, so she'd have something to fall back on later when reading print would be too much of a struggle.
Ok...?
When we know a student has a progressive condition, we always start teaching them braille young. Just like with any skill, the younger the better as your brain retains things better when learned at a younger age. And, then when the person loses more of their vision and NEEDS braille, they have those foundational skills and tactile awareness to help them pick it up quicker.
@@tracyfitch4873 thanks for clearing things up 😊 although I already found that out over the last 2 years 😅
God bless you pretty women😍
Miss your very pretty! I don't know if you are blind or not but it's ok! You are a good woman! And you deserve these subscribers. If someone that helps her film plz read this or make it a read aloud so she hears this. I may have 26 subs. But you are special it's like me having ADHD but a bit different I hope you have a good day and life!
i’m blind from birth, so i’ve learned braille at school when i was 9. honestly, it was very painful and now, i just love writing, and reading in braille.
QUEEN :)
So brave
Have a good day queen
She's amazing she should be famous and how she can do all of this is amazing 👏 you are my third hero because my mom and dad r the first and second UwU
Im so glad you learned in school!!💜
My shcool refused too. Now Im in my 20s and trying to learn on my own.
School discriminated.
@@danielledewitt1
Yup. There was a lot of discrimination at that school. I wasnt the only one.
@@A_Wee_spook By discriminating they broke the law. There still is a lot of discrimination sadly.
@@danielledewitt1
Very true.
Where did you go to school? In the US that is illegal. The Braille Bill essentially states that every child who is visually impaired will learn braille by default and if they don’t need braille, we have to prove why they are efficient readers using another medium, like large print or magnification.
My cousin was born blind and she learned braille in school. She's also teaching it to her blind daughters, even though they insist it's old school. But she insists that independent living means learning it all.
Great work your cousin is doing with her kids. Yes, learning to live as a blind person really does include learning to read braille. There are refreshable braille displays that can pair with iPhones and other devices to facilitate reading e-books and such, so the kids' assertion that reading braille is somehow outdated does not hold water. Braille literacy will never die, and there are many blind children who do not receive adequate quality instruction because of the shortage of qualified teachers of the visually impaired.
hi lucy ❣️
Just wanted to point out...... You're eyeliner's on fleek, girl!!
I really like that shirt
To be said, Everyone SHOULD learn Braille since you can get blind anytime, so the sooner you learn, the better. I don't say that everyone will be, I say everyone could potentially be blind. Sorry if I offended you guys, thanks.
Hi Lucy Great video x Never been shown x