Oklahoma City advocates seek Braille textbooks

 
BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL | Modified: January 10, 2010 at 12:00 am | Published: January 10, 2010   

Daniel Brookshire doesn’t have a history book because he’s blind.

His friends copied maps in class Monday at Nimitz Middle School in Tulsa. Because he couldn’t participate, the teacher gave him another project. He wasn’t resentful or angry, but he just wanted to be a part of what was happening. He wanted a textbook in Braille.

photo - Daniel Brookshire reads one of the volumes of his Braille Bible in his family’s home in Tulsa. Brookshire is in eighth grade and loves to read. phOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN
Daniel Brookshire reads one of the volumes of his Braille Bible in his family’s home in Tulsa. Brookshire is in eighth grade and loves to read. phOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE OKLAHOMAN

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