Page 49 - The Exceptional Harley Fetterman

THE EXCEPTIONAL HARLEY FETTERMAN

afraid of nothing. He had already experienced a year of chemotherapy,
blood tests, MRIs and was now blind.

Harley excelled, getting 3's (exceeding expectations) on his report
card, and his parents rewarded him with a Braille compass for his
accomplishments.
As Harley entered second grade, he continued using the
Mountbatten Brailler and began utilizing the print feature for
producing a printed copy of any work done in literary Braille code for
his teachers. Soon, Harley was introduced to his first electronic
notetaker, the BrailleNote from Humanware. He used this computer
device for all his literary work in middle school. This device had
built-in word processors, calendars, calculator, just like many smart
devices. It could also connect to the internet. Harley learned
commands to create, edit, save, and wirelessly print out his files at
school and at home. He eventually used the BrailleNote for all his
literary work except math.

Figure 14: BrailleNote and printer.

In second grade, math class discussed the concept of “regrouping”
which was difficult for some kids to understand. When questions were
presented to the students, Harley quickly shot his hand in the air. He
had correct answers even when other students were struggling with
this concept. An example of regrouping is adding 256 + 99. The one's
column totals 15. Regroup 10 of the 15 into the ten's column and
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