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- From: matthew@base.cs.ucla.edu (Matthew Merzbacher)
- Subject: bridge with handicap (was: bridge for the blind)
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:16:04 GMT
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- All this discussion about playing Bridge when blind makes me think of
- an inspirational woman at the club where I sometimes play. She has a
- disability with the language center in her brain that makes it impossible
- for her to link numbers/suits with their names!
-
- When you bid, she asks you to hold up how many fingers you bid and point
- to a little index card with pictures of the suits on it. So, if you want
- to bid 3H, you hold up 3 fingers and point to the heart shape on the card.
- Of course, she and her partner bid this way too.
-
- For dummy play, she has to point to the card she wants played, as well,
- since she can't call for it.
-
- You might think that a person with such a disability would not be a great
- card player, but you would be wrong. She's sharp - as sharp as any at the
- (relatively weak) club that she plays in.
-
- Remarkable and inspiring.
- --
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- Matthew Merzbacher ARPA: matthew@CS.UCLA.EDU
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- This time, *with* the oys
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