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commit e8c5e14420a52245ae2691ba7f5e7da8e8b055b7
Author: V.Prabhakar at FMR.COM <fidelity_camp at tp6.endpoint.com>
Date: Mon Jun 14 16:08:16 2010 -0400
Re-Skin content for Braille directory -edie
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commit e8c5e14420a52245ae2691ba7f5e7da8e8b055b7
Author: V.Prabhakar at FMR.COM <fidelity_camp at tp6.endpoint.com>
Date: Mon Jun 14 16:08:16 2010 -0400
Re-Skin content for Braille directory -edie
---
catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/directions.html | 8 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/index.html | 4 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/tour.html | 2 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/alphacard.html | 40 +--
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/capitalize.html | 24 --
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/card_thanks.html | 42 +--
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards.html | 19 -
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_alt.html | 19 -
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_multipack.html | 21 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_new.html | 19 -
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_purchase.html | 36 --
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_single.html | 21 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/case_for_braille.html | 79 ----
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/index.html | 77 ++--
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-about.html | 72 ----
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-author-pics.html | 270 -------------
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-author.html | 424 --------------------
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-inside.html | 75 ----
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-portrait.html | 127 ------
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-raves.html | 128 ------
.../nbp/pages/braille/lb-sampledescription.html | 64 ---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-sampleletter.html | 67 ---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/louis.html | 57 ---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/louisbraillebook.html | 360 -----------------
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/needforbraille.html | 28 ++
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/references.html | 49 ---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices.html | 23 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices1.html | 14 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices2.html | 66 +---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices3.html | 79 +---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices4.html | 69 +---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices5.html | 12 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices6.html | 34 +-
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices7.html | 44 --
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices8.html | 37 --
.../braille/{literacy.html => whatisbraille.html} | 123 +++---
catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/whoislouis.html | 37 ++
37 files changed, 311 insertions(+), 2359 deletions(-)
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/capitalize.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_alt.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_new.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_purchase.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/case_for_braille.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-about.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-author-pics.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-author.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-inside.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-portrait.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-raves.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-sampledescription.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/lb-sampleletter.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/louis.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/louisbraillebook.html
create mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/needforbraille.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/references.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices7.html
delete mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/voices8.html
rename catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/{literacy.html => whatisbraille.html} (51%)
create mode 100644 catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/whoislouis.html
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/directions.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/directions.html
index 428bd71..6288404 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/directions.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/directions.html
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
<div class=box_m5px>
<h1 class="contentheader">Directions</h1>
<div class="content_area">
-<b>Address:</b> National Braille Press<br />
-88 St. Stephen Street<br />
-Boston, MA 02115</p>
+<p><b>Address:</b> National Braille Press<br />
+ 88 St. Stephen Street<br />
+ Boston, MA 02115</p>
<p><b>Telephone:</b> (617) 266-6160<br />
- 1-800-548-7323 (toll free)<br />
+ 1-800-548-7323 (toll free)<br />
1-888-965-8965 (toll free)</p>
<p><b>Fax: </b> (617) 437-0456</p>
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/index.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/index.html
index 6b1f8bb..0ea9c2e 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/index.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/index.html
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
<h1 class="contentheader">About Us</h1>
<div class="content_area">
-<p> National Braille Press supports a lifetime of opportunity for blind children through braille literacy, and provides access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in work, family, and community affairs.</p>
+<p>National Braille Press supports a lifetime of opportunity for blind children through braille literacy, and provides access to information that empowers blind people to actively engage in work, family, and community affairs.</p>
<p>National Braille Press is a Boston-based nonprofit braille printing and publishing house founded in 1927 to ensure that blind people have the same access to information as sighted people in a medium they can read-braille.</p>
-<hw class=class="subheader_a">We Believe</h2>
+<h2 class=class="subheader_a">We Believe</h2>
<p>
<ul>
<li>Braille is the only true means of [page braille/index.html]literacy</a> for a person without sight;</li>
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/tour.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/tour.html
index b495101..3e10b49 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/tour.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/aboutus/tour.html
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
<div class=box_m5px>
<h1 class="contentheader">Tour National Braille Press</h1>
<div class="content_area">
-<p>Braille production is a complicated process involving many different steps. The information below outlines the major points in the production process. However, the best way to understand braille production is to experience it for yourself. That's why we encourage people to <a href="#tour">tour our facility in person </p> or listen to an audio tour [http://www.nbp.org/nbp/media/interview.m3u].</p>
+<p>Braille production is a complicated process involving many different steps. The information below outlines the major points in the production process. However, the best way to understand braille production is to experience it for yourself. That's why we encourage people to <a href="#tour">tour our facility in person</a> </p> or listen to an audio tour [http://www.nbp.org/nbp/media/interview.m3u].</p>
<h2 class="subheader_a">Transcription</h2>
<p>The braille production process begins in the Transcription Department, where special software is used by staff transcribers to transcribe the written word into braille code. The transcriber then reviews the document to ensure all code is correct. Our transcribers' extensive training enables them to transcribe literary, math and music braille; to transcribe in multiple languages; and to earn certification by the Library of Congress.</p>
<h2 class="subheader_a">Proofreading</h2>
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/alphacard.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/alphacard.html
index c14da78..658b868 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/alphacard.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/alphacard.html
@@ -1,48 +1,36 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/alphacard.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/alphacard.html
-ui_page_template: all_about_braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/alphacard.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]Braille Alphabet Card[/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Alphabet Card[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
+[var MENU_BAR]
+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[var TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
+
+
<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
<div class=box_m5px>
<h1 class="contentheader">Braille Alphabet Card</h1>
<div class="content_area">
-<img src="alphabet_card.jpg" width=552 height=292 border=2px>
+<img src="braille/alphabet_card.jpg" width=552 height=292 border=2px>
<P>This is a visual representation of the braille alphabet without contractions. To conserve space and increase reading speeds, the braille code contains 189 contractions. You can <a href="/downloads/alphsamp.pdf">download</a> the alphabet card as a PDF file.</p>
-<p>Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is the only medium through which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to read and write. National Braille Press and supporters of literacy for blind people throughout the world are celebrating the bicentennial of <a href="http://www.louisbraillebicentennial.org"> Louis Braille's birth</a> in 2009.</p>
+<p>Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is the only medium through which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to read and write. National Braille Press and supporters of literacy for blind people throughout the world celebrated the bicentennial of [page braille/louis/louis_life.html]Louis Braille's birth</a> in 2009.</p>
<P><b>Would you like an embossed Braille Alphabet Card?</b></p>
<p>To have a free embossed Braille Alphabet Card mailed to you, fill out this <a href="[area href='braille/cards_single']">form</a>.</p>
-<p>You can also purchase the Braille Alphabet Card in packets of 35 cards for $6/pack, fill out this <a href="[area href='braille/cards_multipack']">form</a>. National Braille Press appreciates your support for braille literacy!</a>.
+<p>To purchase the Braille Alphabet Card in packets of 35 cards for $6/pack, fill out this <a href="[area href='braille/cards_multipack']">form</a>. National Braille Press appreciates your support for braille literacy!
</p>
-<P>Are you sighted and would you like to learn braille -- using your eyes -- order <a href="[area href='JETKB']">Just Enough to Know Better</a>.</p>
+<P>If you're sighted and would like to learn braille - using your eyes - see <a href="[area href='JETKB']">Just Enough to Know Better</a>.</p>
-<p>National Braille Press is committed to publishing information in braille and advocating for literacy for blind children because the single most important gateway to opportunity is the ability to read and write. <a href="[area href='support/index.html']">Ways to Help</a></p>
-
-<P><CENTER>
-<a href="http://www.louisbraillebicentennial.org">Celebrate the Louis Braille Bicentennial</a>
-</CENTER>
-</p>
+<p>National Braille Press is committed to publishing information in braille and advocating for literacy for blind children because the single most important gateway to opportunity is the ability to read and write. <a href="[area href='support/index.html']">Get Involved</a></p>
<P><center><B>Also: Beautiful Braille Gift Ideas<BR>
</b>[page MAG-WORLD]Print/braille Refrigerator Magnets</a>
<BR>[page BRACE]Braille Alphabet Bracelets</a></center></p>
-<p>If you would like more information or have questions concerning our Braille Alphabet Cards, please contact Stephanie Marin at 617-266-6160 ext 12 or email at <a href="MAILTO:smarin at nbp.org">smarin at nbp.org</a>.
+<p>If you would like more information or have questions concerning our Braille Alphabet Cards, please contact Elena Samohvalov at 617-266-6160 ext 412 or email <a href="MAILTO:esamohvalov at nbp.org">esamohvalov at nbp.org</a>.
</p>
</div>
</div>
<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
+[VAR FOOTER]
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/capitalize.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/capitalize.html
deleted file mode 100644
index b782772..0000000
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/capitalize.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/capitalize.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/capitalize.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/capitalize.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Braille Alphabet Card - Should 'Braille' be Capitalized?[/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
-<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
-<div class=box_m5px>
-<h1 class="contentheader">Should "Braille" be Capitalized?</h1>
-<div class="content_area">
-<p>The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) recommends that the word "braille" be written with an initial lowercase letter when referring to the code developed by Louis Braille. When referring to the proper name of Louis Braille, the inventor of the reading system, the initial letter should (obviously) be capitalized.
-</p>
-</div>
-</div>
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/card_thanks.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/card_thanks.html
index 2ca66e9..1e89acc 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/card_thanks.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/card_thanks.html
@@ -1,25 +1,17 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/card_thanks.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/card_thanks.html
-ui_page_template: braille
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/card_thanks.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Braille Alphabet Card - Thank You[/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
-<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
-<div class="box_m5px">
- <h1 class="contentheader">Thanks for your request!</h1>
- <div class="content_area">
- <p>Your request for braille alphabet cards has been sent to the appropriate department.
- We will send these cards to you as soon as we can.
- </p>
- </div>
-</div>
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Braille Alphabet Card: Thank You[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
+[var MENU_BAR]
+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[var TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
+
+<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
+<div class="box_m5px">
+ <h1 class="contentheader">Thanks for your request!</h1>
+ <div class="content_area">
+ <p>Your request for braille alphabet cards has been sent to the appropriate department.
+ We will send these cards to you as soon as we can.
+ </p>
+ </div>
+</div>
+<!-- END CONTENT -->
+[VAR FOOTER]
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ca6679..0000000
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/cards.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/cards.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]Braille Alphabet Card - Request Free Alphabet Cards[/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
-<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
-[tmp contact_form_type]alphabet_card[/tmp]
-[include etc/contact_form.html]
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_alt.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_alt.html
deleted file mode 100644
index db1a25f..0000000
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_alt.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/cards.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/cards.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Braille Alphabet Card - Request Free Alphabet Cards[/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
-<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
-[tmp contact_form_type]alphabet_card[/tmp]
-[include etc/contact_form_alt.html]
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_multipack.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_multipack.html
index 02468b7..5408274 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_multipack.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_multipack.html
@@ -1,18 +1,9 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/cards.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/cards.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Request Alphabet Cards - Packet of 35[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
+[var MENU_BAR]
+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[var TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
-[seti xtitle]Braille Alphabet Card - Request Alphabet Cards - Packet of 35[/seti]
-
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
[tmp contact_form_type]alphabet_card_multi[/tmp]
@@ -21,4 +12,4 @@ ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
<p>*Orders are processed every Wednesday with the help of our wonderful volunteers! Please allow 2-3 days (6-10 days international) for delivery from the Wednesday following your order.</p>
<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
\ No newline at end of file
+[VAR FOOTER]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_new.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_new.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c16de5..0000000
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_new.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/cards.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/cards.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Braille Alphabet Card - Request Free Alphabet Cards[/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
-<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
-[tmp contact_form_type]alphabet_card[/tmp]
-[include etc/contact_formNew.html]
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_purchase.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_purchase.html
deleted file mode 100644
index a070a3f..0000000
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_purchase.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/cards.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/cards.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
-[control reset=1]
-
-[seti xtitle]Braille Alphabet Card [/seti]
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_TOP_@
-<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
-<div class="box_m5px">
- <h1 class="contentheader">Select Shipping Method for Braille Alphabet Cards</h1>
- <div class="content_area">
-Free Matter can be selected for both domestic and international orders. Domestic orders will take up to 3-4 weeks for delivery, International deliveries will vary widely.<br><br>
-For faster delivery, USPS priority mail is available. Shipping and handling charges for Domestic is $5.95; Canada/Mexico is $11.95, and International is $13.95. The shipping charges double after every 3 packets. Please select a shipping method:
-<p><center>
-<form name="PrePage" method = "post" action = "https://Simplecheckout.authorize.net/payment/CatalogPayment.aspx"> <input type = "hidden" name = "LinkId" value ="a16158b2-38f9-4170-b6a9-f48a41088aaa" /> <input type = "submit" value = "Free Matter" /> </form>
-
-<form name="PrePage" method = "post" action = "https://Simplecheckout.authorize.net/payment/CatalogPayment.aspx"> <input type = "hidden" name = "LinkId" value ="c8a1e6a7-e7f3-4ff3-bbd9-ef66250bc26b" /> <input type = "submit" value = "Domestic" alt="Domestic"/> </form>
-
-<form name="PrePage" method = "post" action = "https://Simplecheckout.authorize.net/payment/CatalogPayment.aspx"> <input type = "hidden" name = "LinkId" value ="697c7aba-262c-4467-9b6e-d13aac875046" alt="Canada and Mexico" /> <input type = "submit" value = "Canada & Mexico" /> </form>
-
-<form name="PrePage" method = "post" action = "https://Simplecheckout.authorize.net/payment/CatalogPayment.aspx"> <input type = "hidden" name = "LinkId" value ="88dc028c-0b04-480d-beb0-d9f1d94bdcad" alt="International"/> <input type = "submit" value = "International" /> </form>
-<br><br>
-If you have any questions or problems with your order, please contact Stephanie Marin at 617-266-6160 ext 12 or <a href="MAILTO:smarin at nbp.org">smarin at nbp.org</a><br>
-<a href="[area href='braille/cards_multipack']">Return</a>
-</center></p>
- </div>
-</div>
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
- at _BRAILLE_TEMPLATE_BOTTOM_@
diff --git a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_single.html b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_single.html
index 2a04926..ccab2ba 100644
--- a/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_single.html
+++ b/catalogs/nbp/pages/braille/cards_single.html
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
-[comment]
-ui_page: braille/cards.html
-ui_type: page
-ui_name: braille/cards.html
-ui_page_template: braille_template
-ui_version: 4.9.7
-ui_page_version: 4.9.7
-ui_source: pages/braille/cards.html
-[/comment]
-[control reset=1]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Request a Free Card[/seti]
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- <h2 class="subheader_a">by William M. Raeder
-<BR>Trustee and former President, National Braille Press</h2>
-
-<p>From the mid-'60s to the present, the percentage of school-aged
-blind children in this country who use braille as their primary
-reading medium has dropped from 50 percent to 12 percent, and
-more than a generation of blind children has been largely allowed
-to grow up illiterate under the damaging notion that tape
-recordings and talking computers are sufficient for them.</p>
-
-<p>This decline in the teaching and learning of braille has occurred
-not because the value of literacy has in any way diminished. On
-the contrary, in our democratic society for which a literate
-public is the cornerstone and in an economy which is increasingly
-complex and information-driven, the ability to read and write is
-increasingly crucial. This is all the more true as society's
-vision of the capacity of blind people to achieve despite their
-handicap grows, as prejudices against them diminish, as the law
-supports them in equal employment opportunity, and as
-opportunities for blind people to produce and contribute are
-expanding.</p>
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-<p>Braille is the only means by which blind people can truly read
-the written language. It is certainly true that for easy reading
-materials such as novels, audio intake using the recorded human
-voice, or the electronically synthesized mimicking of the human
-voice, is not only satisfactory but sometimes preferred by blind
-people, just as it is by sighted people. By the same token, just
-as sighted people have by no means given up the written language
-in favor of audio only, so blind people should not be expected to
-give up their written language. Here are just a few examples of
-situations in which being able to truly read is critical:
-<ul>
- <li>Studying, not simply reading serially, complex material such
- as a chemistry book, cookbook, or financial statement</li>
- <li>Keeping two channels open to the mind at the same time, as
- in delivering a speech when referring to notes</li>
- <li>Taking notes and keeping records for easy reference, such as
- address books and "to do" lists, and labeling items such as
- food containers, file folders, and CDs</li>
- <li>Reading aloud, e.g. to children, in religious services, in
- class</li>
- <li>Learning the intricacies of language: spelling, grammar, and
- punctuation</li>
- <li>Communicating with and among people who are deaf and blind,
- who have no other means of human communication other than
- hand to hand "talking"</li>
-</ul>
-</p>
-
-<p>Academic research has shown that the early learning of braille
-correlates strongly with both academic and employment success
-later in life. Reading is not only a major -- if not the major --
-source of practical information for effective thinking and
-productivity; but also a major source for knowledge, inspiration,
-creativity, and the development of values.</p>
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+ <h1 class="contentheader">Braille is Literacy</h1>
+<p> <center><b>Reading in the Digital Age</b></center></p>
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-<img src="alphabet_card.jpg" width=552 height=292 border=2px>
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-<P>This is a visual representation of the braille alphabet without contractions. To conserve space and increase reading speeds, the braille code contains 189 contractions. You can <a href="/downloads/alphsamp.pdf">download</a> the alphabet card as a PDF file.</p>
-<p>Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is the only medium through which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to read and write. National Braille Press and supporters of literacy for blind people throughout the world are celebrating the bicentennial of <a href="http://www.louisbraillebicentennial.org"> Louis Braille's birth</a> in 2009.</p>
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-<p>To have a free embossed Braille Alphabet Card mailed to you, fill out this <a href="[area href='braille/cards_single']">form</a>.</p>
-<p>You can also purchase the Braille Alphabet Card in packets of 35 cards for $6/pack, fill out this <a href="[area href='braille/cards_multipack']">form</a>. National Braille Press appreciates your support for braille literacy!</a>.
-</p>
-
-<P>Are you sighted and would you like to learn braille -- using your eyes -- order <a href="[area href='JETKB']">Just Enough to Know Better</a>.</p>
-
-<p>National Braille Press is committed to publishing information in braille and advocating for literacy for blind children because the single most important gateway to opportunity is the ability to read and write. <a href="[area href='support/index.html']">Ways to Help</a></p>
-
-<P><CENTER>
-<a href="http://www.louisbraillebicentennial.org">Celebrate the Louis Braille Bicentennial</a>
-</CENTER>
-</p>
-
-<P><center><B>Also: Beautiful Braille Gift Ideas<BR>
-</b>[page MAG-WORLD]Print/braille Refrigerator Magnets</a>
-<BR>[page BRACE]Braille Alphabet Bracelets</a></center></p>
-<p>If you would like more information or have questions concerning our Braille Alphabet Cards, please contact Stephanie Marin at 617-266-6160 ext 12 or email at <a href="MAILTO:smarin at nbp.org">smarin at nbp.org</a>.
-</p>
-
- </div>
+<p>Literacy for all-sighted and blind. It seems like a pretty simple concept. Yet despite the enormous proven advantages that literacy offers, families with blind children often have an uphill battle in ensuring that their child is taught to read and write.
+<ul>
+<li>Only 1 out of 5 blind schoolchildren use braille.</li>
+<li>84% of blind children attend public school.</li>
+<li>Braille instruction can be offered as little as one hour per week.</li>
+<li>There is a shortage of teachers qualified to teach braille.</li>
+
+<h2 class "subheader_a">Reading is a Right Not a Privilege</h2>
+<p>Nothing substitutes for the ability to read. For blind people, braille is the only medium for true literacy. Tape recorders and synthesized speech are useful tools, but they can't replace the [page braille/needforbraille.html]ability to read and write</a>.</p>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">The Power of Braille</h2>
+<p>To succeed in school, work and life, blind people need the opportunities that literacy provides. Research has shown a correlation between a blind person's learning of braille and lifetime achievement. One study shows that only 30% of blind people are employed, but of this group, 90% are braille readers.</p>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">Braille in the Digital Age</h2>
+<p>In today's technology-driven world, is braille still relevant? Blind people have traditionally had many barriers to information and harnessing technology is critical in bridging this gap. E-Braille can help blind people surf the internet, text, e-mail, download books, and stay connected to the world as never before. [link to CBI White Paper]</p>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">Will Books Disappear?</h2>
+<p>While paper braille will not disappear anytime soon, it is essential that NBP provide information faster and more efficiently, in a variety of formats, and with new technologies that allow blind people to keep pace with the sighted world.</p>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">Center for Braille Innovation: [page programs/cbi.html] Bridging the Technology Gap</a></h2>
+<p>More efficient braille production and the development of e-braille technologies is the cornerstone of NBP's new direction as we move forward to:<br />
+<ul>
+<li>Improve efficiencies in braille production.</li>
+<li>Braille for Everyone: develop accessible, affordable technology products for work, school, daily living, household items, and public information.</li>
+<li>Increase availability of tactile graphics through digital mediums.</li>
+</ul>
+</p>
+</div>
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-<BR><I>— Russell Freedman, Newbery Medal-winning author</i>
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-"We the blind are as indebted to Louis Braille
-as mankind is to Gutenberg."
-<BR><I>Helen Keller</i></b>
-</center>
-
-<P>
-In the early weeks of 1809, three baby boys were born who changed the course of history: Abraham Lincoln, Charles Darwin, and Louis Braille. Unlike Lincoln and Darwin, Braille's genius is little known outside his native land, except among those who have been touched by his gift of literacy.
-</p>
-<P>
-Louis Braille was born sighted and accidentally blinded himself at the age of three. He was fortunate to be sent to Paris to board at one of the world's first schools for blind children. There, at the age of 12, he began to work tirelessly on a revolutionary system of reading and writing by touch.
-</P>
-<P>
-Drawing on primary sources, <i>Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius</i> is the first ever full-color biography to include 31 of <a href="lb-sampleletter.html">his extant letters</a>, some written by his own hand, and translated into English for the first time.
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-<p>[page LB]Order now!</a></p>
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-<TD VALIGN="TOP"><P><BR><B>C. Michael Mellor</b> embarked on a biography of Louis Braille when he first saw the letters of Louis Braille on display at l'Institut National de Jeunes Aveugles, the school in Paris where Louis was a student, teacher, and creator of an embossed code that carries his name.
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-<P>As editor of the <I>Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind</i> for eighteen years, Mike has long held a fascination for braille. His published paper, "Making a Point: The Crusade for a Universal Embossed Code in the United States," was delivered at the International Conference on "The Blind in History and the History of the Blind," in Paris, France, where he came upon Louis's extant letters and decided to translate them for publication.
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-<P>Mellor holds an MA in the History of Science from the University of Leeds in England, where he was born. During National Service with the Royal Air Force, he maintained electronic equipment on jet fighters. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he enjoys being an urban farmer.
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-<LI>November, 2009
-<BR>National Museum of Ethnology
-<BR>Osaka, Japan
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-<BR>South Africa
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-<LI>September 9, 2009
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-<BR>Sacramento, CA
-<BR>Appearing with the<BR><a href="../louis/louis_tour.html">Louis Braille Traveling Exhibit</a>.
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-<LI>July 13, 2009
-<BR>Hadley School for the Blind
-<BR>Winnetka, IL
-<BR>Appearing with the<BR> <a href="../louis/louis_tour.html">Louis Braille Traveling Exhibit</a>.
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-<LI>May, 2009
-<BR>Edinboro University
-<BR>Edinboro, PA
-<BR>Appearing with the<BR>
-<a href="../louis/louis_tour.html">Louis Braille Traveling Exhibit</a>.
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-<BR>Friends of Wolfner Library
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-<LI>March 16, 2009
-<BR>Denver Public Library
-<BR>Denver, CO
-<BR>Appearing with the<br>
-<a href="../louis/louis_tour.html">Louis Braille Traveling Exhibit</a>.
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-<LI>March 14, 2009
-<BR>San Francisco Public Library
-<BR>Appearing with the<BR><a href="../louis/louis_tour.html">Louis Braille Traveling Exhibit</a>.
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-<BR>200th Anniversary of Louis Braille's Birth
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-Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius,</b> by C. Michael Mellor, is the first ever, fully illustrated biography to include Louis Braille's extant letters.
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-In hardcover print, paperback braille, electronic braille, and hardcover braille.
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-<BR>After setting out to translate and publish the letters of Louis Braille (1809-52) that were held by the Institut National de Jeunes Aveugles in Paris, Mellor (editor, Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind) found his project taking on a life of its own. What was intended to be a small pamphlet became this richly illustrated and lovingly crafted book. In his preface, Mellor admits that he did not aim to offer any tantalizing revelations about Braille's life or character but rather to allow Braille's words to paint their own picture of his challenging existence, his fragile health, and his devotion to bettering the lives of blind people worldwide through reading and communicating by tactile notation. The result is an admittedly adoring biography, a nice coffee-table book, which some might harshly judge as an overly sentimental representation of a mortal, certainly flawed man. However, after finishing the book, one is hard-pressed not to join Mellor heartily in his reverent adoration of Braille's brilliance, compassion, and determination, which resulted in a code used in nearly every country and adapted to music, mathematics, and almost every known language. Recommended for public and school libraries.
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-<BR>Thoroughly researched and charming, this coffee-table book is overstuffed with pictures, letters and every type of Louis Braille memorabilia available. Unabashedly admiring, the author acknowledges his goal is not to write a "pathography" of Braille, and indeed, readers will find none of Braille's hidden vices (nor any hints of their presence) to enliven this life story. But Braille's life in the middle of the 19th century provides a rich story: a man who, blinded during boyhood, devoted himself to teaching other blind people better ways of negotiating their world. In addition to devising the raised-dot alphabet, Braille also set up a system for musical notation and built printing machines for his alphabets. The writing here is straightforward and suits the reverential tone of the text, which incorporates photo-reproductions of Braille's correspondences (both dictated and those he printed using his printing techniques) and provides a brief history of the contentious debate over standardizing the Braille system. If the tone seems boosterish the book accomplishes its aims - to highlight the goodliness and inventiveness of a man who transformed the lives of blind people worldwide.
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-<BR>As I read of blind people begging and in poverty, of little blind children astonishing sighted audiences with their brightness and newfound literacy, of this remarkable genius himself relentlessly perfecting his code that is the foundation of everything I do, I am struck with wonder, gratitude, and something else. We need to know this man, memorize his story, have his name on our tongues, and bring his name and our literacy into the foreground of mainstream recognition. Michael Mellor has written a good book about a great man--and because that man is Louis Braille, we should be putting copies into the hands of every blind and sighted person we know. We should spread his story because we know who we are.
-<BR>Read the full review <a href="http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/bm/bm06/bm0607/bm060705.htm">here</a>.
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-<BR>How's this for a great story? A blind teenager from a farm village family, away at school, devises a code that revolutionizes communication for other blind people. The school is harsh, its location toxic, and its leaders often self-absorbed. Only other students and an occasional administrator even comprehend the magnitude of what the boy has done. The boy grows up to become a teacher at the school himself, but the conditions there destroy his health, killing him in his early forties. The code the boy invented nonetheless spreads around the world. Nearly 200 years later, the boy's name is a household word... At last, Louis Braille's world comes to life with a richness that is entirely new.
-<BR>Read the full review <a href="http://www.nfb.org/Images/nfb/Publications/fr/fr22/fr06sum12.htm">here</a>.
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-<P>"I purchased a copy of the Braille book and I think it is a great and unusual masterpiece.
-<P>"What impresses me most is that it illustrates so much more than how Braille lettering enables the sightless to read and write and when and where Louis Braille was born and lived.
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-<P>"There are the fascinating glimpses of French society before the French Revolution, effects of Revolution and then the Napoleonic empire and how the blind fared during those changing times. There are the timeless tales of educational institutions with financial struggles the character strengths and flaws of their leadership. And, of course, there is the startling model of Louis Braille showing what a sixteen year old blind youth can accomplish with imagination, creativity and a desire to help others to lead better lives.
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-<P>"I think this is a wonderful book for teenagers and want to purchase several more copies to place in some school and public libraries."
-<BR><I>- Bruce Ramsey</i></p>
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-<P>"I was away in Georgia at a Flannery O'Connor conference and chairing the O'Connor-Andalusia Foundation; the book was among my accumulated mail. I opened the mailer and put the book aside to catch up on myriad tasks. When my frustration with a computer problem forced a break I took up the book and haven't been able to lay it down.
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-<P>"It is wonderful! So beautifully done and so full of informative text and illustrations. I learned much about the life and personality of Louis and the origins of braille — of which I only had an inkling — such as its military precursor and Braille's dot-matrix invention. Please convey my appreciation to Michael and all those who contributed to this most impressive document."
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- <P>"This book should be read by all professionals working in the field of disabilities, as well as by those from high school students up and the general public. It is a book for all both sighted and blind. It should be noted that this book was published at the same time both in print and Braille."
- <br><I>- Ken Stuckey Retired Research Librarian
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-I had left Coupvray for a few days when two charming letters arrived.
-<BR>Otherwise my second draft would have crossed with your second letter.
-<BR>All is well here, but only the garden grapes have ripened. At
-<BR>least I have the satisfaction of enjoying beautiful walks. Give my
-<BR>kind regards to Mademoiselle your sister.
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-<P>I am thinking of you and of... [ellipsis appears in the original]</p>
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-Albanian to Zulu. Yet few people outside the field of blindness
-know of the remarkable contribution Braille made to world
-literacy. Even more obscure is the fact that he was a teenager
-when he devised and perfected an embossed code that radically
-advanced the ability of blind individuals to read and write
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-<p>To learn more about Louis Braille, see our print/braille children's book<br>
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-<P> See also our new biography, [page braille/louisbraillebook.html]Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius</a>.</p>
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-<li>Louis Braille Fact Sheet</li>
-<li>"A Visit to Louis Braille's Birthplace," by Kenneth Jernigan</li>
-<li>See Louis Braille's Gravesite!</li>
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-<P><B>Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius</b>
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-<P><B>Louis Braille</b> was an innovator - and this award seeks to identify and inspire future innovation.
-</p>
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-<P><B><a href="louisbrailleprizewinner.html">Announcement of 2007 Prize Winners</a>
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-<BR>Karen Gourgey and Steven Landau<BR>won the $20,000 prize for their Talking Tactile Tablet.
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-<P><B><a href="louisbrailleprizecommittee.html">Adjudication Committee</a>
-</B>
-<BR>Comprised of six members, with experience in research, teaching, and engineering
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-<BR>The Prize is provided through support<BR>from The Gibney Family Foundation.</p>
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-<li><a href="http://www.duxburysystems.com/braille.asp">
-Louis Braille and the Braille System</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://www.louisbrailleschool.org/faq.htm">
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-Louis Braille School FAQ</a></li>
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-Louis Braille Fact Sheet</a></li>
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - The Need for Braille[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
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+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[var TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
+
+<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
+<div class=box_m5px>
+ <h1 class="contentheader">The Need for Braille</h1>
+ <div class="content_area">
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">Braille is Literacy</h2>
+<p>There is no substitute for the ability to read. For blind people, braille is the only medium that allows for true literacy. Tape recorders and synthesized speech are useful tools, but they are inadequate substitutes for reading and writing. Braille literacy plays the same key role in a blind person's life that print literacy does in a sighted person's-it increases opportunities.</p>
+
+<p>Research shows that braille literacy directly correlates with academic achievement and employment. The majority of working-age blind people are unemployed (74 percent) and depend on support such as disability income benefits. It is estimated that the lost productivity due to blindness and eye diseases is $8.0 billion per year in the United States. Of the 26 percent of blind people who are employed, the majority of them are braille readers. The correlation is clear - braille is literacy for blind people, and it is a critical component that supports educational advancement and increases employment prospects.</p>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">A National Crisis</h2>
+<p>Despite the link between braille literacy and employment, braille literacy rates for school-age blind children have declined from greater than 50 percent (40 years ago) to only 12 percent today. Part of the reason for this decline can be attributed to the mainstreaming of blind students into the public school system, where significantly less time is available for learning braille. Another factor is that many people believed that talking computers would replace the need to learn braille. However, listening alone is not enough. Research shows that braille provides a critical advantage for students to learn grammar, language, math, and science.</p>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">Braille in the Digital Age</h2>
+<p>In today's fast-paced world driven by technology, is braille still relevant? Access to information that the digital age provides is vital for all people - especially for blind and visually impaired people, who traditionally have had many barriers to information access. NBP believes that it is critically important for blind people to have equally accessible and affordable technology for staying connected through text messaging and e-mail, downloading textbooks, and reading novels.</p>
+
+<p>While paper braille will not disappear in the immediate future, it is imperative that NBP provide braille information faster and more efficiently, in a variety of formats, and with new technologies that allow blind people to keep pace with the world around them. This transition into e-braille technologies is the cornerstone of National Braille Press's new direction as we move forward to ensure the general integration of accessible technology into mainstream products for work, daily living, household items, and public information.</p>
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-<li><a href="http://www.afb.org/braillebug/">The Braille Bug</a></li>
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-The History of Reading Codes for the Blind</a></li>
-<li><a href="http://www.lowvision.org/braille_subjects.htm">
-Books about Braille</a></li>
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-[seti xtitle]NBP - Ways to Give - Voices of Our Readers[/seti]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Voices of Our Readers[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
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+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[VAR TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
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<div class="box_m5px">
<h1 class="contentheader">Voices of Our Readers</h1>
<div class="content_area">
- <p>For blind people, braille opens the door to the universe. Through braille, every subject under the stars can be read and re-read, researched and written about. One of our braille readers, profiled in these <i>Voices of Our Readers</i>, even argues that the stars themselves can be studied and analyzed with the help of the braille code. Braille, like print, functions on the highest intellectual plane and on the most mundane level. For braille, plain and simple, is reading and writing. And reading and writing changes lives.</p>
+ <p>For blind people, braille opens the door to the universe. Through braille, every subject under the stars can be read and re-read, researched and written about. One of our braille readers, profiled in these Voices of Our Readers, even argues that the stars themselves can be studied and analyzed with the help of the braille code. Braille, like print, functions on the highest intellectual plane and on the most mundane level. For braille, plain and simple, is reading and writing. And reading and writing changes lives.</p>
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Voices: Erik Weihenmayer[/seti]
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<p class="content">When I finally lost my sight after many years of gradual decline, I knew nothing about blindness. I had no action plan. I had
not a clue how I would survive as a blind person. I couldn't accept myself as being blind. My life seemed to be going in
reverse. I was learning to read, to carry my own tray, to move around the hallway, all over again. My teenage mind cried out
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-[seti xtitle]NBP - Ways to Give - Rachael McCauley[/seti]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Voices: Marcy Scott[/seti]
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+<h1 class="contentheader">Marcy Scott</h1>
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-<img src="/nbp/images/voices/mccauley.jpg" width="260" style="float: right; clear: right;">
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-<p>I have always been blind. My brother and I were born too early. I have retinopathy of prematurity.
-He has his sight. I have three brothers and I love to ice skate with them. I also love to roller
-skate and jump on the trampoline. This summer we went to Six Flags. My favorite ride was the big
-Looney Tune roller coaster. School is fun. I've been going to school since I was a baby. Now I'm
-in second grade and my best friend Morgayne is in third grade. Music is my favorite part of school.
-My teacher, Mrs. Spitz helps me learn to read braille. </p>
-
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-<p>I love reading words. Words tell me about names and places. Words tell me about parks and things I like to do. I really like reading to my friends in class. My favorite book to read is <i>A Dark, Dark Tale</i>. The stories are about the dark. They are scary. I also like poems and the way they rhyme. My teacher can add braille to any book with braille stickers. I like to write books too. I can use a Braille N' Speak -- a braille computer to write books at school. I want to be a fire fighter or a second-grade teacher. My mom just wants me to be happy and to do whatever I dream.</p></td>
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-Occupation:
-second-grade student
-</p>
+<img src="/nbp/images/braille/scott.jpg" width="260" style="float: right; clear: right;">
+<p>I have always believed in the power of words. Although I was born blind I had a family that found me a supportive residential school and so began my love of learning.</p>
-<p>
-What I like most about school:
-my teachers love me
-</p>
+<p>I remember when I was a young girl I was so proud of the fact that I could not only read stories that would take me on different adventures, but that I could also use a slate and stylus to harness the power of words and create my own stories!</p>
-<p>
-My favorite summer outing:
-riding the roller coaster at Six Flags
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Who I want to be when I grow up:
-a firefighter or a second-grade teacher
-</p>
-
-<p>
-Thing I like most about braille:
-reading words and stories to my friends
-</p>
-
-<p>
-My favorite braille books:
-<i>A Dark, Dark Tale</i>; a book of poems called <i>I Saw You in the Bathtub</i>; and my own book <i>Who Sank the Boat</i>.
-</p>
+<p>I also remember the frustration of trying to find certain books my sighted peers were reading and they weren't available to me in braille. But that didn't stop me. I continued to search out new outlets. I joined the chorus during elementary school and took up piano and guitar and I continue to use braille for my guitar playing and singing at volunteer venues to this day. I like to express myself through my music and would not have been able to do that if I had never learned to read through braille so I could follow along with the music notes.</p>
+<p>When I got older and entered college I pursued another love, the Spanish language. I studied it as an undergrad, traveled to Spain and had the most amazing time. It affected me so much I decided to pursue my Masters in Spanish and when I graduated from college in 1967, I went to Perkins School for the Blind to teach Conversational Spanish. I traveled to Peru and taught there as well. I witnessed blind children, who had no books available to them, take the sole copy we had and spend days brailling their own copy with a slate and stylus. These are the moments that moved me to continue my career as a teacher and help blind children understand the world of independence they have ahead of them once they learn to read braille.</p>
</td>
+<td width="135" valign="top" align="left" class="blue2_bg">
+<p class="content"><b>Occupation:</b> Teacher</p>
+<p class="content"><b>Favorite Book:</b> <i>Charlotte's Web</i></p>
+<p class="content"><b>Fun Talent:</b> I love Spanish!</p>
+</td>
+
</tr>
</table>
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@@ -1,82 +1,33 @@
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Ways to Give - Deborah Kendrick[/seti]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Voices: Courtney Stover[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
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-<h1 class="contentheader">Deborah Kendrick</h1>
+<h1 class="contentheader">Courtney Stover</h1>
<div class="content_area">
<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="white_bg" valign="top">
-<img src="/nbp/images/voices/kendrick.jpg" width="176" height="220" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;">
-
-<p class="floating_quote" style="width:140px; margin:0px 8px 8px 0px;">
-"I loved the feel of those glossy pages against my cheek and the delicious smell of words."
-</p>
+<img src="/nbp/images/braille/stover.jpg" width="176" height="220" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;">
+<p class="content">I'm a passionate braille reader and have been since I picked up my first book as a very young girl.</p>
+<p class="content"> I was born premature which caused my blindness but I've never let that hold me back. In fact, by the third grade I was such an avid student, I had read all the braille books available to my age group.</p>
-<p class="content">
-When I was a little girl, I used to smell pages. Not in public, you understand. But in safe
-environments like my grandmother's house and my favorite teacher's classroom. I remember holding
-that intoxicating aroma of ink and paper to my face and inhaling for all I was worth. Magazines
-were the best. I loved the feel of those glossy pages against my cheek and the delicious smell
-of words. That's how I thought of it, and that's what all the smelling was about: The essence
-of words.
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-Although I read every braille book I could get my hands on (usually several times), I knew even in elementary school that the language I loved to read was only a taunting taste of what print readers could enjoy. Technology has changed that dramatically for me and for other blind and visually impaired people. I can now find almost anything I want online, save it to disk, run it through a braille translator, and spit it out on my braille embosser. Books are now available in braille on every subject from sex to poetry, fairytale to fantasy, and even on how to use my computer. I can run my hands over any information I need or want, and the paradise is richer perhaps than even the fragrance of pages promised.
-</p>
+<p class="content">My mother campaigned for my school to make more books available to me in braille, which I was grateful for. Listening to books on tape never gave me the same rewarding experience. I love opening a book and feeling the braille with my fingertips. Through my love of reading and story telling I began to explore writing as well. I began sharing my experience as a blind teenage in an online forum. I am now a featured blogger on a well-being website. I would never have been able to pursue my love of writing if it wasn't for braille.</p>
-<p class="content">
-I still love libraries and bookstores. I no longer enter them with the same sense of longing and disenfranchisement as I once did, and I don't smell magazines much anymore. I'm too busy gathering, frolicking, and assimilating information.
-</p>
+<p class="content">My mother has always been my biggest supporter. She taught me the importance of fighting for your rights and letting your voice be heard because she constantly advocated to the school system for my education. I worry that as I go off to college there will be less materials available to me in braille. I plan to go to school to study civil rights law so I can continue to fight for the rights of those that need their voice to be heard.</p>
</td>
-
<td width="135" valign="top" align="left" class="blue2_bg">
<p class="content">
-<b>Age: </b>
-Old enough to have sung Joan Baez songs when they were new!
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
<b>Occupation: </b>
-Nationally syndicated columnist, speaker, poet, mother
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-<b>Greatest achievement: </b>
-With the aid of braille I have raised my children, been a guest at the White House, and judged a Ms. Wheelchair America Pageant!
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-<b>Recent Family Vacation: </b>
-Disney World
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-<b>Age when first started learning braille: </b>
-6
-</p>
+Student and feature blogger.</p>
<p class="content">
-<b>Favorite place to write my articles: </b>
-On my personal computer, outfitted with an Alva refreshable braille display and JAWS for Windows.
-</p>
+<b>Favorite Book: </b><i>Stone Butch Blues</i></p>
-<p class="content">
-<b>Technology I rely on the most: </b>
-My Braille Lite -- it has everything I really need to know inside - phone numbers, calendar, notes on current stories in progress, and always files of a few braille books!
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-<b>Favorite website: </b>
-Dictionary.com
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-<b>Books on my bedside table: </b>
-<i>A Manual for Living</i>, Rilke's <i>Letters to a Young Poet</i>, <i>Touch the Top of the World</i>, and <i>Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets</i>.
-</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
@@ -84,4 +35,4 @@ Dictionary.com
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@@ -1,73 +1,42 @@
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Ways to Give - Christine Faltz[/seti]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Voices: Cindy Rogers[/seti]
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-<h1 class="contentheader">Christine Faltz</h1>
+<h1 class="contentheader">Cindy Rogers</h1>
<div class="content_area">
<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" border="0">
<tr>
<td class="white_bg" valign="top">
-<img src="/nbp/images/voices/faltz.jpg" width="260" style="float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 8px;">
-
-<p class="content">
-I have been blind since birth and have always loved to read. Both of my children are also blind, and I have been doing whatever I can, by any gentle, loving, and legal means necessary, to introduce them both to the power of reading and learning. My arsenal for promoting early literacy, pre-braille readiness, and development of compensatory tactual skills is extensive and includes many books published by National Braille Press, especially those with high-quality tactile pictures such as <i>Humpty Dumpty and Other Touching Rhymes</i>.
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-I love braille and cannot possibly express how much I prefer braille as the medium for both pleasure reading and information gathering. Law School, without a doubt, would have been absolutely brutal without knowing how to read, and braille has been central to keeping track of the myriad details of daily life, as a mother and an attorney. I access the Internet using speech, I order my groceries and other merchandise, correspond and handle documents, among many other tasks, but I would absolutely love it if I were able to use braille more often -- like many, I work better actively reading than passively listening. I know I'm dreaming, but I really believe that we're on the way to a much more accessible world for blind people as technology improves and becomes more compact, quicker, and less costly.
-</p>
-
-<p class="floating_quote" style="margin:8px 0px 8px 0px;">
-"Law School, without a doubt, would have been absolutely brutal without knowing how to read..."
-</p>
-</td>
-
-<td width="135" valign="top" align="left" class="blue2_bg">
-<p class="content">
-<b>Occupation:</b>
-attorney, officer of various nonprofits, mother of two blind children
-</p>
+<img src="/nbp/images/braille/rogers.jpg" width="260" style="float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 8px;">
<p class="content">
-<b>Age:</b>
-31
-</p>
+As a child during the 1950s I could read large print and although it was likely that my vision would deteriorate I did not learn braille. There were no special education opportunities at that time. I struggled for many years reading print and large print. I was an avid reader and always had a book in my lap. From adolescence into adulthood reading remained an integral part of my life.</p>
-<p class="content">
-<b>Favorite people in my life:</b>
-Samantha (age 6), Braden (age 2), and husband Marshall Flax
-</p>
+<p class="content">By the time I entered my forties my vision began decreasing rapidly. I could no longer read print but was enthusiastically listening to talking books. I would listen as fast as I would receive the books from the talking book library!</p>
-<p class="content">
-<b>Best four-legged friend:</b>
-Ciara, our family's cat
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-<b>Activities I most love to do with my kids:</b>
-swimming and attending hands-on museums
-</p>
+<p class="content">The spoken words were a blessing but I felt such sadness not holding a book, turning the pages, and feeling the comfort of holding it near to me. At age 45, I decided to learn braille. Now, several years later, I continue to be a child of braille and I am able to hold a book and read again.</p>
-<p class="content">
-<b>Greatest successes braille has brought about:</b>
-law school and an organized family life
-</p>
+<p class="content">As a barista, I began a monthly Story Time at a Starbucks in Arizona using print/braille books from National Braille Press. Their books also accompany me as I travel to local schools talking to students about blindness, guide dogs, and braille.</p>
-<p class="content">
-<b>One good reason not to learn braille:</b>
-you probably won't be tempted to go to law school
-</p>
+<p class="content">It is absolutely imperative that our visually impaired and blind children learn to read braille and that materials be readily available for them. Without this opportunity we can not prepare these children for success in a sighted world.</p>
+<p class="content">Thank you National Braille Press!</p>
+</td>
+[comment]
+<td width="135" valign="top" align="left" class="blue2_bg">
<p class="content">
-<b>Most enjoyed recent publications:</b>
-<i>The Puzzlemaster</i>, <i>Getting to Yes</i> (PortaBook), <i>Better Homes and Gardens Easy Vegetarian Dinners</i>, all the <i>Harry Potter</i> books
</p>
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@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Ways to Give - Kent Cullers[/seti]
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@@ -8,7 +12,7 @@
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-<img src="/nbp/images/voices/cullers.jpg" width="224" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;">
+<img src="/nbp/images/braille/cullers.jpg" width="224" style="float: right; clear: right; margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px;">
<p class="content">
When I received my Ph.D. from Berkeley in 1980, I was the world's first totally blind physicist and astronomer. Today, I am Director of Research and Development at the SETI Institute. I have received NASA's Medal for Excellence in Engineering, and met the Clintons in the Rose Garden. I was the inspiration for the character of the blind astronomer, Kent, in the movie Contact -- even though I couldn't act well enough to play myself. Without braille, such a career would have been virtually unthinkable. Before I could read, my father described the world and the larger universe beyond. His qualitative descriptions were so compelling that they inspired a lifelong love of science. But scientific success requires much more than desire and intuition. It demands a set of precision tools.
@@ -29,4 +33,4 @@ The written word is the foremost tool for clear thinking and communication. Usin
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@@ -1,48 +1,48 @@
-[seti xtitle]NBP - Ways to Give - Deborah Kent Stein[/seti]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Voices: Timothy Vernon[/seti]
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-<h1 class="contentheader">Deborah Kent Stein</h1>
+<h1 class="contentheader">Timothy Vernon</h1>
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-<img src="/nbp/images/voices/stein.jpg" width="203" style="float: right; clear: right;">
-
-<p class="floating_quote" style="width:265px; margin:0px 8px 8px 0px;">
-"As I learned each new word in braille, the doors to reading opened before me."
-</p>
+<img src="/nbp/images/braille/vernon.jpg" width="219" style="float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 8px;">
<p class="content">
-When I was four years old I learned all the letters of the print alphabet by studying a set of engraved blocks in my toy box. I was thrilled by this achievement and couldn't wait to start school, where I would put my knowledge to use and learn to read real books.
+Because I have been blind since birth, braille has always been my primary method of reading and writing. I began learning braille with the assistance of the Children's Braille Book Club, a program developed by National Braille Press.
</p>
<p class="content">
-By "real books" I had in mind those wonderful storybooks that my parents read to me at bedtime, and naptime, and any other time I could persuade them to hold still. I was convinced that school would unlock the mysteries of those flat pages, and at last I would be able to read like everyone else.
+This club was my first experience in reading books and helped to "open my eyes" to the joy that reading brings all of us. By learning to read braille at the same time everyone else learns to read print, I have developed proficient braille skills and a more advanced knowledge of the literary braille code, the specific contractions used in reading Spanish braille, and the Nemeth Braille Code for studying mathematics.
</p>
-<p class="content">
-One day my mother showed me a stiff sheet of paper covered with clusters of dots. She told me this was braille, and explained that I would learn to read braille at school. I still remember my disappointment. Those weird little bumps had nothing to do with books, I thought -- not with the books I wanted to read.
+<p class="floating_quote" style="float: left; width:180px; margin:0px 8px 8px 0px;">
+"In my opinion, the usefulness of braille will never become obsolete, just as print will always be useful."
</p>
<p class="content">
-But when I started school, attending a resource room for blind children, I made a glorious discovery.
+During 1995, it became apparent to me that I was one of the more fortunate blind students in Massachusetts, as many of my counterparts were not learning braille. In 1996, when I was eleven, I spoke at the Massachusetts State House to promote the importance of braille literacy as part of Braille Literacy Awareness Day. This speech, which I had written in braille, was designed to convince legislators of the importance of braille for all blind students. The state subsequently enacted a law stating that braille should be taught to all students who need it.
</p>
<p class="content">
-As I learned each new word in braille, the doors to reading opened before me. Soon I was reading real books, losing myself to the magic worlds that lay within their pages. Not only could I read, but I could write my own thoughts and imaginings. As the years passed I filled endless notebooks with stories and half-finished novels.
+As a result of the technological advances in our society, I may not use braille as much as an 18-year-old student living 20 years ago. My computer and portable braille notetaker have speech synthesizers. Yet braille is invaluable on a regular basis for taking telephone messages and reading scripture passages at my local Catholic church. Proficiency in braille is also an essential part of my job as a receptionist directing several hundred daily calls at Collette Vacations, a national vacation company.
</p>
<p class="content">
-More than thirty years after my mother showed me a sample of braille for the first time, I sat on the floor reading a picture book to my four-year-old daughter Janna. Her hands followed mine along the braille lines while her eyes drank in the colorful illustrations. "When I go to school I'm going to learn braille," she told me happily. "Then I can read just like you." I remembered my long-ago disappointment when I realized that I would not be taught to read the flat pages my mother understood with such ease. I remembered my joy as I devoured my first braille storybooks and knew that I could read all by myself. "You'll learn to read print," I told Janna. "And you WILL be reading, just like I do."
+In my opinion, the usefulness of braille will never become obsolete, just as print will always be useful. As the 21st century continues, braille is more noticeable in public locations and is more widely taught. I use braille on a daily basis and will continue to use it throughout the rest of my life.
</p>
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-<td class="white_bg">
-<img src="/nbp/images/voices/vernon.jpg" width="219" style="float: right; clear: right; margin-left: 8px;">
-
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-Because I have been blind since birth, braille has always been my primary method of reading and writing. I began learning braille with the assistance of the Children's Braille Book Club, a program developed by National Braille Press.
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-This club was my first experience in reading books and helped to "open my eyes" to the joy that reading brings all of us. By learning to read braille at the same time everyone else learns to read print, I have developed proficient braille skills and a more advanced knowledge of the literary braille code, the specific contractions used in reading Spanish braille, and the Nemeth Braille Code for studying mathematics.
-</p>
-
-<p class="floating_quote" style="float: left; width:180px; margin:0px 8px 8px 0px;">
-"In my opinion, the usefulness of braille will never become obsolete, just as print will always be useful."
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-During 1995, it became apparent to me that I was one of the more fortunate blind students in Massachusetts, as many of my counterparts were not learning braille. In 1996, when I was eleven, I spoke at the Massachusetts State House to promote the importance of braille literacy as part of Braille Literacy Awareness Day. This speech, which I had written in braille, was designed to convince legislators of the importance of braille for all blind students. The state subsequently enacted a law stating that braille should be taught to all students who need it.
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-As a result of the technological advances in our society, I may not use braille as much as an 18-year-old student living 20 years ago. My computer and portable braille notetaker have speech synthesizers. Yet braille is invaluable on a regular basis for taking telephone messages and reading scripture passages at my local Catholic church. Proficiency in braille is also an essential part of my job as a receptionist directing several hundred daily calls at Collette Vacations, a national vacation company.
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-In my opinion, the usefulness of braille will never become obsolete, just as print will always be useful. As the 21st century continues, braille is more noticeable in public locations and is more widely taught. I use braille on a daily basis and will continue to use it throughout the rest of my life.
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-Madeleine, like most 13-year-olds these days, loves the <i>Harry Potter</i> adventures and has read them all. She has also listened to some of them on tape and often reads along at the same time. She knows, even at her young age, that listening does not replace reading.
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-Reading in and of itself is an adventure. For Madeleine and her parents, reading lets the mind ramble and the imagination roam. Reading, says Madeleine's mother, Lidia, "allows you to explore new worlds at your own pace. We love reading and want to make it possible for everyone."
-</p>
-
-<p class="floating_quote" style="float: left; width:180px; margin: 0px 8px 8px 0px;">
-“Reading in and of itself is an adventure. For Madeleine and her parents, reading lets the mind ramble and the imagination roam.”
-</p>
-
-<p class="content">
-The Bradleys have supported the literacy work of National Braille Press for a number of years, having been first drawn in by the inspiration and leadership of Bill Raeder, president of the Press. Madeleine is particularly proud of helping to sponsor several braille children's books ranging from <i>Harry Potter</i> to <i>Winnie-the-Pooh</i>. She sees it as giving the gift of reading "from one child to another."
-</p>
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-[seti xtitle]Braille Alphabet Card - Braille and Literacy[/seti]
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-<div class=box_m5px>
- <h1 class="contentheader">Braille and Literacy</h1>
- <div class="content_area">
-<ul>
-<li>Braille is the system of six raised dots created in 1821 by
-French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is the only medium through
-which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to
-read and write.</li>
-
-<li>While tape recorders and talking computers are handy and
-important sources of information for blind people, only braille
-allows for complete command of written language.</li>
-
-<li>In recent studies, blind people who learn braille at an early
-age have generally been found to complete more years of school,
-have higher incomes and employment rates, and read more in
-adulthood than do blind people who do not learn braille in
-childhood.</li>
-
-<li>Literacy rates for blind people declined sharply from the late
-1960s to the late 1980s, a trend that coincided with the
-mainstreaming of blind children in public schools where few
-teachers knew braille.</li>
-
-<li>To reverse growing rates of illiteracy, organizations of blind
-people, joined by parents and teachers of blind children,
-spearheaded a movement to reinstate braille instruction in public
-schools. Thus far, more than 30 states have enacted braille
-literacy bills, which, along with U.S. Department of Education
-regulations, have been a catalyst for the teaching and learning
-of braille.</li>
-
-<li>Several factors, including advances in medical care for
-premature infants, have caused the number of legally blind
-children in the United States to increase, rising from 43,000 in
-1987 to more than 56,900 in 2004.</li>
-
-<li>In 2004 there were 1,932 braille-dominant students in grades K-6 nationwide.</li>
-
-<li>Most blind children -- 85% -- attend public schools. About 9 percent are
-in private residential schools for the blind, 3 percent are in programs
-for the multi-handicapped, and 3 percent are in rehabilitation programs.</li>
-</ul>
- </div>
-</div>
-<!-- END CONTENT -->
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - What is Braille?[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
+[VAR MENU_BAR]
+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[VAR TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
+
+<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
+<div class=box_m5px>
+ <h1 class="contentheader">What is Braille?</h1>
+ <div class="content_area">
+
+<ul>
+<li>Braille is a system of six raised dots created in 1821 by French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is the only medium through which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to read and write.</li>
+<li>While tape recorders and talking computers are handy and important sources of information for blind people, only braille allows for complete command of written language.
+</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a">Braille and Literacy</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>In recent studies, blind people who learn braille at an early
+age have generally been found to complete more years of school,
+have higher incomes and employment rates, and read more in
+adulthood than do blind people who do not learn braille in
+childhood.</li>
+
+<li>Literacy rates for blind people declined sharply from the late
+1960s to the late 1980s, a trend that coincided with the
+mainstreaming of blind children in public schools where few
+teachers knew braille.</li>
+
+<li>To reverse growing rates of illiteracy, organizations of blind
+people, joined by parents and teachers of blind children,
+spearheaded a movement to reinstate braille instruction in public
+schools. Thus far, more than 30 states have enacted braille
+literacy bills. These bills, along with U.S. Department of Education
+regulations, have been a catalyst for the teaching and learning
+of braille.</li>
+
+<li>Several factors, including advances in medical care for
+premature infants, have caused the number of legally blind
+children in the United States to increase, rising from 43,000 in
+1987 to more than 56,900 in 2004.</li>
+
+<li>In 2004 there were 1,932 braille-dominant students in grades K-6 nationwide.</li>
+
+<li>Most blind children -- 85% -- attend public schools. About 9 percent are
+in private residential schools for the blind, 3 percent are in programs
+for the multi-handicapped, and 3 percent are in rehabilitation programs.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<h2 class="subheader_a"> Links on the Braille Code<h2>
+<ul>
+<li><a href = "http://www.afb.org/braillebug">The Braille Bug</a> (http://www.afb.org/braillebug/)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.nyise.org/blind/barbier2.htm">The History of Reading Codes for the Blind</a> (http://www.nyise.org/blind/barbier2.htm)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.lowvision.org/braille_subjects.htm">Books about Braille</a> (http://www.lowvision.org/braille_subjects.htm)</li>
+<li><a href="http://www.nyise.org/braille.htm">Braille on the Internet: Links</a> (http://www.nyise.org/braille.htm)</li>
+</ul>
+ </div>
+</div>
+<!-- END CONTENT -->
+[VAR FOOTER]
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+[seti xtitle]NBP Learn About Braille - Who is Louis Braille[/seti]
+ at _TITLE_@
+[var MENU_BAR]
+[set xbannerImageSrc]/nbp/images/secondarymenu/learnaboutbraille.jpg[/set]
+[var TOP_BANNER_SECONDARY]
+
+<!-- BEGIN CONTENT -->
+<div class=boc_m5px><div class="content_area">
+ <h1 class="contentheader">Louis Braille</h1>
+ <div class="content_area">
+<p align="center">Copyrighted Material<br />
+<image src="nbp/braille/lbportrait.jpg" alt="A miniature portrait of Louis Braille by Lucienne Filippi, on ivory."><br />
+A Portrait of Louis Braille<br />
+<i>Miniature portrait on ivory by Lucienne Filippi.</i></p>
+
+<p>Louis Braille is the inventor of the braille code. He was born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France. At the age of 3, while playing in his father's shop, Louis injured his eye on a sharp tool. Despite the best care available at the time, infection set in and soon spread to the other eye, leaving him completely blind.</p>
+
+<p>Barely 16, Braille, then a student at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris in 1825, spent every waking moment outside class poking holes in paper, trying to come up with a more efficient way to represent print letters and numbers tactually. Until then, he and his fellow blind students read by tracing raised print letters with their fingers. It was painfully slow and few blind students mastered the technique. Writing required memorization of the shapes of letters and then an attempt to reproduce them on paper, without being able to see or read the results.</p>
+
+<p>Louis got his inspiration to use embossed dots to represent letters after he watched Charles Barbier, a retired artillery officer in Napoleon's army, demonstrate a note-taking system he invented of embossed dots to represent sounds (most of the soldiers were illiterate) that would allow notes to be passed among the ranks without striking a light, which might alert the enemy to their position. The army was not impressed, so Barbier brought his system to the school for the blind. Louis immediately recognized its merits and spent the next three years improving upon Barbier's idea.</p>
+
+<p>By 1924, Louis had in place the code that bears his name and is used today in almost every country in the world, adapted to almost every known language from Albanian to Zulu. Louis Braille died on January 6, 1852 at the age of 43, having lived a successful life as teacher, musician, researcher, and inventor. In 2009, the world celebrated Braille's Bicentennial.</p>
+
+<h2> class="subheader_a">Links on Louis Braille</h2>
+<ul>
+<li>[page LB.html]Louis Braille Biography A Touch of Genius</a></li>
+<li><a href=" http://www.duxburysystems.com/braille.asp">Louis Braille and the Braille System</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.louisbrailleschool.org/faq.htm">Louis Braille School FAQ</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.rnib.org.uk/xpedio/groups/public/documents/publicwebsite/public_aboutbm.hcsp">Louis Braille Fact Sheet</a></li>
+<li><a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=4405">See Louis Braille at the Pantheon!</a></li>
+</ul>
+</div>
+</div>
+
+<!-- END CONTENT -->
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