You can help the NFB to increase Braille literacy by purchasing yours at http://www.usmint.gov. The Louis Braille silver dollar coin is an investment in the future education of blind children and adults.
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National Federation of the Blind The 2009 Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar will fly on NASA space shuttle Atlantis on May 11, 2009! The coin will be launched into space on mission STS-125, which will service NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. For more info, read the official press
National Federation of the Blind Read Dr. Maurer's Baltimore Sun Op Ed!
Source: www.baltimoresun.com
I love to read, and I've been doing it ever since I was able. My wife is also an avid reader. But my wife and I are blind, and because I lead the Baltimore-based National Federation of the Blind, we have many blind friends. ...
National Federation of the Blind
On April 7, 2009, the Reading Rights Coalition, which represents 15 million print-disabled Americans, protested the threatened removal of the text-to-speech function from e-books for the Amazon Kindle 2 outside the Authors Guild headquarters in New York City at 31 East 32nd Street from noon to 2:00 p.m.
The coalition ...includes organizations that represent the blind, people with dyslexia, people with learning or processing issues, seniors losing vision, people with spinal cord injuries, people recovering from strokes, and many others for whom the addition of text-to-speech on the Kindle 2 promised for the first time easy, mainstream access to over 245,000 books.
For more info, visit:
http://www.readingrights.org/134
Show your support: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want
The coalition ...includes organizations that represent the blind, people with dyslexia, people with learning or processing issues, seniors losing vision, people with spinal cord injuries, people recovering from strokes, and many others for whom the addition of text-to-speech on the Kindle 2 promised for the first time easy, mainstream access to over 245,000 books.
For more info, visit:
http://www.readingrights.org/134
Show your support: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want
National Federation of the Blind Visit http://www.blindcitizens.org/live/ to listen to the Reading Rights Coalition protest happening now in NYC.
National Federation of the Blind In NYC today? Join us from 12 to 2 pm at 31 E. 32nd St. to protest the Authors Guild's threat to disable text-to-speech on the Kindle 2. More info here: http://www.readingrights.org/134
National Federation of the Blind
Over 1500 people have already signed the petition to allow e-book access to ALL readers. Have you? http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/We-Want
Tomorrow (4/7) in NYC, the NFB will gather with the other members of the Reading Rights Coalition, which represents 15 million print-disabled Americans, to kick off a public education campaign to increase public pressure on the Authors Guild to reverse its threat to disable the text-to-speech...
National Federation of the Blind Need weekend plans? Tell 5 friends about www.braille.org and how they can help increase Braille literacy!
National Federation of the Blind To help fund Braille literacy programs, the NFB has teamed with the U.S. Mint to issue the first coin ever to feature readable Braille. The Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar was launched on Thursday, March 26, 2009 at the NFB’s headquarters in Baltimore, MD, and is available for purchase at http://www.usmint.gov.
If you have an iPhone, be sure to check out the new iPhone coin toss application - now featuring the just issued Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar! This latest commemorative coin issued by the U.S...
National Federation of the Blind Did you know only 10% of blind children can read Braille? Learn more at http://www.braille.org, and help change this- http://www.usmint.gov
National Federation of the Blind and NASA Confirm Historic Flight In a surprise announcement at the launch ceremony for the new Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, NASA announced that the new commemorative coin celebrating the life and work of the inventor of the reading code for the blind...
