[blindkid] Terry Bradshaw to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille Lit...

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Chris,
 
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In a message dated 11/3/2008 6:05:21 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
JFreeh at nfb.org writes:

FOR  IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT:

Chris Danielsen

Public  Relations Specialist

National Federation of the Blind

(410)  659-9314, extension 2330

(410) 262-1281  (Cell)

<mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org



Terry  Bradshaw to Serve as National Ambassador for Braille  Literacy



Baltimore, Maryland (November 3, 2008): The National  Federation of 
the Blind (NFB), the nation's leading advocate for Braille  literacy, 
announced today that Terry Bradshaw, Hall of Fame NFL  quarterback and 
current football analyst and co-host of FOX NFL Sunday,  will serve as 
a National Ambassador for Braille literacy.  As an  ambassador, Terry 
will help advance the NFB's Braille Readers are Leaders  campaign, a 
national initiative to promote the importance of reading and  writing 
Braille for blind children and adults.  The Braille Readers  are 
Leaders campaign kicked off in July of 2008 with the unveiling of the  
design of a commemorative coin to be minted in 2009 in recognition of  
the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille  
(1809-1852), the inventor of the reading and writing code for the  
blind that bears his name.



Dr. Marc Maurer, President of  the National Federation of the Blind, 
said: "The National Federation of  the Blind is pleased to have Terry 
Bradshaw as part of this historic  initiative to bring Braille 
literacy to all of the blind children and  adults in America who need 
it.  As one of the most popular  personalities in America, Terry 
Bradshaw's impact as a national  spokesperson for Braille literacy 
will surely be huge.  There can be  no doubt that the ability to read 
and write Braille competently and  efficiently is the key to 
education, employment, and success for the  blind.  Despite the 
undisputed value of Braille, however, only about  10 percent of blind 
children in the United States are currently learning  it.  Society 
would never accept a 10 percent literacy rate among  sighted children; 
it should not accept such an outrageously low literacy  rate among the 
blind.  The Braille Readers are Leaders campaign, with  the support of 
influential Americans like Terry Bradshaw, will reverse the  downward 
trend in Braille literacy and ensure that equal opportunities in  
education and employment are available to all of the nation's  blind."



Terry Bradshaw said: "I am honored and pleased to serve  as a National 
Ambassador for the Braille Readers are Leaders  campaign.  I strongly 
believe in the importance of literacy for  everyone, and I am excited 
to help make a difference in the lives of blind  children and adults 
throughout the country."



For more  information about the Braille Readers Are Leaders campaign 
and the Louis  Braille commemorative coin, please visit  
<http://www.braille.org/>www.braille.org.





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