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Research in the Rockies:  Research Summit on Braille Reading and Writing 
June 10-12,  2010 
Denver, Colorado at the Denver Marriott City  Center 

The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan  Institute is cosponsoring, 
with the National Center for Severe and Sensory  Disabilities and the 
Bresnahan-Halstead Center on Disabilities, a conference  on Research in Braille. We 
hope to advance the state of research in the area  of Braille in the USA. 
We encourage you to submit an abstract to this  conference and request that 
you diffuse it to all colleagues who might have an  interest in this field. 
Research related abstracts will be accepted from all  members of the Braille 
community and will be reviewed by a multidisciplinary  panel including 
academics, practitioners, and parents. 

Call  for Papers 

Sponsored by 
National Center for Severe  and Sensory Disabilities (NCSSD) 
Bresnahan-Halstead Center on  Disabilities 
The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Jernigan  Institute 

Purpose: 
The purpose of this conference  is to explore current and emerging research 
from a wide range of disciplines  that pertains to Braille reading and 
writing. 

Call for  Papers Submission Guidelines: 
* Submit 250-word abstract online at:  _www.unco.edu/ncssd_ 
(http://www.unco.edu/ncssd)  
* Submission deadline is January  4, 2010 (Louis Braille's 201st birthday!) 
* Anything submitted after  midnight on January 4, 2010 will not be 
accepted 
* Presentation  formats: 
a. Research paper presentation (20  minutes) 
b. Panel (minimum 60 minutes) 
c.  Poster (posters will be presented in roundtable sessions) 
* If you  have problems with the online submission form, please contact: 
_ncssd at unco.edu_ (mailto:ncssd at unco.edu)  

Please note  that any handout material must be made available in Braille, 
large print, and  electronic formats. Provide explanations for all Power 
Point  presentations. 

Proposals invited from: 
Cognitive  scientists, linguists, educators, rehabilitation specialists, 
neurologists,  sociologists and experimental psychologists, researchers in 
haptic and tactile  perception, demographers, occupational therapists, and  
others 

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