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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left" class=c9><STRONG><SPAN class=c8> Issue 22 </SPAN></STRONG></div>
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<TD align=right><STRONG><SPAN class=c8>May 2010 </SPAN></STRONG></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
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<LI><A title="Link to Message from Executive Director" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Executive" target=_blank>Message from the Executive Director</A></LI>
<LI><A title="What's New" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#New" target=_blank>What’s New</A></LI>
<LI><A title=Education href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Education" target=_blank>Education</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Braille " href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Braille" target=_blank>Braille Initiative</A></LI>
<LI><A title=Advocacy href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Advocacy" target=_blank>Advocacy</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Straight Talk About Vision Loss" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#StraightTalk" target=_blank>Straight Talk About Vision Loss</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Access technology" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Technology" target=_blank>Technology Talk</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Jacobus tenBroek Library" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Library" target=_blank>From the Jacobus tenBroek Library</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Independence Market" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Independence" target=_blank>Independence Market</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Parent Outreach" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Parents" target=_blank>Parent Outreach</A></LI>
<LI><A title="Imagination Fund" href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Spotlight" target=_blank>Spotlight on the <EM>Imagination Fund</EM></A></LI>
<LI><A href="http://webmail.aol.com/31509-111/aol-1/en-us/Suite.aspx#Events" target=_blank>NFB Calendar</A></LI>
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<div class=c9><STRONG>Dear Friends,<br>
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During the past month, I have been thinking about the fact that the diamond is said to be the April birthstone. I have been thinking about this partly because Melissa and I are expecting our second child any day—it will certainly be a May baby now. I have also been thinking about this because we have had groups of blind youth visit the Jernigan Institute almost every week this month. So, why diamonds?</STRONG><STRONG><br>
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<div class=c9><STRONG>When most people see a blind child, they do not see the diamond or even the potential for a diamond. They see something less, and they expect something less. When young blind persons come in contact with the National Federation of the Blind they learn—frequently for the first time—that they can be a diamond. They learn that it is not their blindness that defines who they are or what their future will be. We believe in the diamond, and we build our education programs with the expectation that each blind child is a diamond and that our first job is to teach them all to expect more of themselves.<br>
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This past month we have shared laughs and tears with blind middle school and high school students whose horizons were expanded because of their time here at the NFB Jernigan Institute. We cooked over charcoal fires, learned about putting on makeup, debated issues of blindness, used power tools, changed tires on cars, learned leadership and advocacy skills, walked the halls of Congress, and much more. Most importantly, we saved another pile of diamonds and connected them to the National Federation of the Blind.<br>
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This is what happens in each of the affiliates of the NFB on a daily basis. We find blind people, and we help them understand that they are diamonds, and we teach them how to live full and independent lives. Your support of our work at the local, state, and national level helps us continue mining for diamonds and expanding the reach of our organization. Help spread the message of the National Federation of the Blind in your local community; you never know when you will help uncover a diamond!</STRONG><STRONG><br>
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<SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"><STRONG>Mark A. Riccobono, Executive Director, NFB Jernigan Institute</STRONG></SPAN></SPAN> <br>
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<H4>Our Main Event—The Cane Event</H4>
<div>Join us for our annual fundraiser, <A title="Link to The Cane Event information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=BYqr_GTqTtnU8S0qPYUEfQ.." target=_blank>The Cane Event</A>, on May 1, 2010! The evening will feature casino games, a piano bar, food, drinks, music, silent and live auctions, and a $1,000 raffle! Auction items include vintage French wine, hotel stays, Southwest tickets, sports memorabilia, and more!<br>
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Get your tickets before it’s too late! The proceeds from the event benefit our <EM>Imagination Fund</EM>, which supports programs at the NFB Jernigan Institute and in our state affiliates. Alternatively, you could become a <A title="Link to Braille Literacy Champion form" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=ENFwSWkYBvnyJOUNixdfqw.." target=_blank>Braille Literacy Champion</A>, which comes with two tickets, plus you<SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>’</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>ll support a blind child<SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>’</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>s right to read by sponsoring a Braille book to be sent through our <A title="Link to Braille Reading Pals Club page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=ixSNs0XbLm0u3xe1ZD1j3Q.." target=_blank>Braille Reading Pals Club</A>. <br>
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When you become a <A title="Link to Cane Event sponsorship opportunities" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=TXFegIyA15QLeGeWneTDFQ.." target=_blank>sponsor</A> or purchase <A title="Link to purchase Cane Event tickets" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=jdW-TLkGGCPqIDij3lJoaA.." target=_blank>tickets</A>, you support us as we empower the blind across the country! Thank you to our current sponsors, including Brown, Goldstein, and Levy, LLP; Morgan Stanley Smith Barney; M&T Bank; and Market Development Group. </div>
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</SPAN></STRONG></SPAN>Get more information online at <A title="Link to The Cane Event information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=OchpIzB3Ny5bvKmUGLZxVg.." target=_blank>thecaneevent.org</A> or call Karen Zakhnini at (410) 659-9314, ext. 2297. </div>
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<H4>Exploring the Carina Nebula by Touch</H4>
<div>The Hubble Space Telescope’s dramatic glimpse of the Carina Nebula, a gigantic cloud of dust and gas bustling with star-making activity, is a glorious feast for the eyes. Energetic young stars are sculpting a fantasy landscape of bubbles, valleys, mountains, and pillars. The National Federation of the Blind is now helping to bring this celestial fantasyland into view for blind people. Max Mutchler, a research and instrument scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, and Noreen Grice, president of You Can Do Astronomy LLC and author of several tactile astronomy books, have created a touchable image of the Carina Nebula. Located 7,500 light-years from Earth, thousands of stars are cycling through the stages of life and death in the three-million-year-old nebula. The nebula is 300 light-years wide, but Hubble captured a 50-light-year-wide view of its central region.<br>
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The 17-by-11-inch color image is embossed with lines, slashes, and other markings that correspond to objects in the giant cloud, allowing blind people to feel what they cannot see and form a picture of the nebula in their minds. “The Hubble image of the Carina Nebula is so beautiful, and it illustrates the entire life cycle of stars,” says Mutchler, who, along with Grice, unveiled the tactile Carina image in January 2010, at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington, D.C. The NFB has received copies of this image and will be distributing them to select schools for the blind and libraries across the country later this summer. <br>
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For more information about this project, go to <A title="Link to the Hubble site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Zvl_rJRH3h0ffDN3MAMJBQ.." target=_blank>the Hubble site</A>. </div>
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<H2 class=c30><A name=Braille></A><SPAN class=headline>Braille Initiative</SPAN></H2>
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<div>Check out the winners of the <A title="Link to Braille Readers Are Leaders page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=KaosKnAnTWTuHliXMMXgGw.." target=_blank>Braille Readers Are Leaders Contest</A>! We had winners from twenty-two states between the <A title="Link to K-12 BRAL winners" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=fII1kRLPrE43HAKMkhi4Vg.." target=_blank>K-12</A> and <A title="Link to BRAL adult winners" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=pl55RnpWtcuab-D91v8YEA.." target=_blank>adult</A> contests this year. Was your state represented? If not, start getting people excited about reading Braille now so when it’s time for the contest next year they are ready to read!</div>
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<div>The NFB administers the <A title="Link to Onkyo Braille Essay Contest page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=zJ3E2Ho_Vep0QOg69XbcVw.." target=_blank>Onkyo Braille Essay Contest</A> on behalf of the North America-Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. Essays by contest participants, in English or their native language, <SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>must be </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>completely original in nature and</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11> <SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>written </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>in Braille. Entries of no fewer than 800 and no more than 1,000 words in length and submitted by April 30, 2010, are eligible for prizes ranging from $500-$2,000. <br>
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If you’d like to help support the Braille literacy efforts of the NFB Jernigan Institute, please consider making a <A title="Link to make a matching gift" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=UPlpj04o4KXKnotKCx9iSA.." target=_blank>matching gift</A> to the <A title="Link to Braille Initiative page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=5SnJ2JyDRd14Yh2L0Yz_wg.." target=_blank>Braille Readers are Leaders Campaign</A>.</div>
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<H4>2010 Census Alert</H4>
<div><SPAN class=c22>You may have received a form in the mail from the U.S. Census Bureau in late March. All Americans are required to provide Census data under federal law—anyone over 18 years old who refuses or willfully neglects to complete the questionnaire or answer questions posed by Census employees may be fined up to $5,000. <br>
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The information obtained through the Census may be used for legislative redistricting and the allocation of nearly $400 billion in governmental funding to public projects such as schools, road and infrastructure construction, hospital and health care services, rehabilitation programs, and disaster preparedness projects. <br>
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</SPAN><SPAN class=c22>As equal, contributing members of society, it is crucial that </SPAN><SPAN class=c22>the nation’s blind are counted. E</SPAN><SPAN class=c22>very Federationist should take advantage of one of the alternate methods for completing the 2010 Census as quickly as possible: </SPAN></div>
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<LI><SPAN class=c22> </SPAN><SPAN class=c22>By phone or at home: Call the Census toll-free help line at 1-866-872-6868 and talk with a representative or schedule a home visit by a Census worker. <br>
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<H2 class=c25><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"><A name=StraightTalk></A></SPAN><SPAN class=headline><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"> </SPAN>Straight Talk About Vision Loss </SPAN></H2>
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<div class=c9>A new video has been added in the <A title="Link to Straight Talk Web page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Umg4CxK6sc_uZ6mXc3TmAA.." target=_blank>Straight Talk About Vision Loss</A> Web-based video series. In <SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>Straight Talk About Vision Loss <A title="Link to Straight Talk about Vision Loss episode 30" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=wPb6RtnvCRAuUL3SHTYFAg.." target=_blank>Episode 30</A>, </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>NFBJI<SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>’</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>s executive director talks with Ed Morman, director of the Jacobus tenBroek Research Library on Blindness, <SPAN class=c22>about access to books. </SPAN></div>
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<H2 class=c30><A name=Technology></A><SPAN class=headline>Product and Access Technology Talk</SPAN></H2></SPAN>
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<div class=c30>The Access Technology team has <SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>been sharing their experiences and news from the <A title="Link to CSUN Conference site" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Yi8oeGSTR3ST5e6OVgoQGg.." target=_blank>CSUN conference</A> in San Diego</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>—</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11>check the <A title="Link to Access Technology Blog" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=cTUXxS7HznUdg9nLk1gomA.." target=_blank>Access Technology Blog</A> for interviews and impressions.</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><br>
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For the National Convention in Dallas, the team has added a session to the Technology day (July 3rd) line-up—a discussion about accessibility on the eBay site.<SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c22><SPAN class=c28><SPAN class=c27><SPAN class=c11> The NFB Access Technology team’s convention session on Apple products is now fully booked. No registration is required for any of the other sessions. </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><br>
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In other news, the team has been busy updating and revising the Technology Resource List, our listing of nonvisual access technology available in the United States, and we expect to release that in the next few weeks.<br>
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<div>If you’ve been reading the last few issues of the <EM>Braille Monitor</EM> closely, you may have noticed an item that’s beginning to appear regularly. Your tenBroek Library staff is grateful to <EM>Braille Monitor</EM> editor Dan Frye for the opportunity to feature an interesting book in our collection as we have occasion to prepare a short book note. In case you’ve missed them, here are the ones that have appeared so far—as well as a full-fledged book review that Dan’s predecessor, Barbara Pierce, commissioned last fall:</div>
<div>~April’s selection was about an eccentric blind composer: <A title="Link to Moondog feature" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=FjOBiCZF4fwb2Vb1jwpoZA.." target=_blank><EM>Moondog: Viking of Sixth Avenue</EM></A> by Robert Scotto;<br>
~In March we presented the oldest book in the library’s collection: <A title="Link to Poems feature" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=QHqZLci10LuU2npcijblbw.." target=_blank><EM>Poems</EM></A> by Robert Blacklock;<br>
~Our second oldest book, this one in French, was featured in February: <A title="Link to French book feature" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=T_xO0yPEwEeNffQPYStuSg.." target=_blank><EM>Essai sur L’Instruction des Aveugles</EM></A> by Sébastien Guillié; <br>
~January’s book note was about a nineteenth-century novel: <A title="Link to Miss Finch feature" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=XvNoyf3iFQVZo6oJmV1jqQ.." target=_blank><EM>Poor Miss Finch</EM></A> by Wilkie Collins; and<br>
~The series started out in December with a delightful memoir: <A title="Link to memoir feature" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=sbxbNlT0whgsExhp348p5w.." target=_blank><EM>Going Blind</EM></A> by Mara Faulkner.<br>
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The commissioned review, of <A title="Link to Ugly review" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=bwoye42wm2KG87lsyyoIhA.." target=_blank><EM>The Ugly Laws</EM></A> by Susan Schweiker, appeared in the November issue.<br>
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And just think of it, you have only a short time to wait for the next featured book, which will be <EM>Drawing & the Blind: Pictures to Touch</EM> by John M. Kennedy. Look for it in the May <EM>Braille Monitor</EM>!</div>
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<div>The NFB Independence Market offers a variety of products and resources of interest to blind people living with diabetes. </div>
<div>Several devices enable blind diabetics to manage their diabetes needs independently. The Count-A-Dose, a device used to fill a syringe with insulin without the aid of vision, has not been available for over two years. Diagnostic Devices Inc. has brought this product back to market, and it is now available for purchase from the Independence Market. The <A title="Link to purchase Count-A-Dose" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=yJzlIMb_gVm97s9o6qLc_g.." target=_blank>Prodigy Count-A-Dose</A> is designed to give tactile and auditory feedback while one is filling a syringe. We also carry the <A title="Link to purchase Prodigy Voice blood glucose monitoring kit" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=YBmSKOYgIRY4EcL_UqEasA.." target=_blank>Prodigy Voice</A>, produced by Diagnostic Devices, a talking glucose meter that allows the user to test his or her blood sugar independently. <br>
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<A title="Link to order Bridging the Gap" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=ny6fN8YAuhWO9sTgqusvfQ.." target=_blank><EM>Bridging the Gap—Living With Blindness and Diabetes</EM></A>. Focusing on nonvisual methods of managing diabetes, this volume has been prepared to answer common questions from blind diabetics. The book includes a collection of some of the best articles from the <EM>Voice of the Diabetic</EM> and a useful resource section. <EM>Bridging the Gap</EM> can be ordered in large print or MP3 audio CD free of charge. The text is now also available <A title="Link to text of Bridging the Gap" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=IFjdQEPco0om8ZIynm4ozw.." target=_blank>on our Web site</A>. <br>
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<A title="Link to purchase diabetes exchange list" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=E60ob4pzn_EHJCP9ButjOw.." target=_blank><EM>Choose Your Foods: Exchange Lists for Diabetes</EM></A> (2008). This booklet, produced and distributed by the American Dietetic Association and the American Diabetes Association, can be used to learn about healthy eating, the first step in managing diabetes. The information about carbohydrates, proteins, and fat in various food groups will assist with meal planning. <EM>Choose Your Foods</EM> is available for purchase in either Braille or MP3 Audio CD. <br>
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For more information, please e-mail the <A title="Link to e-mail Independence Market" href="mailto:IndependenceMarket@nfb.org">Independence Market staff</A> or call 410-659-9314, extension 2216. <br>
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<div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><EM>Future Reflections</EM> is a magazine for parents and educators of blind children published in partnership with the National Organization of Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC). To whet your appetite for the 2010 National Convention in Dallas, the winter <EM>Future Reflections</EM> issue, <A title="Link to Winter 2010 Future Reflections magazine" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=dLjWFQOTaUnMpaH4GE3wgQ.." target=_blank>Volume 29, Number 1</A>, contains items about the 2009 National Convention. Longtime <EM>Future Reflections</EM> readers will enjoy the account of the surprise <A title="Link to article on 2009 Jacobus tenBroek Award" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=baGCxzh-yVsvxWkKm6-JFw.." target=_blank>2009 Jacobus tenBroek Award</A> presentation to Barbara Cheadle (who edited <EM>Future Reflections</EM> from its beginning and served as president of the NOPBC for twenty-five years) and her husband, John. Other articles include “<A title="Link to 2009 scholarship class article" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=9RQHprOCvmcjcblof0Je6g.." target=_blank>The National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Class of 2009</A>” (the value of cash and other prize winnings for these thirty students exceeded $200,000!) and “<A title="Link to Castellano 2009 address" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=PmrQm6bh0dNWEYozrJyOhA.." target=_blank>Why Do You Want to Make That Child Blind?</A>,” a reprint of a plenary session address by current NOPBC president, Carol Castellano. <br>
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Coming soon—the spring 2010 issue of <EM>Future Reflections</EM>, a special issue on blind children with additional disabilities. Watch for it on the <A title="Link to Future Reflections archive" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=foY1gR-vM-zuLQrpGZ7SLA.." target=_blank><EM>Future Reflections</EM></A> Web page or hear about it in this space. <br>
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“<A title="Link to What We Did Last Summer article" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=Rj7s37MPIe-KTQ6nCMlG7w.." target=_blank>What We Did Last Summer</A>” describes a Saturday School activity that allowed blind children to learn about plant life and the coastal ecosystem while enjoying a day by the ocean. The children gained new skills and benefited from positive social interaction with their peers.</div>
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<div>Show your support of the blind across the country by becoming a <A title="Link to National Convention sponsor page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=0d0lXkbLdgONLPPZywbtag.." target=_blank>convention sponsor</A>! For more information, please e-mail <A title="Link to e-mail Karen Zakhnini" href="mailto:kzakhnini@nfb.org">Karen Zakhnini</A> or call (410) 659-9314, ext. 2297.</div>
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<div>Register as an Imaginator in the <A title="Link to register as an Imaginator" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=mlC_b7cLckKScIzghiEGbA.." target=_blank>Race for Independence</A>, then achieve your fundraising goal. This will earn you the opportunity to visit the exclusive showroom for the Blind Driver Challenge vehicle in the Hilton Anatole hotel, and you can even compete for the right to serve as a beta tester during the 2010 National Convention of some of the technology being used in this prototype automobile. </div>
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<STRONG>April 30, 2010</STRONG> Deadline for <A title="Link to Onkyo Braille Essay Contest information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=NAqdChYG0JMog-1YohaFWg.." target=_blank>Onkyo Braille Essay Contest</A>, administered by the NFB for the North America-Caribbean Region of the World Blind Union. <STRONG><br>
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May 1, 2010</STRONG> <A title="Link to The Cane Event page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=gRpGYTrBTd0LgvUl-G8g_g.." target=_blank>The Cane Event</A>, National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute.
<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px"><SPAN style="COLOR: #993366"><STRONG><EM>Our annual fundraiser features casino games, live entertainment, heavy hors d’oeuvres, drinks, dancing, and more! The proceeds from the evening benefit our </EM>Imagination Fund<EM>, supporting programs at the NFB Jernigan Institute and in our state affiliates. For more information, <A title="Link to purchase Cane Event tickets" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=I6B4Ge10bgdYRd_wEEW73w.." target=_blank>tickets</A>, or to become a <A title="Link to Cane Event sponsorship opportunities" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=RWPWPL9uv9m7yV5dHQRZTQ.." target=_blank>sponsor</A> of The Cane Event, e-mail <A title="Link to e-mail Karen Zakhnini" href="mailto:kzakhnini@nfb.org">Karen Zakhnini</A> or call (410) 659-9314, ext. 2297. <SPAN style="COLOR: #008080"><SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff"> </SPAN></SPAN></EM></STRONG></SPAN></div>
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<STRONG>June 10-12, 2010</STRONG> <A title="Link to Research in the Rockies page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=cc0vUhrrqKmTAz2kE7YnGw.." target=_blank>Research in the Rockies</A> international seminar devoted to Braille reading and writing, Denver, Colorado. For more information, please contact <A title="Judy Chwalow's e-mail address" href="mailto:jchwalow@nfb.org">Dr. Judith Chwalow</A>, NFB Jernigan Institute Director of Research.<br>
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<STRONG>July 3-8, 2010</STRONG> NFB <A title="Link to National Convention page" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=PeX4i9fLMy2EqAZyhiOnDw.." target=_blank>National Convention</A>, Hilton Anatole Hotel, Dallas, Texas. </div>
<div style="PADDING-LEFT: 30px"><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #339966"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #993366">The annual meeting of the NFB and the largest gathering of the blind in the country, drawing approximately three thousand blind people from all across the United States. </SPAN></EM></SPAN></STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #339966"><EM><SPAN style="COLOR: #993366"> </SPAN></EM></SPAN></STRONG></div>
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July 28-August 1 and August 4-8, 2010</STRONG> <A title="Link to 2010 Junior Science Academy information" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=QFX9HU5tBKvsRGa-UKacgA.." target=_blank>2010 NFB Junior Science Academy</A>, A STEM program for blind children in grades 3-6 offered by the NFBJI. See a <A title="Link to 2009 Youth Slam video" href="http://www.raceforindependence.org/site/R?i=50QSFlpTCvCY9-d7Fttcpg.." target=_blank>video about the 2009 NFB Youth Slam</A> science academy for high school students. </div>
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<EM>Coming Summer 2011—NFB National Convention in Orlando, Florida!</EM></div>
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Marc Maurer, a 1974 Notre Dame alumnus, will receive a doctor of laws degree. Maurer, who was blinded by an overexposure to oxygen after birth, now serves as president of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). Under his leadership, NFB has expanded its headquarters and accelerated development of innovative education, technology, products and services to facilitate the independence of blind people.</EM></STRONG></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: #000000"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 120%"><EM><STRONG><SPAN style="COLOR: #800080"><br>
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