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[mailto:home-on-the-range-bounces@nfbnet.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chikako
Mochizuki<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 24, 2010 8:01 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Home-on-the-range] Lawrence Ten-Year-Old Headed for
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<p class=MsoNormal>Good article. Thanks for uploading it Susan!<br>
Chikako<br>
--- On <b>Thu, 6/24/10, Susan Tabor <i><souljourner@sbcglobal.net></i></b>
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From: Susan Tabor <souljourner@sbcglobal.net><br>
Subject: [Home-on-the-range] Lawrence Ten-Year-Old Headed for Prestigious
Contest<br>
To: "'NFB of Kansas Internet Mailing List'"
<home-on-the-range@nfbnet.org>, "'Jayhawk Chapter list, Lawrence,
Kansas'" <jayhawk-chapter@nfbnet.org><br>
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010, 6:16 PM<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p><span lang=EN>LJWorld.com</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h2><span lang=EN>Lawrence 10-year-old headed to prestigious contest</span><o:p></o:p></h2>
<p class=date><span lang=EN>June 24, 2010</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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line-height:13.5pt'><a
href="http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/2010/jun/23/194034/" target="_blank"
title=""Click to enlarge photo" "><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=180 height=120 id="Picture_x0020_1"
src="cid:image001.jpg@01CB13DB.1AA508E0"
alt="Luther Fuller, 10, displays a Perkins Brailler, a machine he’ll use Saturday as he competes in the National Braille Challenge."></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=photo-byline><span lang=EN>Photo by <a
href="http://www2.ljworld.com/staff/kevin-anderson/" target="_blank">Kevin
Anderson</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=caption><span lang=EN>Luther Fuller, 10, displays a Perkins
Brailler, a machine he’ll use Saturday as he competes in the National Braille
Challenge.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<h6><span lang=EN><a href="http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2010/jun/23/31286/"
target="_blank">Lawrence 10-year-old to compete in national Braille
competition</a></span><o:p></o:p></h6>
<p class=caption><span lang=EN>Luther Fuller, a Quail Run Elementary student,
will travel to Los Angeles this weekend with his family to compete in the
National Braille Challenge. <a
href="http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2010/jun/23/31286/" target="_blank"
title="Click to play video" id="inline_video2_31286">Enlarge video</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Luther Fuller’s fingers bang out letters as
the 10-year-old runs them over the six different keys on his Perkins
Brailler.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>The clicks sound like a typewriter.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>He finishes, snatches out the sheet and runs
his fingers over the paper.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>“Hello, my name is Luther.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>It was a simple demonstration, but this
Quail Run fifth-grader can do much more.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Luther’s skills will be on display Saturday
in Los Angeles when he represents Kansas in his age group in the 10th annual
National Braille Challenge, a program of the Braille Institute. “It’s an
academic competition,” said his mother, Brendy Latare. “Like the National
Spelling Bee, it’s kind of on that level for Braille readers. It’s great he’s
able to use his skills.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Luther, legally blind after contracting an
eye disease at a young age, qualified with his performance at a regional
competition in Nebraska. He was chosen from among more than nearly 800 of the
top blind and visually impaired U.S. and Canadian students.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>He learned to read Braille when he attended
the Kansas State School for the Blind in Kansas City, Kan., and credited his
favorite teacher, Janie Parr, for her help.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>In his Quail Run classroom he uses a
BrailleNote machine that operates similar to a laptop. He has excelled
academically.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>“He’s a pleasure to work with,” said Rachel
Haydon, a Lawrence teacher for students with visual impairments. “He’s a very
intelligent child. He’s got a pleasant personality. He’s curious about
things.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>In the challenge, students will be required
to transcribe, type and read using the Perkins Brailler. Luther’s fingers are
fast, but he also enjoys proofreading.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>“I think accuracy really was the main thing.
I’m pretty picky about mistakes,” he said, running his fingers over a sample
message he typed.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>Luther will make the trip to California with
his mother; his father, Bob Fuller; and sister, Elsa Latare.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN>“I think I would really like to win,” he
said. “But I’m not going to be all upset or anything if I don’t. I feel
fortunate.”</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN>Originally published at:</span></b><span
lang=EN>
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2010/jun/24/lawrence-10-year-old-headed-prestigious-contest/</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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