<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Good article. Thanks for uploading it Susan!<BR>Chikako<BR>--- On <B>Thu, 6/24/10, Susan Tabor <I><souljourner@sbcglobal.net></I></B> wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>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<BR><BR>
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<H2><SPAN lang=EN>Lawrence 10-year-old headed to prestigious contest</SPAN></H2>
<P class=date><SPAN lang=EN>June 24, 2010</SPAN></DIV>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 13.5pt"><A title='"Click to enlarge photo" ' href="http://www2.ljworld.com/photos/2010/jun/23/194034/" target=_blank rel=nofollow><SPAN style="DISPLAY: none; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'; TEXT-DECORATION: none"><IMG id=Picture_x0020_1 height=120 alt="Luther Fuller, 10, displays a Perkins Brailler, a machine he’ll use Saturday as he competes in the National Braille Challenge." src="cid:1.301984255@web65409.mail.ac4.yahoo.com" width=180 border=0></SPAN></A><SPAN lang=EN style="DISPLAY: none; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'sans-serif'"></SPAN></DIV>
<P class=photo-byline><SPAN lang=EN style="DISPLAY: none">Photo by <A href="http://www2.ljworld.com/staff/kevin-anderson/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Kevin Anderson</A> </SPAN></DIV>
<P class=caption><SPAN lang=EN style="DISPLAY: none">Luther Fuller, 10, displays a Perkins Brailler, a machine he’ll use Saturday as he competes in the National Braille Challenge.</SPAN></DIV>
<H6><SPAN lang=EN style="DISPLAY: none"><A href="http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2010/jun/23/31286/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Lawrence 10-year-old to compete in national Braille competition</A></SPAN></H6>
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<P class=caption><SPAN lang=EN style="DISPLAY: none">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 id=inline_video2_31286 title="Click to play video" href="http://www2.ljworld.com/videos/2010/jun/23/31286/" target=_blank rel=nofollow>Enlarge video</A></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>The clicks sound like a typewriter.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>He finishes, snatches out the sheet and runs his fingers over the paper.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>“Hello, my name is Luther.”</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>It was a simple demonstration, but this Quail Run fifth-grader can do much more.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>In his Quail Run classroom he uses a BrailleNote machine that operates similar to a laptop. He has excelled academically.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN>Luther will make the trip to California with his mother; his father, Bob Fuller; and sister, Elsa Latare.</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
<DIV><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></DIV>
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