[il-talk] Snow Queen

[Paul Howard]

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Subject: [il-talk] Research in the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille
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The National Federation of the Blind Jernigan 
Institute, with the National Center for Severe 
and Sensory Disabilities and the Bresnahan-Halstead Center
on Disabilities, is cosponsoring the Research in 
the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille Reading 
and Writing. 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.  For more information, please visit the 
NFB Web site or call Dr. Judith Chwalow, Director of Research,
at the Jernigan Institute at (410) 659-9314, extension 2404.

Research in the Rockies: Research Summit on Braille Reading and Writing

June 10-12, 2010, Denver, Colorado at the Denver Marriott City Center

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: <
http://www.unco.edu/ncssd>
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: <
mailto:ncssd at unco.edu
 >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 PowerPoint
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

A. Judith Chwalow, DrPH

Director of Research, Jernigan Institute

National Federation of the Blind

200 East Wells Street

Jernigan Place

Baltimore, MD 21230

410 659 9314 x 2404

FAX: 410 659 5129

jchwalow at NFB.org

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At 10:21 PM 11/5/2009, you wrote:
>Hello everyone,
>
>Our Freedom Link group will be attending "Snow 
>Queen" at the Victory Gardens Theater on Sunday, 
>Dec. 27. The performance has audio-description 
>and is preceded by a 'touch tour'. Braille and 
>large print programs are available. We will get 
>to meet some of the performers, touch costumes 
>and props, and get a brief explanation of some 
>parts of the play. It is a holiday musical that 
>is suitable for family entertainment. Some of us 
>went last year and it was very well done. The 
>touch tour beforehand is helpful and they are 
>very willing to answer questions. The touch tour 
>starts at 1:30 and the play will begin at 3:00.
>
>We would very much like the young people who 
>participate in Freedom Link to meet other 
>members of NFBI, so we are opening up this 
>outing to everyone. Tickets are $18, which is a 
>very good deal. Please let me know if you would 
>like to join us by Nov. 13 so I can make reservations for us as a group.
>
>Any questions, please e-mail me or call me at 847.390.1738.
>
>Kelly
>
>
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