<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Shirley Dorris<div><div><div>615-598-5020-Cell</div><div>617-819-4632-NFB/MA</div></div></div><div><br></div><div>“Walk by faith not by sight”COR 5;7</div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Gina Russo <gina.russo@perkins.org><br><b>Date:</b> October 7, 2024 at 6:33:12 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> gina.russo@perkins.org<br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Paid Research Project with Perkins Access, Info Enclosed!</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><table width="100%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0">
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ul { margin-bottom: 0in; }</style><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Hello All:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Here is information regarding a paid study that Perkins Access is doing with Braille Learners.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">You may be interested in participating in this project.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">If so, do not wait because they are scheduling people now.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Feel free to share this with others who learned or are learning braille as adults and/or children and youth ages 5 to 18 years of age who are learning braille.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Best regards,</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Gina</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">A team of researchers are working on developing a learning device to help people with visual impairment learn braille. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">They want to hear from those who fall into the categories below to better understand the needs of teachers and learners and get feedback on product concepts. </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Teachers of the visually impaired </span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Young Braille learners and their parents</span></b></p><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Adults who learned or are learning braille later in life (post grade school) </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Compensation will be $75 per one-hour session. </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:.5in;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">If you are interested in participating, please contact <a href="mailto:tanja.milojevic@perkins.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:tanja.milojevic@perkins.org">tanja.milojevic@perkins.org</a> (Accessibility consultant at Perkins Access): </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Please indicate if you are a TVI, young braille learner, parent, or adult braille learner.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Provide your general weekday and weekend availability for the weeks of Oct.5-11 and Oct.12-18. (e.g., mornings, afternoons, evenings, or general all-day availability).</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:1.0in;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">Please indicate if you will be able to attend in-person sessions at Perkins School of the Blind in Watertown MA during the week of October 12to October 18.</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif">By participating in this exciting project, you will be directly shaping the future of braille literacy. We look forward to hearing from you!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial Black",sans-serif"> </span></b></p></div>
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