[MDABS] Fwd: [NABS-L] Touch of Genius

[Qualik Ford]

Qualik Ford
Email: qsford at outlook.com
Phone number: 301-312-9813
National Federation Of The Blind Of Maryland affiliate board member
Maryland Association of blind students president
Maryland affiliate Diversity equity and inclusion committee cochair
National Association of Blind students diversity equity and inclusion committee cochair
Maryland affiliate Sports and recreation cochair
Blind industries and services of Maryland rehabilitation instructor


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From: Edward Bell via NABS-L <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Date: November 28, 2022 at 10:27:17 PM EST
To: david.andrews at nfbnet.org
Cc: Edward Bell <ebell at pdrib.com>
Subject: [NABS-L] Touch of Genius
Reply-To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>


*** Can you share the following to the NFBNET? May be most applicable to professionals who are developing software or teaching techniques, but is appropriate for anyone seeking new innovations to help blind people ***



Louis Braille - TOUCH OF GENIUS PRIZE FOR INNOVATION


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Win up to $10,000



Have you developed an innovative and accessible product? NBP is now accepting applications for the 2023 Louis Braille Touch of Genius Award.





.      Professional or education software and apps

.      Gaming software or apps that promote tactile & braille learning

.      Braille or tactile-related hardware





Project must demonstrate some aspect of tactile literacy for blind persons and promote braille literacy or access to information.



·     Application Deadline is January 13, 2023

·     Download the application and details at: touchofgeniusprize.org

·     Or contact us at <mailto:geniusprize at nbp.org>geniusprize at nbp.org







Edward C. Bell, Ph.D., CRC, NOMC, Director,

Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness

Louisiana Tech University

600 Mayfield Ave / 210 Woodard Hall

PO Box 3158

Ruston LA 71272

Office: 318.257.4554                      Fax: 318.257.2259

<mailto:ebell at latech.edu>ebell at latech.edu  www.pdrib.com

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"I am somehow less interested in the weight and convolutions of  Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal  talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops."

-- Stephen Jay Gould






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