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Give the gift of braille"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><h2><span style='font-size:22.5pt;color:#F58026'>Give the gift of braille for World Braille Day<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Today, January 4th is World Braille Day, an annual day of awareness to focus global attention on the importance of Braille Literacy. Braille always has been and always will be more than just a tool for blind individuals who use it. Braille represents competency, independence, and equality.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. You could win a free BrailleNote Touch or Brailliant BI 32"></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>To mark this important event, HumanWare encourages everyone to register someone you know who is visually impaired (or yourself) for a chance to win a brand new BrailleNote Touch, first and only Google certified Braille Tablet or a Brailliant BI 32 braille display.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><h2><span style='color:#F58026'><a href="http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/-usa-subscribe-gift-of-braille/4d9t85/754890140" target="_blank"><span style='color:#F58026'>CLICK HERE TO REGISTER SOMEONE NOW</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>The winners will be announced on February 1st, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";display:none'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 style='background:#EEF0F2'><tr><td colspan=3 valign=top style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p style='margin-left:11.25pt;text-align:justify'><b><span style='font-size:15.0pt'>Did you know...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>World Braille Day is celebrated annually on January 4th in honor of Louis Braille, the inventor of braille who was born on this day in 1809.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Approximately 285 million people worldwide live with low vision and blindness<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Of these, 39 million people are blind and 246 million have moderate or severe visual impairment<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>90% of blind people live in low-income countries<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Yet 80% of visual impairment is avoidable - i.e. readily treatable and/or preventable<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Restorations of sight, and blindness prevention strategies are among the most cost-effective interventions in health care<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>The number of people blind from infectious causes has greatly reduced in the past 20 years<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>An estimated 19 million children are visually impaired<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>About 65 % of all people who are visually impaired are aged 50 and older, while this age group comprises only 20% of the world’s population<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:22.5pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-8.4pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Increasing elderly populations in many countries mean that more people will be at risk of age-related visual impairment.<o:p></o:p></p><p> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td><td style='padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border:none;border-top:solid #F58026 2.25pt'><tr><td style='border:none;padding:.75pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=notice>This message was sent to tltrapp.7.467@gmail.com on January 4, 2017.<br>HumanWare, 1 UPS Way, Champlain, NY 12919, USA<br><a href="http://visit.humanware.com/unsubscribe/u/3332/6f99732a5beb2c1d057bf4f659b8ac2c0d7d9e9b52e18d800890db20ffc29101/754890140">Unsubscribe</a> from our newsletter.<o:p></o:p></p></td><td valign=top style='padding:9.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt;float:right'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><a href="http://visit.humanware.com/e/3332/humanware/4d9t87/754890140" target="_blank" title="Like us on Facebook!"><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 id="_x0000_i1028" src="cid:~WRD000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender. 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