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<a href="https://www.brailleauthority.org/global-braille-survey-now-available" id="OWAf8c79ddf-b3ac-2812-cfb6-b7a3a1ce0479" class="OWAAutoLink" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u>the website of the Braille Authority of North America.)</u></a></div>
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We are delighted to announce that the <b>Global Braille Survey is now open</b>!</div>
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As part of the Global Braille Literacy Campaign <i>More Braille: More Empowerment</i> the survey provides an important opportunity for people around the world to share their experiences and perspectives on braille literacy.</div>
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Led by the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), the World Blind Union (WBU), and collaborating organizations and individuals, this global research initiative aims to strengthen our understanding of how braille is learned,
taught, accessed and used and of the factors that enable or create barriers to braille literacy.</div>
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<b>Who can participate?</b></div>
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We warmly invite responses from:</div>
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Adults aged 18 years and over who are blind, have low vision, or are deafblind;</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
Parents and guardians of children of any age who are blind, have low vision, or are deafblind;</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
Teachers and other professionals involved in braille education; and</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 8pt;">
Braille transcribers.</li></ul>
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<b>Share your experience - Take the Global Braille Survey:</b><br>
<a href="https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77Dg1BuBQDi54RE" target="_blank" id="OWA78a7e556-a003-3fc9-be98-505aa6fbbaeb" class="OWAAutoLink" title="(opens in a new window)" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><b><u>tiny.cc/braillesurvey</u></b></a></div>
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