<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Read below about the new version of the McDuffy Reader which teaches the Unified English Braille Code.</div><div>Cathy<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> "Jones, Mya" <<a href="mailto:mjones@nfb.org">mjones@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> October 14, 2014, 2:16:29 PM EDT<br><b>To:</b> NCB Staff <<a href="mailto:NCBStaff@nfb.org">NCBStaff@nfb.org</a>>, State Presidents <<a href="mailto:StatePresidents@nfb.org">StatePresidents@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of The McDuffy Braille Reader</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">CONTACT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Chris Danielsen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Director of Public Relations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">(410) 659-9314, extension 2330<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">(410) 262-1281 (Cell)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:cdanielsen@nfb.org"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">cdanielsen@nfb.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of
<i>The McDuffy Braille Reader</i><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Baltimore, Maryland (October 14, 2014):</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">
<a href="http://www.nfb.org/">The National Federation of the Blind</a> announced today the release of a new version of<i> The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults</i></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> by Sharon
L. Monthei, which is designed to guide students through the Unified English Braille (UEB) code. The primer, first published by the National Federation of the Blind in 1989, has been used as an effective Braille teaching tool in many rehabilitation settings
around the country. Ms. Monthei has revised this popular Braille instructional manual in light of the coming changes to the Braille code. By January 2016, Unified English Braille will be the official Braille code used in the United States.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: βThe National Federation of the Blind is proud to make this new instructional tool available to
adult Braille students. With the rollout of Unified English Braille only a little more than a year away, we believe that programs that teach Braille to blind adults will find this new version of our classic Braille instructional manual to be an invaluable
aid for their students.β<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Jennifer Dunnam, Manager of Braille Programs for the National Federation of the Blind, said: β<i>The McDuffy Reader
</i>has been a widely utilized and acclaimed guide for adults learning Braille for twenty-five years and counting. This update ensures that this excellent primer will continue to be a helpful resource for Braille students across the nation.β<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The Unified English Braille Edition of The
<i>McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults</i> is the first UEB instructional guide for beginning adult Braille readers to be published in the United States. The book presents first uncontracted Braille, then the Braille contractions in logical groups.
The author has crafted the text in the contracted section of the manual so that words are used only when students have learned all of the contractions that apply to them. The book contains eighty-nine Braille pages in one volume, which is comb-bound with plastic
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">The UEB edition of the
<i>McDuffy Reader</i> is available from the National Federation of the Blind Independence Market for $20.00 plus shipping and handling. You may contact the NFB Independence Market via email at
<a href="mailto:independencemarket@nfb.org">independencemarket@nfb.org</a> and via phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216.
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<p style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">About the National Federation of the Blind</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future. Every day we raise the expectations of blind people,
because low expectations create obstacles between blind people and our dreams. You can live the life you want; blindness is not what holds you back.</span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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