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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Good Afternoon:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Please see below.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>I hope everyone has a great weekend!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Todd<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in;border-color:currentcolor currentcolor;border-image: none'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> </span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:braillecampaign@icevi.org"><span style='color:#467886'>braillecampaign@icevi.org</span></a><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><<a href="mailto:braillecampaign@icevi.org"><span style='color:#467886'>braillecampaign@icevi.org</span></a>><span class=apple-converted-space> </span><br><b>Subject:</b><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>The Global Braille Survey is now open!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Dear colleagues,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are delighted to announce that the<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><b>Global Braille Survey is now open</b>!</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As part of the Global Braille Literacy Campaign \u2013<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><i>More Braille: More Empowerment</i><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>\u2013 the survey provides an important opportunity for people around the world to share their experiences and perspectives on braille literacy.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Led by the International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI), the World Blind Union (WBU), and collaborating organisations and individuals, this global research initiative aims to strengthen our understanding of how braille is learned, taught, accessed and used \u2013 and of the factors that enable or create barriers to braille literacy.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Who can participate?</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We warmly invite responses from:</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Adults aged 18 years and over who are blind, have low vision, or are deafblind;</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Parents and guardians of children of any age who are blind, have low vision, or are deafblind;</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Teachers and other professionals involved in braille education; and</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Braille transcribers.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Share your experience - Take the Global Braille Survey:</span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://kusurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77Dg1BuBQDi54RE"><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#467886'>tiny.cc/braillesurvey</span></b></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>When you follow the above link, you will first be invited to select your preferred language, then review the informed consent information, and then complete a short set of questions to determine which survey or surveys are relevant to you.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>If you are eligible for more than one survey \u2013 for example, if you are both an adult braille user and a braille transcriber \u2013 you are welcome to contribute from each perspective. Simply complete one survey and then return to the link when you are ready to complete another.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The survey is available in multiple languages</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We are delighted that the Global Braille Survey is already available in a growing range of languages, helping to make it possible for more people around the world to participate.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Why does your participation matter?</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Every response adds to our global understanding of braille literacy. The findings will help build a stronger evidence base to inform advocacy, policy, research, resources and practice, and to support efforts to strengthen access to braille literacy around the world.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Please help us spread the word</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>We want to hear from people across countries, regions, languages and communities.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:yellow'>**Please share the Global Braille Survey widely through your organisations, professional and community networks, and directly with braille users, families, educators, professionals and transcribers who may wish to participate.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>By sharing the survey widely \u2013 including with communities using the languages in which the survey is now available \u2013 you can help us hear from as broad and diverse a range of participants as possible.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Every experience matters. Every perspective adds to the evidence. Every voice can help strengthen the future of braille literacy.</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thank you for being part of this important global effort.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>With warm regards,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Global Braille Literacy Campaign</span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><i>More Braille: More Empowerment</i></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:13.2pt'><span lang=EN-AU 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