[nfbwatlk] Fw: Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 200th Celebration Activities Listing

[Mike Freeman]

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From: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 1:34 AM
Subject: [blindkid] Fwd: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 
200th Celebration Activities Listing



>From: <Kim.Charlson at Perkins.org>
>To: <BANA-Announce at brailleauthority.org>
>Subject: [bana-announce] BANA Launches Louis Braille 200th
>Celebration Activities Listing




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>PRESS RELEASE
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>November 2008
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>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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>CONTACT: Judith Dixon, Chairperson
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>Braille Authority of <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
>"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />North America
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>PHONE: 1-202-707-0722
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>E-MAIL: <mailto:jdix at loc.gov>jdix at loc.gov
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>BANA Helps Celebrate Louis Braille's 200th Birthday
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>January 4, 2009, will be the 200th birthday of the man who created
>the tactile code that has allowed blind people around the world to
>read: Louis Braille. Many organizations, schools, agencies, and
>individuals are planning special celebrations to commemorate this
>event and to honor Louis Braille and the code he created. The
>braille code, based on six dots that fit under the fingertips,
>allows blind people to read books and magazines, math and science
>materials, music, and foreign languages.
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>The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) has created an area on
>its web site where announcements of special events can be posted and
>shared. If your organization is planning an event to help celebrate
>Braille's birthday, visit
><http://www.brailleauthority.org/>http://www.brailleauthority.org,
>and click the link for the form provided to fill in the information
>about your planned event. The information will then be posted on
>BANA's web site.
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>The mission and purpose of the Braille Authority of North America
>are to assure literacy for tactile readers through the
>standardization of braille and/or tactile graphics. BANA promotes
>and facilitates the use, teaching and production of braille. It
>publishes rules, interprets and renders opinions pertaining to
>braille in all existing codes. It deals with codes now in existence
>or to be developed in the future, in collaboration with other
>countries using English braille. In exercising its function and
>authority, BANA considers the effects of its decisions on other
>existing braille codes and formats; the ease of production by
>various methods; and acceptability to readers.
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>For additional resource information, visit
><http://www.brailleauthority.org>www.brailleauthority.org.


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