[nfbwatlk] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of The McDuffy Braille Reader

[Marci Carpenter]

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> From: "Jones, Mya" <mjones at nfb.org>
> Subject: National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of The McDuffy Braille Reader
> Date: October 14, 2014 at 11:16:29 AM PDT
> To: NCB Staff <NCBStaff at nfb.org>, State Presidents <StatePresidents at nfb.org>
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> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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> CONTACT:
> Chris Danielsen
> Director of Public Relations
> National Federation of the Blind
> (410) 659-9314, extension 2330
> (410) 262-1281 (Cell)
> cdanielsen at nfb.org
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> National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of The McDuffy Braille Reader
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> Baltimore, Maryland (October 14, 2014): The National Federation of the Blind announced today the release of a new version ofThe McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults 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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> Mark Riccobono, President of the National Federation of the Blind, said: “The 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.”
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> Jennifer Dunnam, Manager of Braille Programs for the National Federation of the Blind, said: “The McDuffy Reader 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.”
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> The Unified English Braille Edition of The McDuffy Reader: A Braille Primer for Adults 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 covers.
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> The UEB edition of the McDuffy Reader 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 independencemarket at nfb.org and via phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216.
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