[NFBWV-Talk] BRAILLE CHALLENGE STORY ON MOUNTAIN STREAMS RADIO

[Sheri Koch]

Well done Ed and Karen

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 5:44 PM Michelle McKeller via NFBWV-Talk <
nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> I can't imagine life without braille.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NFBWV-Talk [mailto:nfbwv-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Ed
> McDonald via NFBWV-Talk
> Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2020 1:22 PM
> To: nfbwv-talk at nfbnet.org
> Cc: Ed McDonald; Cassandra Park
> Subject: [NFBWV-Talk] BRAILLE CHALLENGE STORY ON MOUNTAIN STREAMS RADIO
>
> As some of you know, Karen and I participated in the WV Regional Braille
> Challenge on February 20 at the School for the Blind in Romney.  While
> there, we gathered some interviews with event organizers and participants,
> which I turned into a story for our local radio station, Mountain Streams
> Radio.  The entire piece is about twenty minutes long and deals with the
> decline and subsequent resurgence of Braille instruction among blind
> children in America.
>
> The story has now been posted to the Mountain Streams Radio web site, and
> here is a link for those who may wish to listen:
>
>
> https://www.mountainstreamsradio.org/braille-literacy-challenge/
>
>
>
> I assume that WVSB, like other public schools throughout the state, is
> currently closed in response to COVID-19.  Nevertheless, I hope some effort
> can be made to contact those students whose voices appear in the story so
> they can hear it if they wish.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed
>
>
>
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-- 
Sheri Koch, President
National Federation of the Blind of West Virginia
304-993-5103