We can't say it any better than Representative Markey (D, MA), whose remarks (reprinted below) appear in last Friday's Congressional Record. Congratulations to the dedicated staff of the Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library and Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA, on such well-deserved...
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Filed under: Library of Congress, 2008 Talking Book Library of the Year, Congressional Record, innovative literary accessibility, NLS, Perkins School for the Blind, effective instructional techniques, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, Representative EDWARD J. MARKEY
In March, I attended a multi-day meeting of a committee which meets annually to advise the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) concerning equipment, distribution of books and other reading materials in alternate formats, and the most efficient ways to get materials...
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If your disability were invisible, and no one could tell by looking at you or listening to you or seeing you walk around that you even had a disability, would you tell people? It's true that, in employment or educational settings, if you need a disability-related accommodation, then the laws require...
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03-19-2009
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Filed under: braille, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, BookShare, ADA, legally blind, IDEA, NLS, recorded books, Coming out, disclosing disability, mobility cane, daily living skills, disability pride, Education for All Handicapped Children Act, Metropolitan Washington Ear, dial-in newspaper reading service, Americans with Disabilities Act, orientation and mobility skills, Voc. Rehab., independent living skills, O&M, passing, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The rumors started a couple of days before Amazon.com announced a pending release date for the new and improved Kindle, the very successful wireless e-book reader which the company began selling in 2007. The online forums and interactive list-servs frequented by people who are blind and visually impaired...
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02-24-2009
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Last week, I spent an afternoon with an informative braille volume that could very well save my life and will, at the very least, leave me better informed about a disease that reportedly strikes one out of every 13 American women, breast cancer . The book, which came to me at no cost, via Free Matter...
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11-20-2008
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Filed under: braille, National Braille Press, Victor Reader Stream, American Council of the Blind, Washington Council of the Blind, advocacy, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Ruth Schuman Charitable Trust, accessible publications, BookShare, breast cancer