[Nfbnet-members-list] National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English Braille Version of The McDuffy Braille Reader

[Danielsen, Chris]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
Chris Danielsen
Director of Public Relations
National Federation of the Blind
(410) 659-9314, extension 2330
(410) 262-1281 (Cell)
<mailto:cdanielsen at nfb.org>cdanielsen at nfb.org

National Federation of the Blind Announces Release of Unified English 
Braille Version of The McDuffy Braille Reader

Baltimore, Maryland (October 14, 2014): <http://www.nfb.org/>The 
National Federation of the Blind announced today the release of a new 
version of The 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.

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."

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."

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.

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 <mailto:independencemarket at nfb.org>independencemarket at nfb.org and 
via phone at (410) 659-9314, extension 2216.

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