[Nfbnet-members-list] Fwd: National Federation of the Blind Awards $50, 000: Ninth Annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Presented at 2016 Convention
Morey, Kristian
KMorey at nfb.org
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>Chris Danielsen
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>Director of Public Relations
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>National Federation of the Blind
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>National Federation of the Blind Awards $50,000
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>Ninth Annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Presented at 2016 Convention
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>Orlando, Florida (July 5, 2016): The National
>Federation of the Blind (NFB) today presented
>$50,000 in cash awards to individuals and
>organizations that have made outstanding
>contributions toward achieving the full
>integration of the blind into society on a basis
>of equality. At the National Federation of the
>Blind annual convention in Orlando, the ninth
>annual Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards honored four
>innovators who are helping blind people live the lives they want.
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>A $5,000 award was presented to Audio & Braille
>Literacy Enhancement, Inc., a Wisconsin-based
>transcription service that converts textbooks
>for school children into Braille, and is able to
>provide immediate transcription services for
>other classroom materials. A $10,000 prize was
>awarded to Oskar & Klaus Publishing, a company
>that produces children's books detailing the
>adventures of a real blind cat (Oskar) and his
>feline pal (Klaus), with the message of
>accepting those with different characteristics
>and not allowing blindness to prevent a cat, or
>person, from embarking upon extraordinary
>adventures. A $15,000 award was presented to
>Winston Chen for his creation of the mobile
>application Voice Dream Reader, which makes
>reading and navigating a variety of electronic
>documents possible using synthetic speech and an
>innovative, accessible user interface. A cash
>prize of $20,000 went to the Semitic Scholars, a
>group of three blind graduate students who
>created a Braille code for ancient Biblical
>languages so that source documents of religious
>texts can be studied independently by blind
>students in their original contexta feat that was previously impossible.
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>Dr. Jacob Bolotin, the namesake of the award
>program, was a blind physician who lived and
>practiced in Chicago from 1912 until his
>untimely death at age thirty-six in 1924. Dr.
>Bolotin was especially recognized for treating
>diseases of the heart and lungs. Despite his
>rigorous schedule tending to his patients' needs
>at all hours of the day and night, Dr. Bolotin
>also became known as a public speaker and
>advocate for the employment of the blind and
>their full integration into society.
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>Mark A. Riccobono, President of the National
>Federation of the Blind, said: âDr. Jacob
>Bolotin was a pioneer who overcame low
>expectations and discrimination to become a
>renowned member of the medical profession
>without the benefit of the support services and
>civil rights protections available to blind
>people today. The National Federation of the
>Blind is proud to honor the memory and spirit of
>Dr. Bolotin by recognizing and financially
>supporting those individuals and organizations,
>both from within the blindness field and outside
>of it, who are doing exceptional work to help
>achieve the shared dream of Dr. Bolotin and the
>National Federation of the Blinda society in
>which the blind,, like all other Americans, can
>pursue their goals and live the lives they want.â
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>The Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards Program is funded
>through the generosity of Dr. Bolotin's nephew
>and niece-in-law, Alfred and Rosalind Perlman.
>The late Mrs. Perlman established the Alfred and
>Rosalind Perlman Trust to endow the awards.
>Income from the trust is distributed to the
>National Federation of the Blind and the Santa
>Barbara Foundation for the purpose of
>administering the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards
>Program. For more information about the Dr.
>Jacob Bolotin Awards Programincluding more
>information about this year's winners, as well
>as eligibility criteria and application
>proceduresplease visit <http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org.
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>About the National Federation of the Blind
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>The National Federation of the Blind knows that
>blindness is not the characteristic that defines
>you or your future. Every day we raise the
>expectations of blind people, because low
>expectations create obstacles between blind
>people and our dreams. You can live the life you
>want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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