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These bookmarks were created by the New York State School for the Blind Resource Center in order to promote awareness of Braille and the need for Braille Transcribers nationwide. Please feel free to download, print and distribute freely to this end. However, for reasons of trademark protection, we ask that the bookmark not be modified in any way without the written permission of the AFB and the New York State Resource Center for Visually Impaired.
To view one of the pages with the images of the bookmarks, select the appropriate link. To download the page to your computer, right click on the image and select "Save Picture As ...".
In order to make double-sided bookmarks, print the first page. Then follow the standard method for your printer for printing on the back of the same page and print the second page. Finally cut the page to make three bookmarks.
Once you've got this figured out, you can of course, make multiple copies at once.
What if you were 6 years old and someone told you that= you don't need to learn to read because a computer can read for you? Silly idea, isn't it? But that's what some children who are blind have been told.
For many children who are blind, Braille is the key to literacy, independence and successful employment.
Braille is a tactile code equivalent to print that uses combinations of up to six raised dots to present information in symbolic form. Audiotapes and computers that "speak" fail to provide readers the tools they need to read and write for themselves. Braille has been proven to be the most effective reading medium for many blind and deafblind individuals worldwide.
Help promote literacy through Braille! For more information, contact the NYS School for the Blind Resource Center (585) 343-5384 Option 1 or e-mail jpiscite@mail.nysed.gov.
This side shows the Braille Bug™ logo and a picture of the Braille Bug™ which is a lady bug with a dots-123456 cell on her back. The text reads as follows.
Learn about Braille the fun way by visiting the American Foundation for the Blind's Braille Bug™ site: http://www.afb.org/braillebug.
This site has all kinds of activities for kids to learn about Braille and its inventor, Louis Braille, as well as one of the most famous Braille readers, Helen Keller.
Get a 5-minute Introduction to Braille at http://www.dotlessbraille.org
or check out the braille alphabet and order books about Braille, Louis Braille and Helen Keller from the National Braille Press at http://www.nbp.org/alph.html.
Braille Transcribers are urgently needed nationwide in order to produce textbooks and educational materials for students who are blind.
For more information about how you can help, visit http://www.afb.org/verizon.asp or contact the NYS School for the Blind Resource Center (585) 343-5384 Option 1 or e-mail Judi Piscitello at jpiscite@mail.nysed.govBraille Bug™ and the Braille Bug™ logo are trademarks of the American Foundation for the Blind
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This page was last updated September 5, 2003.