Congressman Mica to Participate in NFB Blind Driver Challenge™
Washington, D.C. (January 27, 2011): The National Federation of the Blind announced today that Congressman John Mica, who represents Florida’s Seventh Congressional District and chairs the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, will participate in the demonstration of a vehicle that can be driven by the blind.
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No Comments » | January 27th, 2011
Louis Braille Coin Will Be Launched Into Space
Louis Braille Coin Will Be Launched Into Space Thursday, March 26, 2009
BALTIMORE, March 26, 2009 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ —-In a surprise announcement at the launch ceremony for the new Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar, NASA announced that the new commemorative coin celebrating the life and work of the inventor of the reading code for the blind will fly on a future space shuttle mission. The announcement, by NASA Deputy Administrator for Educational Programs Dr. Joyce Winterton, came at the end of the official event announcing the availability of this beautiful new coin, which will help the National Federation of the Blind to increase Braille literacy in the United States.
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Posted in Blindness | No Comments » | May 8th, 2009
