Braille Literacy Crisis

First of all, congratulations to Gabriella Welsh, 10, of Loyal Wisconsin, for winning for national Braille reading contest for the 4th year in a row!

Link to August 8 Marshfield News Herald article, "Girls wins Braille contest".

Excerpt: There is a Braille literacy crisis in America," according to the National Federation of the Blind Web site, www.braille.org. "Only 10 percent of all blind children learn to read and write using Braille. In response to this crisis, the National Federation of the Blind has launched the largest Braille literacy campaign in history. A portion of the proceeds from the sale of each Louis Braille Bicentennial Silver Dollar -- the first United States coin with readable, tactile Braille -- will go to support Braille literacy."

Link to the Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped.