Jan
29
2010
Blindingly Surprising Information: Not Government Funded
Posted by I.A.M. in BLOG-O-RAMA, books, LIT-O-RAMA, NEWS, THINKINESSStunningly, the CNIB and other Braille-formatted books in Canada receive no financial support from governments at the Provincial or Federal levels as I had thought they did.
No, honestly, none. All they get is money from the generous individuals who send it in on their own.
Needless to say, making books in the format of little bumps is a tad pricey.
Doing something decent today will only take about one minute. Go here: http://righttoread.cnib.ca/default.aspx
Thank you.
Ian Alexander Martin [
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I found the timing of this post interesting, only because a few days ago I saw this story reported in various forms by various media outlets, for example, this one: Braille literacy is dropping dramatically.
Admittedly, I was put wise to it thanks to an e-mail I got from someone. I’ve no idea how long this campaign has been active, but I’m happy to see it being done. It just seems to be so surprising that there isn’t Federal and Provincial funding behind the production of braille books already!
Is there still a braille Playboy?