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On the Future of Braille: Thoughts by Radical Braille Advocates

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our commitment to braille literacy means that the entire Bookshare collection of over 198,000 titles (and counting) is available not only for use in text, audio or the combination, played with a wide variety of assistive technology tools, but also formatted for use on electronic braille displays. This is important here in the U.S.,

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Women of Color Resource Center: An Interview with Anisha Desai

Have Fun - Do Good

I grew up in Florida in a pretty narrow-minded, and very closed South Asian community. It just seems like such a mind-leap for people to make. There is raising awareness, saying, "This is an issue that you are not keeping in mind when you are creating policy," but, then, what is necessary to make that change?

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Girls' Night Out with a Twist: Dining for Women and the Power of Giving Circles

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Then, there are some chapters who start for the express purpose of finding other like-minded women, and then the connections go out from there. The essence of Dining for Women is connection, education, and self-empowerment. Then there are other chapters who may start out with just a couple of friends who already know each other.

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