Nominate Someone for the 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award

The National Braille Association is thankful for the countless men and women who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that individuals who are blind receive high quality braille. In 2011, we began to honor these individuals by presenting them with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Each year, one individual is selected to receive the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. For 2017,…

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BULLETIN: No. 53, Vol. 1 – Spring 2017

The Spring 2017 NBA Bulletin (Vol. 53, No. 1) is now available for current NBA Members to download right from the Member’s Section of our website. Once you’re logged in, navigate to the Member’s Section using the link at the very top of your screen. Both PDF and BRF files are available to download right now! For…

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Upcoming Webinars

We are proud to be continuing our educational offerings with free webinars open to all. Our monthly rotating topic for April will be Foreign Language Braille, and the First Friday in May will be a continuation of Braille Formats. For a more detailed description of the two upcoming webinars and how to attend, please see…

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Call to Vendors and Businesses

Now that registration for the 2017 Professional Development Conference in Orlando is underway, it is time for us to extend the invitation to those wishing to reach our audience as a business. At each conference, vendors who have a product or service that would be of interest to braille transcribers and teachers of the visually…

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Announcing: Upcoming Webinars

We’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the webinars we’ve done so far, and that’s inspired us to develop additional programs at a quicker pace than initially expected. We are pleased to announce, that beginning in April, we will be offering two webinars a month. One webinar will always focus on Braille Formats (coined Formats Friday), and the…

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Webinars Archive

As you may have already noticed, we’ve begun to explore new ways to deliver educational content to braille transcribers and teachers of the visually impaired. Even though we’d love to have all of you at our fall conference, we realize the costs of travel often prevent transcribers who need training to be able to make…

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Join Us in Orlando, Florida!

We are very excited to officially invite you to our 2017 Professional Development Conference! Typically, we have registration for our conferences open about four-to-five months in advance. We know many of you working in school districts have to submit budgets for the fall during your spring semester. So, this year, we worked extra hard to be able…

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February Webinar: Braille Order

If you haven’t had an opportunity to jump in on one of our free monthly webinars, this month’s topic should be a great time to start! For February, we’ll be featuring a new topic, new day of the week, and a new presenter. And, we’re excited about it! Join us at no cost on Tuesday, February…

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Bulletin: Vol. 52, No. 4 – Winter 2016-17

The Winter 2016-17 NBA Bulletin (Vol. 52, No. 4) is now officially available for current NBA Members to download right from the Member’s Section of our website. Once you’re logged in, navigate to the Member’s Section using the link at the very top of your screen. Both PDF and BRF files are available to download right now!…

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Webinar Announcement: Print Page Numbers

Ever find yourself wondering how to handle unique page numbering situations? Led by the chair of NBA’s Braille Formats/Textbook Committee, our first webinar of 2017 is designed to help you determine how best to transcribe page numbers. Just like our recent programs, January’s webinar is free to anyone who is interested! TITLE: Print Page Numbers DESCRIPTION: This…

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