Here's a chance for one of your braille readers to win a valuable piece of technology. If you have questions, please contact Dominic Gagliano at dominic.gagliano@humanware.com<mailto:dominic.gagliano@humanware.com>. From: Dominic Gagliano [mailto:dominic.gagliano@humanware.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 11:28 AM Subject: Braille Literacy Month ________________________________ Dominic Gagliano Vice President of Sales Americas 1 UPS Way PO Box 800 Champlain, NY 12919 USA T. 800-722-3393 ext. 258 F. 888 871 4828 www.humanware.com <http://www.humanware.com/> ......................................................................................................................................................................... HumanWare see things. differently This email contains privileged or confidential information and is intended only for the named recipient. If you have received this email in error or are not a named recipient, please notify the sender and destroy the email. Thank you for preserving the environment by not printing this e-mail. Having trouble viewing this e-mail? Click here<http://www.humanware.ca/web/en/Newsletter/2312161033r1.htm> [HumanWare logo. see things. differently.]<http://www.humanware.com/> [Give the gift of braille] Give the gift of braille To promote braille literacy and recognize its inventor, Louis Braille, January is designated Braille Literacy Month in honor of his birthday on the 4th. Braille always has been and always will be more than just a tool for blind individuals who use it. Braille represents competency, independence, and equality. [You could win a free BrailleNote Touch or Brailliant BI 32] To mark this important event, HumanWare encourages everyone to register someone you know who is visually impaired (or yourself) for a chance to win a brand new BrailleNote Touch, first and only Google certified Braille Tablet or a Brailliant BI 32 braille display. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER SOMEONE NOW<http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/subscribe/gift_of_braille> The winners will be announced on February 1st, 2017. Did you know... * World Braille Day is celebrated annually on January 4th in honor of Louis Braille, the inventor of braille who was born on this day in 1809. * Approximately 285 million people worldwide live with low vision and blindness * Of these, 39 million people are blind and 246 million have moderate or severe visual impairment * 90% of blind people live in low-income countries * Yet 80% of visual impairment is avoidable - i.e. readily treatable and/or preventable * Restorations of sight, and blindness prevention strategies are among the most cost-effective interventions in health care * The number of people blind from infectious causes has greatly reduced in the past 20 years * An estimated 19 million children are visually impaired * About 65 % of all people who are visually impaired are aged 50 and older, while this age group comprises only 20% of the world's population * Increasing elderly populations in many countries mean that more people will be at risk of age-related visual impairment. HumanWare, 1 UPS Way, Champlain, NY 12919, USA Unsubscribe<http://www.humanware.ca/web/en/Newsletter/%25%25unsubscribe%25%25> from our newsletter. [Like us on Facebook!] <http://www.facebook.com/humanware> [Follow us on Twitter!] <http://www.twitter.com/humanware> [Follow us on Youtube!] <https://www.youtube.com/user/HumanWareTechnologie/videos> [Follow us on LinkedIn] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/humanware>