Cheri Hutcherson, Lauren Thurman and their families are participants in this year's Braille Across America, the annual event that supports National Braille Press and their efforts to promote braille literacy.
Home of family charged after deaths of pregnant San Antonio teen, Savanah Soto and Matthew Guerra to go on sale, who is blind. Since publishers don’t automatically publish braille copies of books, including textbooks, organizations like the National Braille Press play a critical role in getting braille copies produced.
“It’s really important that we get braille to everybody in an equitable way and it three times more to produce braille than regular print, so that is why we are doingchallenge, individual participants and teams are tasked with walking, running or biking 26.2 miles, the same distance as a marathon, all while raising awareness -- and money -- to help empower blind people by ensuring they have access to the braille reading material they need.
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