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Group Launches Braille Literacy Campaign
Audio books and computer software with screen-reading and speech-to-text capabilities put the written and posted word at the fingertips of visually impaired people. But those who eschew the time-honored Braille system in favor of cutting-edge technology might be missing something. ...more
January 2, 2009 | 
Group Launches Braille Literacy Campaign
Audio books and computer software with screen-reading and speech-to-text capabilities put the written and posted word at the fingertips of visually impaired people. But those who eschew the time-honored Braille system in favor of cutting-edge technology might be missing something. ...more
December 31, 2008 |
Group Launches Braille Literacy Campaign
Audio books and computer software with screen-reading and speech-to-text capabilities put the written and posted word at the fingertips of visually impaired people. But those who eschew the time-honored Braille system in favor of cutting-edge technology might be missing something. ...more
December 31, 2008 |
Michael Jackson May Need Lung Transplant
Michael Jackson is suffering from a rare lung condition and needs to undergo an emergency transplant operation, according to a report that continues to gain steam. ...more
December 22, 2008 | 
Early Steps Program Going Strong
Partnership of services gives special babies a better start. ...more
August 7, 2008 |
Early Steps Program Going Strong
Partnership of services gives special babies a better start. ...more
August 7, 2008 |
Pup's Devotion Is Good Medicine For Girl's Genetic Disorder
It was the online photo of a fluffy, white American Eskimo pup that enticed the Steele family south to the Manatee Humane Society in Bradenton. ...more
July 7, 2008 | 
Perfect FCAT Score Belies Impairment
Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. ...more
June 14, 2008 |
Visually Impaired Student Aces FCAT Writing
TAMPA PALMS - Call him imaginative. Call him determined. Call him stubborn. Just don't call him blind. Liberty Middle School eighth-grader Peyton Short can barely make out images because of a genetic condition that has left him visually impaired. But it hasn't kept Peyton from his first loves of reading and writing. His passion for the written word was evident with his recent score on the writing portion of the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. He earned a perfect score, one of 22 students in his school to earn the top mark. ...more
June 10, 2008 |
Lauren Dungy Tells Of Local Agencies' Role In 'Jordan's Story'
TAMPA - Lauren Dungy, wife of Indianapolis Colts coach Tony Dungy, credits social services available in Hillsborough County with making a difference in the life of their 7-year-old son. ...more
June 3, 2008 |
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