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After many years of overcrowding the ClearVision library has at last expanded into premises twice the size of the prefabricated building which has housed the collection since 1994. We can now welcome visits from anyone interested in our work and the variety of books available for loan. If you would like to come and visit please ring to arrange a suitable time.
On 30th August 2009 BBC political correspondent Gary O’Donoghue presented a Radio 4 Appeal on behalf of ClearVision. Gary’s voice is familiar to many Radio 4 listeners and he also presents political news items on television. Gary spends much of his working life in Westminster and he has a small flat in London, but his main home is in Yorkshire where he lives with his partner and their seven-year-old daughter. Gary is a braille reader and has been a member of the ClearVision library for several years. You can hear the appeal on the BBC Radio 4 website at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00m8p7g#related-links
ClearVision and Linden Lodge School have jointly produced a puzzle book for sighted parents, LSAs, and anyone else who is interested in learning to sight read grade 1 (uncontracted) braille. Crack the Code is full of activities, puzzles and jokes designed to introduce the braille alphabet, simple punctuation and numbers. It should not take more than a couple of hours to complete. Crack the Code is designed to look like the kind of puzzle book sold in newsagents - to encourage people who might be put off by anything resembling a text book!
ClearVision has a limited number of print copies to give away but you are welcome to download and make as many copies as you like, provided they are only ever given away and that the booklet is reproduced in its entirety. Please note that this is a large file to download and the screen may be blank for a minute or two.
It would be very useful for possible future reprints to receive comments on the content and to have an idea of how many copies you have made of the booklet.
For individual A4 pages use this link: Crack the Code (2mb)
To make an A5 booklet use this link and print double-sided on A4 sheets before collating and folding: Crack the Code (224kb)
ClearVision was awarded the prestigious Quentin Blake Award in 2007. We used the grant to produce a CD showcasing braille readers of all ages and backgrounds enjoying ClearVision books with their families, friends, teachers and classmates. As well as promoting braille and enabling young braille readers to hear other braillists reading aloud, we hope the CD will help parents to feel more confident about reading to their children. The CD has been distributed free to all members of the ClearVision library.
Please get in touch if you think you would find the CD useful.
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