Press Release

RECORDING FOR THE BLIND & DYSLEXIC® SPONSORS AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING STUDENTS WITH PRINT DISABILITIES

October 22, 2004 (Princeton, NJ) — Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic (RFB&D®) announced its 2005 National Achievement Awards (NAA) program - an annual competition for college seniors with visual impairments and high school seniors with learning disabilities.

RFB&D's Mary P. Oenslager Scholastic Achievement Awards (SAA) are given annually to nine blind or visually impaired seniors at four-year US colleges or universities. The Marion Huber Learning Through Listening® (LTL®) awards are presented annually to six high school seniors with learning disabilities. Awards total more than $50,000. The top three winners in each category are recognized at an annual RFB&D celebratory event, and previous winners have also been honored by the president at the White House.

The NAA program is open to active RFB&D members who have been registered for at least one year prior to the March 1, 2005 deadline - either individually or through their school. They should be prepared to demonstrate outstanding scholarship, leadership, enterprise and service to others. Applications are now available.

For more than 50 years, RFB&D, a nonprofit volunteer organization, has served people of all ages who cannot read standard print effectively because of visual impairment, dyslexia or other physical disability. RFB&D maintains a library of 100,000 recorded textbooks produced by volunteers working in 28 RFB&D studios across the country. Last year, RFB&D circulated close to a quarter of a million titles among its more than 137,000 members.

For additional information on RFB&D's membership programs, National Achievement Award eligibility criteria or to request an award application, call toll-free at 866-732-3585. Or visit RFB&D's accessible website at www.rfbd.org.

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