Archive for the ‘Braille’ Category

WNYC’s radio program On the Media recently covered a few interesting issues related to accessibility and disability.
In their May 21st episode they discussed the decline in braille literacy and how this might effect the blind population in the US, accessibility issues on the internet and what it would take for all websites to become handicapped [...]

The Sensesational Alphabet is a super cool book that is designed for children with sensory or learning impairments.
The book incorporates vision, touch, smell, movement, and sound into the alphabet, getting just about every sense involved (though, as far as I know, you can’t taste the book).
It also includes the signs and braille for each letter! [...]

Looking for something cool to give mom this Mother’s Day? Something in braille?
National Braille Press has some neat ideas:

Silver-Plated Braille Alphabet Bracelets
“Life is short. Eat dessert first!” Braille Magnet
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart” Braille Magnet
“To the world you [...]

National Braille Press has just released a print/braille edition of Hailstones and Halibut Bones by Mary O’Neill for $9.95.
O’Neill explores 12 different colors in 12 poems. Each series of poems relates to a color, What is Green, What is Gold, and so forth.

Blue is a heron, a sapphire ring,
You can smell blue in many a [...]