Megan Marsh, 14, of Shoemakersville, won second place in the middle school short stories category of the Youth Braille Writing Contest sponsored by the nonprofit National Federation of the Blind ...

1809: Louis Braille is born. He'll devise a tactile alphabet for the blind. 1813: Isaac Pitman is born. He'll devise a shorthand alphabet for quickly writing what people are saying. It's probably more ...

Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of raised dots for blind people at the mere age of 15. Changing attitudes before ...

World Braille Day serves as a reminder that accessibility is fundamental to inclusion and dignity. Braille enables people with visual impairments to read, write, learn, and work independently, ...

Graeme Douglas has received research funding from a variety of research funding organisations, including: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), The Nuffield Foundation, Thomas Pocklington ...

Reading and writing are huge parts of everyday life. It’s easy to read things without even being aware you’re reading them. Those with severe visual impairment or blindness, though, may not be able to ...

Is Now a Good Time to Do Nothing? A boy with short brown hair runs his left hand over a set of colorful Braille Bricks attached to a square panel. Source: LEGO Foundation LEGO is rolling out a new toy ...