2025 marks 200 years since Louis Braille invented his revolutionary 6-dot tactile writing system for blind people. Braille was also an organist, and he went on to adapt his system into Braille Music, ...

According to the department’s letter, the Oregon Deaf-Blind Center lost its grant because Portland Public Schools, which ...

Lego Braille Bricks help blind and low-vision children "play and learn just like every other child," said mom Lisa Taylor. At first, Olivia struggled with braille. Then the 7-year-old, who is blind, ...

From texting on a smart phone to ordering train tickets at a kiosk, touch screens are ubiquitous and, in most cases, ...

All his life, Robert Englebretson has been a bookworm. He was a good kid. But he often bent the rules for this early love. "One of the cool things about braille is that you could sneak a book under ...

Sarah Mendizabal went from battling a brain tumor to winning a mobility competition for visually impaired students — and she's gearing up to compete again next week.

The overwhelming majority of vision-impaired children attend regular public schools, rather than specialty schools for the blind, and few have teachers who are trained to understand differences ...

For people who rely on Braille, reading displays and signs in public can be a challenge, but a new system could help make things easier. HaptiRead is a haptic feedback device that uses ultrasound ...

Robert Frank: As promised yesterday, today’s economic naturalist question is one of my two all-time favorites from among the many thousands submitted over the years by former students. “Why,” Bill ...

The challenger sat alone at a square folding table in the center of her teacher’s immaculate living room, stockinged feet whispering against the plush, white carpet, hands poised over a blue Perkins ...