Like 6-year-olds around the world, Madison Logan is learning to read and write. Unlike most children, however, the Quincy girl has vision problems severe enough to make her legally blind. But that is ...

World Braille Day 2025 highlights the history and importance of Braille, celebrating Louis Braille’s invention and its role ...

DECATUR - Can a typewriter teach? That depends on the user. Fred Connor, 56, has been taking his typewriter to the Children's Museum of Illinois since 1994, and it's unlike anything most of the ...

Personal electronics are changing life for people with visual impairments. Talking computers and iPhone apps can be a big help, but as Colorado Public Radio’s Megan Verlee found when she visited the ...

EAST TEXAS (KLTV) - Roughly two percent of the population is legally blind or visually impaired. Of those, less than 10 percent can read braille. Braille is a system that is a set of six dots arranged ...

Isabelle Nutt loves to sing. The third-grade student at Birches Elementary School in Washington Township also loves watching Disney movies and playing her Nintendo Wii. She likes the color pink and ...

ANAHEIM – Ten-year-old Brennan Lamarra of Fullerton expertly pounded away at a Braille typewriter, transcribing a speech piped in through his headphones. Blind because of a genetic condition, he was ...

The room was shaking. Ten children were hammering away on their Braille typewriters and seeking glory. The National Braille Challenge Invitational was held Saturday at the Braille Institute of America ...

The week before Christmas is Santa’s busiest time of year. And as he prepares to circle the globe on his annual gift-giving trip, he relies on some trusty helpers. One of Santa’s special helpers is ...

Soniya Patel's 3-year-old daughter loves getting a book in the mail each month. It comes from the Dollywood Foundation's Imagination Library, which sends free books each month to hundreds of thousands ...

The Valentine's Day notes contain individualized compliments in braille. Amelia, 8, created braille Valentines for her second-grade classmates at a Seattle public elementary school for Valentine's Day ...