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Two adult hands guide a child's hands across a tactile graphic of a fish displayed on the Monarch's refreshable braille display.

Enhancing Early Educational Experiences with the Monarch

Imagine opening the classroom door on your very first day of school, the excitement of meeting new friends and learning...

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Tactile Skills Matrix

Tactile literacy skills like creating and interpreting tactile graphics and recognizing braille characters and symbols can be difficult for many...

Two boys working on a circutry project using Snap Circuits Jr.

10 STEM Products for Inclusive Classrooms

This blog was originally published in 2019 as “8 STEM Products for Inclusive Classrooms.” It has been updated to include two...

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A Student’s Experience Winning a Polly

Fourth grader Russell Dorn put all three of his entries into an access technology raffle at the National Federation of...

Helen Keller writes with the Pyke-Glauser braillewriter in her office.

Contemplating Helen Keller’s Humanity

One of my favorite things about browsing through the AFB Helen Keller Archives here at APH—which we are doing right...

A yellow forklift fills the right foreground, its forks inserted beneath the base of a light blue steel record pressing machine, while three men steady the machine with their hands.

Deinstalling a Museum Exhibit

The saying “it takes a village” can be applied in any number of settings. In our case, it has truly...

The Braille Brain logo features a multicolored brain stacked above the words “Braille Brain” in all caps. “Braille” is stacked above “Brain,” with both words sharing and beginning with a large B that is as tall as both words stacked. The brain is divided into four sections. The Occipital lobe is red. The Parietal lobe is yellow. The Frontal lobe is blue, and the Temporal lobe is purple.

Introducing Braille Brain!

We are excited to announce the release of Braille Brain! This is a free website-based, self-paced curriculum to help people...