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A student sits in front of a screen with a graph on it while placing their hands on the tactile graph on the Monarch in front of them.

Monarch is Making a Difference: Comparative Study Explores Statistics and Scatter Plots

Designed for both students and adults, Monarch is equipped with tools that foster independent workers, make learning simpler, and daily living...

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APH Press Author Stacey Chambers Talks About Her New Book

In the spring of 2024, Tools for TVIs: The Itinerant Teacher’s Handbook will join APH Press’s esteemed catalog. With a...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Deinstalling a Museum Exhibit

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