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Darrick sits at a large desk wearing a tan suit. Across the desk are pieces of tape and cardboard.

The Dot Experience: More than Just a Museum

Darrick Wood became the Director of The Dot Experience in December. “I couldn’t be more excited. It feels like my whole career has...

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A tactile anatomic model of an eye. With different colors, textures, and braille labels to indicate different parts of the eye.

My Sight: A Hands-On Curriculum Empowering Students

For TVIs, General Educators, Families, and Future Advocates  Understanding how vision works—and how it sometimes doesn’t—is a powerful first step...

A rendering of the Orientation and Mobility booth.

Observing White Cane Day with The Dot Experience

The white cane helps people who are blind or low vision navigate to work, school, and around their community safely...

A classroom table shows a student feeling the Monarch with a teacher. Next to them is a man in an APH polo with a Monarch, connected a computer screen.

Building Connections with Monarch and Visual Outputs

The Monarch has created unprecedented levels of access for blind or low vision users in homes, classrooms, and individual workplaces....

Addie, dressed in an all black running outfit with dark black sunglasses, runs across the track.

A Track Meet for the History Books

On July 29th, 2025, I woke my guide dog at 3:30am to get to the airport for our cross-country flight...

The EZee Count Abacus has a black and red frame and bright red and yellow counting pieces. Some of the pieces have been moved to show a counting example.

Product Updates and Upgrades

APH is always working to produce new technology and improve what already exists to ensure we are serving the APH community in the best way possible. After listening to the...

A Monarch displays a tactile image of a car. A students hands can be seen resting on the navigation keys.

Expanding Tactile Graphic Access on Monarch with TactileView

Monarch’s multi-line display makes it perfect for accessing and inspecting tactile graphics. The unique zoom features alongside 10 lines of...

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