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Early Focus Third Edition Brings Ongoing Growth

Families with a young child newly diagnosed with blindness or low vision invariably find themselves facing a series of questions...

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Preserving a Panorama: A Conservation Journey

Have you ever stored something rolled up? Maybe that poster you bought at a concert years ago that you tucked...

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Making Graphics for PixBlaster and PageBlaster

Tactile graphics are an important tool in the tactile literacy toolkit, and there’s so much to them that it’s hard...

Close up photo of an embossed tactile graphic of a map of the southeastern US states. The lines between states are high relief dots while the areas within the states are low relief dots.

APH Behind the Scenes: How Tactile Graphics are Made

Tactile graphics make visual concepts accessible by providing tactile representations of maps, diagrams, and graphs to people who are blind...

APH Tactile Graphic Image Library logo featuring different patterns in a line below the words. One is a straight pomegranate line, then a teal dotted line, then a double stripe gold line, then a purple dashed line.

An Inside Look at the TGIL

The Tactile Graphics Image Library (TGIL) is a free online resource that puts tactile graphics at your fingertips. Teachers, students,...

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Building Your Tactile Literacy Toolkit

Tactile literacy is one of the cornerstones of education. Students who build their tactile literacy skills will be more successful...

Detail of the puzzle map of Africa, showing division lines between countries, mountains carved in relief, and rivers and lakes that are recessed.

The History of Puzzle Maps

When I first started working in the museum at APH in 2005, I’d often commandeer my young son and nephews...