blindness history

The Dot Experience Celebrates Helen Keller

The Dot Experience team celebrated one of the world’s biggest change makers—Helen Keller during a recent Connect the Dots event,...

Did you know that the first recorded rock n’ roll is attributed to a blind musician? The musical group, Blind...

What is The Dot Experience? The Dot Experience is APH’s re-imagined museum set to open in 2026. Designed with an...

When fifteen-year-old Louis Braille presented his tactile system of raised dots in 1824, he...

Today, it is typical for individuals who are sighted to read print and for people who are blind or low...

We are excited to announce our new family-based education series: Connect the Dots, powered by the PNC Foundation! Thanks to...

APH’s vision since 1858 is an accessible world, with opportunity for everyone. APH empowers people who are blind or low...

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

With the Dot Experience at APH officially breaking ground, we have been incredibly busy behind the scenes preparing for construction...

They say the best advice to young writers is to write about what you know. So rather than come up...

I have received some very interesting research questions about Helen Keller during my first year as Archivist in the AFB...

When the AFB Helen Keller Archive arrived at APH, we found a few boxes labeled “Series 3: Unprocessed.” These unprocessed...