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 		Teaching Students with Low Vision
Children with poor vision will experience learning difficulties at school. Teachers can maximize efforts in inclusive settings with low vision strategies and tools.
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 		Obama Gets Book of Letters About Braille
"Let Freedom Ring" is a book of letters from blind Americans, their families and teachers about Braille's importance. Will it convince Obama to end illiteracy?
Braille Literacy Crisis – Fact or Fiction
Not blind? Don't know anyone who is? The CDC predicts exploding diabetes-related blindness. Will declining Braille literacy affect taxpayers? Or, is Braille obsolete?
Hadley Evolves into E-Learning Leader
The Internet has leveled many playing fields for the visually impaired, especially in the availability of online courses, for which Hadley is setting the standard.
Hadley School's Online Courses
The Hadley School for the Blind's e-Hadley classes cover a wide range of topics, including business writing, finding employment, and effective parenting of a blind child.
Career Resources for the Blind
Unemployment among the blind is over 70 percent, but technology is helping organizations offer training and peer support to blind and visually impaired jobseekers.
Bookshare Offers Accessible Books
Bookshare readers download books as compressed, encrypted files that can be read with assistive technology such as a screen readers or refreshable braille display.
Plustek BookReader V100
With the push of a button, the Plustek BookReader V100 converts printed text into lifelike speech that blind and visually impaired readers can store as MP3 or WAV files.
New Low-Vision Reading Resources
The Internet continues to level the playing field for blind and low-vision students, offering tools to augment classroom reading and make learning more accessible.
AFB Assistive Technology Resources
The American Foundation for the Blind offers teachers a systematic approach to evaluate which technologies best address the needs of blind and visually impaired students.
Reading & Radio Resource
Reading & Radio Resource enriches the lives of children and adults who, because of visual, physical, or learning limitations, cannot read for themselves.
NFB Youth Slam 2009
Assistive technology, specialized teaching techniques, and mentors enable blind and low-vision students to explore the once-inaccessible fields of math and science.
Blind Education Roundup
In this month of Louis Braille's bicentennial, the National Braille Press takes its 10-panel exhibit on a tour across the United States.
US to Commemorate Braille's 200th
Chapters of the National Federation of the Blind will hold events in January 2009 to honor Louis Braille, whose raised dot language system brought literacy to the blind.
Canada Marks Braille Bicentennial
Braille200 is organizing events across Canada to raise awareness of the life and legacy of Louis Braille, whose raised-dot reading system brought literacy to the blind.
Book Celebrates 150 Years of APH
A new history of the American Printing House for the Blind traces its innovations in making words accessible--from antebellum embossing systems to digital recording.
An Historical Timeline of the APH
APH's 150-year history reflects society's evolving image of what disabled persons are capable of when given accessible resources.
Audiobook Options for the Blind
Growing popularity of recorded books, long a mainstay of blind education, and advances in digital technology give the sight impaired a wide range of accessible choices.
Reading Resource Profile for the NFB
The NFB works tirelessly to improve the lives of blind people through innovative programming that encourages self-sufficiency, especially in reading and education.
Reading Resource Profile of AFB
Through its many technological innovations, the American Foundation for the Blind carries on Helen Keller's legacy of expanding possibilities for people with vision loss.
NBP Honors Braille Bicentennial
January 4, 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's birth. National Braille Press is celebrating with a new Braille image and products promoting braille literacy.
Reading Resource Profile for NAVH
NAVH is dedicated to helping people optimize functional vision through educational outreach, research, low-vision aids, and a free large-print lending library.
Reading Resource Profile – APH
APH is America's official supplier of specially formatted reading materials (braille, large-print, and audiobooks) for blind and visually impaired pre-college students.
Distance Learning for the Blind
Blind and visually impaired people can access online courses in different media that teach everything from basic communication skills to programming high-tech gadgets.
Next Generation™ Perkins Brailler®
For 57 years, the Perkins Brailler has been the most popular braillewriting machine. A new model is designed to expand its use (and braille literacy) around the world.
Exploring the Universe by Touch
Grice's latest book, Touch the Invisible Sky, uses tactile diagrams, high-contrast color, and large print to make the galaxy accessible to the blind and sight impaired.
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