Recently, I unexpectedly found myself in an elegant hotel ballroom in Virginia, discussing Yehuda Amichai’s iconic poem “The Diameter of a Bomb” with a deaf and blind poet. As the poet and his ...
OF COURSE, LET YOU KNOW. YOU MORE NEBRASKANS WHO ARE VISUALLY IMPAIRED CAN NOW GET ACCESS TO A KEY PIECE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR FREE. IT’S THROUGH THE NEBRASKA LIBRARY COMMISSION’S TALKING BOOK AND BRAILLE ...
LEE ANNE: CAROL RAE AMAPOLSKY WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVES THERE IS SOMETHING NEW TO BE LEARNED EACH DAY. >> I’M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT THINGS. I LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE’S SOMETHING TO LEARN IN MY LIFE, ...
The company will launch a testing phase of its LEGO Audio & Braille Building Instructions on Aug. 28 Matt Shifrin, from Newton, Massachusetts, has always loved playing with LEGOs. Born blind, he would ...
Two Bay Area synagogues helped make Hanukkah cards for blind and visually impaired Jews, each one with unique tactile ...
The 65 students from around the country who came here this summer to show off their Braille prowess represent an elite group of an already-small number. Only about 26,000 of the 6.7 million students ...
The library is more than just books, and our series Books and Beyond with the Milwaukee Public Library showcases that. We share resources, book recommendations and some cool stuff you might not know ...
Aly Yuschak hopes to bring a touch of the holiday spirit to people who are blind and visually impaired by creating Braille greeting cards. The 10th-grade Clairview School student said she thinks it ...