PUPILS were given an insight into the life of one of their classmates during a special Braille lesson. The youngsters at Hamer Primary School in Rochdale were given the chance to learn more about the ...

Parents of children with a visual impairment are being offered the chance to learn Braille so they can help with homework. Free weekly evening classes are to be launched by fully-qualified Braillers.

Emmanuel says that he also offers lessons on how to use a computer and on mobility with a white cane and a guide dog. “We conduct the lessons in a small group of five students a session twice a day.

Learning to read Braille - the tactile writing system used by people who are blind and visually impaired - is notoriously difficult. To make this a little easier, researchers have designed vibrating ...

The week before Christmas is Santa’s busiest time of year. And as he prepares to circle the globe on his annual gift-giving trip, he relies on some trusty helpers. One of Santa’s special helpers is ...

IN 1970 more than half of blind American schoolchildren could read Braille. Now, only about 10% can. That decline is mostly a consequence of a change of policy, otherwise welcome, which means that the ...

One day, while prefecting in Primary Four, I noticed and observed Miss Zuill assisting a student who was working on a Braille writer. I asked Miss Zuill about Braille and she explained it to me even ...