Rachel Heuser, left, a retired teacher of the blind, gives a festive welcome to Lynn Wu at her home in Laguna Niguel. Wu is there to take the Braille Challenge finals test. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles ...

With braille literacy falling, we take a look at some alternative, cheaper braille displays. For non-blind people, reading is an order of magnitude faster than listening. Is braille also faster? If ...

Lego Braille Bricks help blind and low-vision children "play and learn just like every other child," said mom Lisa Taylor. At first, Olivia struggled with braille. Then the 7-year-old, who is blind, ...

Syracuse, NY — The STAR Lab or Special Technologies Adapted Resources Lab makes every day tasks easier for people who are visually impaired. January is Braille Literacy Month, this week's More than ...

When Amit Patel lost his sight because of an illness a decade ago—early in his career as a trauma doctor at an emergency room in the U.K.—he struggled to learn Braille with traditional tools. He ...

Syria's central bank governor Abdelkader Husrieh announced on Wednesday that new banknotes issued in the country will include ...

For Jana Hertz, it’s all about the rush she gets when she watches students excelling at braille, a code of raised dots that will serve them as a crucial guide into the sighted world, helping advance ...

The state Board of Regents today unanimously approved a plan that will end the traditional long-term residential program for students at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School in Vinton by fall 2012 ...

LOS ANGELES – The challenger sat alone at a square folding table in the center of her teacher’s immaculate living room, stockinged feet whispering against the plush, white carpet, hands poised over a ...

Though the Braille Challenge is niche by definition, bees, bowls and brain sports are more popular among Zoomers than they've been in any previous generation. In a typical year, 11 million ...