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Monthly Archives: July 2015

With One Semester To Go, Clouds Remain over Braille in Math and Science

29 Jul
"Microscope," by University of Liverpool Faculty of Health & Life Sciences on Flickr

As teachers of blind students prepare themselves and their students for the January 2016 transition to Unified English Braille (UEB), one area of the tactile code remains unaddressed. The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) voted that UEB would be … Read More »

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Play Ball and Teach Sound Localization to Blind Students

17 Jul

Blind people and those who teach cane travel must learn to pay attention to the environment beyond the tips of their canes. We must listen to traffic, people around us, music from nearby shops, echoes caused by our tapping, and … Read More »

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