Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
Greg Trapp, Executive Director for the New Mexico Commission for the Blind, has made a generous offer to his staff. For each section of the National Certification in Literary Braille that his staff pass, they’ll receive two hours of administrative … Read More »
The Journal of Blindness Innovation and Research is a peer-reviewed, academically-focused review that was “launched in 2010 to stimulate greater participation in the development, testing, and evaluation of innovative practices in the field of work with the blind.” In the … Read More »
My kids just started back to school, and for the past few days, I keep hearing from the school about how so many of their teachers are “National Board Certified.” The certification process isn’t mandated, it’s time-consuming for the teachers, … Read More »
In this third installment of my series about learning to read braille in six months, we’ll focus on reading speed. As I mentioned in the first post about braille myths, the idea that braille is slow is complete hogwash. Braille … Read More »
Most students with low vision can manage to make it through kindergarten and even first grade with little interventions because the print size is so large in every book. Once the print begins to become smaller, you may notice that … Read More »
In my preliminary post in this series, I discussed some prevailing myths about braille. Today, I want to focus upon the habits of highly successful braille students. Mastery of the braille code must be done as quickly and as efficiently … Read More »
Last week, I and a group of us from the Institute on Blindness presented at the 2013 IDEA Leadership Conference, where more than 1,200 directors of special education and school superintendents gathered to—in the words of the conference mission statement—”support … Read More »
While teaching for 27 years at the Louisiana Center for the Blind, I personally timed over 80 readers who read braille at 300 to 500 words per minute…as fast or faster than the educated classes of America. All of them … Read More »
Remarks by Casey Robertson to the 2013 National Convention of the National Federation of the Blind in Orlando, Florida. I am Casey Robertson. I am a teacher of blind students with a master’s degree from Louisiana Tech. I’m currently a … Read More »