The Importance of Blind Mentors in Teacher Prep Programs

22 Sep

It is vital that we as teachers of the blind and visually impaired maintain high expectations for our students and understand the true capability of the blind. Meeting and collaborating with competent blind adults who are living the lives they … Read More »

New research: Proposed, global standard for quiet cars won’t benefit average blind person

30 Jun

This fall, a working group of the United Nations will meet to review proposed regulations that would set an international minimum sound standard for electric and hybrid electric vehicles, which would require that vehicles be equipped with a sound generating … Read More »

How to Make Bulletin Boards Accessible to Blind Students

22 May
"We Love Braille" bulletin board for blind students

As soon as children walk through the door into school, they are in a reading-rich environment thanks to the plethora of classroom signs, posters, calendars and—especially—bulletin boards. Sighted children take in the information incidentally by seeing it, but what about … Read More »

What We’ve Been Doing Together

14 May

Dr. Edward Bell, who directs the Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech, delivered the following remarks at the 2015 National Federation of the Blind of Louisiana convention. Beyond finding the news he shares interesting, we hope that you will join … Read More »

Bell Ringer: Celebrating the Inaugural Test of the National Certification in Unified English Braille (NCUEB)

26 Mar
UEB test booklets

Pam Allen, director of the Louisiana Center for the Blind, rang the Freedom Bell in celebration of those who completed the inaugural National Certification in Unified English Braille. Twenty-one participants took the NCUEB on Feb. 28, including six LCB students … Read More »