Institute on Blindness at Louisiana Tech
Kristen Sims grew up in Ruston, Louisiana, home to the Louisiana Center for the Blind, yet she didn’t know about the exciting careers in the field of blindness. “I didn’t see blind people as any different,” she said. “To be … Read More »
Krystal Guillory, NCLB—a teacher of blind students working in Louisiana’s Lincoln Parish Schools—has set a high braille-reading goal for her elementary-aged students: read 100 braille books this school year. The schools are participating in the Accelerated Reader program designed to … Read More »
When you—a teacher of blind students, a parent, or concerned classroom teacher—want to objectively understand a visually-impaired student’s ability to travel safely, effectively, and efficiently, what should you do? We know that: When schools want to know in what math … 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 »