More than a half of a million kids in the United States are visually impaired. That's according to a survey done by American Community Survey for the American Foundation for the Blind. Teaching kids ...

LEE ANNE: CAROL RAE AMAPOLSKY WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVES THERE IS SOMETHING NEW TO BE LEARNED EACH DAY. >> I’M ALWAYS CURIOUS ABOUT THINGS. I LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE’S SOMETHING TO LEARN IN MY LIFE, ...

“Encourage exploration with the hands,” says Jackie Anderson, who taught blind students in Cobb County, Ga., for a decade and helped develop the National Federation of the Blind’s nationwide summer ...

Danish toy company LEGO is introducing a line of "Braille Bricks" in American schools to help blind and visually impaired children learn to read. The LEGO Foundation designed and created a line of ...

Practically no segment of everyday living has been spared from the disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Modifications and sacrifices have had to be made, particularly in classrooms, where ...

I was born with nystagmus, a neurological condition that affects my vision, and until I was in my thirties, I’d only met one person that shared it. At a holiday party with my parents when I was ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — January is a month meant to celebrate the importance of braille to those who are visually impaired. Vision loss can happen to anyone at any age, and for some, braille is a ...

In the 1820s, Louis Braille devised a raised-dot system of letters, numbers and musical notation. 200 years later, it’s still ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. More than a half of a million kids in the ...

At first, Olivia struggled with braille. Then the 7-year-old, who is blind, played with Legos with braille on them and her interest soared. “Before then, she found it hard to get started with the ...