Teacher Jennifer Martinez works with Head Start students Arya, left, Baruc and Noah at the Blind Children's Center in Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) In Saul Valdivia’s preschool ...

A symphony of metal keys clicking and chiming echoes through the nearly empty classroom. As each key clatters, a corresponding hole punches through the thick, waxy paper, leaving a slight indentation ...

A LB Block workshop hosts a Braille writing contest as participants demonstrate tactile writing techniques discuss technology ...

The week before Christmas is Santa’s busiest time of year. And as he prepares to circle the globe on his annual gift-giving trip, he relies on some trusty helpers. One of Santa’s special helpers is ...

To help provide a low-cost communication tool for the blind, undergraduates at the Johns Hopkins University invented a lightweight, portable Braille writing device that needs no electronic components.

Named the best program for visually impaired students in the state of Texas this year, the visual impairment program in the New Caney Independent School District aims to help youngsters from the ...

A new smartphone and tablet app under development would let users text without ever looking at their phones. And if it takes off, it may make us all expert Braille typists in the future. Right now, it ...

Aly Yuschak hopes to bring a touch of the holiday spirit to people who are blind and visually impaired by creating Braille greeting cards. The 10th-grade Clairview School student said she thinks it ...

Children who will learn braille start preparing with pre-braille. They may learn to track lines and identify shapes, become familiar with touching braille in books and work on finger strengthening ...

In Saul Valdivia’s preschool classroom, a neon green light emanates from underneath the opaque surface of a wooden table. An assortment of plastic bugs and wooden shapes lay scattered across its ...