Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Online Science: Activities: Read Without Seeing
Step-by-step instructions, with photos, of how to create a message in Braille by gluing beans, or a substitute, onto paper.
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American Foundation for the Blind: Blindness and Low Vision
Blindness or visual impairment can have a profound impact on one's life. This organization provides a great deal of helpful information about resources that will assist the visually impaired person to lead a normal, productive life.
Scholastic
Scholastic Instructor: Open Your Eyes
This webpage is a great resource for elementary teachers who are looking for activities, lessons, facts, and experiments pertaining to the eye.
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Duxbury Systems: Louis Braille and the Braille System
A brief biography of Louis Braille, who developed the Braille System of printing and reading for the blind and vision-impaired. The site also explains the Braille System and provides charts of Braille characters.
Other
Why Braille?: Shopping for Your First Braille Printer
An interesting article on braille printers and the software to publish with. This site discusses how braille came about, how it works and why we use it.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Helen Keller
During this lesson, young scholars learn about the life of Helen Keller and how she communicated with others. Students have the opportunity to use sign language to communicate with others. Young scholars gain an appreciation for their...
American Museum of Natural History
American Museum of Natural History: Read With Your Fingers
Use braille to create a message for a friend.
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The Story of Louis Braille
A young French boy named Louis Braille, who himself was blind, developed a way for blind people to read. This is his story.
Enchanted Learning
Enchanted Learning: Inventors & Inventions 1801 1850
This site from Enchanted Learning presents several brief overviews of major early nineteenth century inventors and their inventions. The information is accessible by clicking on the corresponding link.
New York Times
New York Times: On This Day: Helen Keller, 87, Dies
Interesting look at the life of Helen Keller through her New York Times obituary.
My Hero Project
My Hero: Helen Keller
Despite her disability Helen Keller became a famous lecturer, writer, and advocate for the deaf and blind. Read about Keller's education and influential life and check out the "related links" for further reading and research.
Other
Download Braille and Asl Specialty Fonts
Helpful page serves as a resource of free fonts for both Braille and American Sign Language.
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Bookshare
Bookshare.org offers both individual subscriptions and accounts for schools or groups a program that allows persons with blindness or visual impairments to download popular books from the Internet. Digital books can then be read with a...