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Profile of a blind girl sitting at a table reading a Braille page

Braille

Braille is a system of reading and writing by touch used by the blind. It consists of arrangements of dots which make up letters of the alphabet, numbers, and punctuation marks.

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Close up of a tactile rendering of a portrait with Braille

Tactile Graphic Information

Tactual learning requires that information be gained by exploration of one aspect of an object at a time, and piecing it together to make the whole.

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A father, wearing sleepshades, walks down the stairs with a cane. His blind daughter smiles as she leads him down the stairs using her cane.

Mobility and Cane Travel

Mobility and Cane Travel

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A group of blind students and mentors walk outside together.

Courtesy Rules of Blindness

The National Federation of the Blind knows that blindness is not the characteristic that defines you or your future.

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