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Peer reviewedRex, E. J.; Richesin, C. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
This brief article summarizes a review of 19 textbooks to teach braille to blind adults. The review covered four parameters: general information, text organization, the braille code, and instructional characteristics. (DB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Blindness
Peer reviewedRyles, R. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
This study compared outcomes for 74 congenitally legally blind adults who learned to read braille or print as their original reading medium. Those who learned to read using braille had higher employment rates and educational levels, were more financially self-sufficient, and spent more time reading than did those who learned to read using print.…
Descriptors: Adults, Blindness, Braille, Congenital Impairments
