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Pester, Eleanor J. – DVH Quarterly, 1985
Materials are suggested for facilitating braille reading readiness of blind children. Four critical areas are addressed and materials offered for each: auditory discrimination, tactual discrimination, language development, and concept development. (CL)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Elementary Education, Reading Materials
Peer reviewedPester, Eleanor J.; And Others – RE:view, 1994
Forty adults with adventitious blindness were administered 12 different Braille discrimination tests representing combinations of standard or enlarged Braille and various amounts of horizontal and vertical spacing. Findings indicated that the most favorable discrimination conditions occurred with standard-sized Braille, with three spaces between…
Descriptors: Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Blindness, Braille
