For nearly 200 years, braille has been vital in aiding the blind and visually impaired engage with the world. Learning braille is fundamental in helping legally blind children reach literacy levels so ...

To any sighted person, braille looks like a language masked in encrypted code. It’s incredible, but totally indecipherable. As a result, braille is a companion to our visual language–an add-on for ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Central Pennsylvania nonprofit organization is inviting local children to write their letters to Santa Claus in braille. It's a yearly tradition at VisionCorps, whose goal is to ...

LANCASTER, Pa. (WGAL) — Writing a letter to Santa is a holiday tradition for many children. It's not easy for everyone, but now those who are blind and visually impaired can take part. Erika Rothermel ...

GET ANSWERED TO. ERIKA ROTH. RIMMEL IS BUSY THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. AFTER ALL, SHE’S KNOWN AS VISION CAROL LANCASTER AS HEAD ELF. OH, PEOPLE REALLY EXCITED. ERICA IS HELPING TO ANSWER SPECIAL LETTERS TO ...

LANCASTER, Pa. — The tradition of writing letters to Santa is getting a significant makeover this holiday season, as a nonprofit group in Lancaster works to ensure that all children—both sighted and ...

When Amit Patel lost his sight because of an illness a decade ago—early in his career as a trauma doctor at an emergency room in the U.K.—he struggled to learn Braille with traditional tools. He ...

LOOK AT HOW A SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY GROUP IS MAKING SURE CHILDREN WITH VISION LOSS GET A CHANCE TO WRITE TO SANTA. NEWS 8’S JERE GISH HAS THE STORY. >> HOW CAN YOU NOT GET EXCITED ABOUT WRITING A LETTER ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/NBC News Channel) – Writing a letter to Santa is a holiday tradition for many children, but it’s not easy for everyone, including the visually impaired. Erika Rothermel is known as ...

The popular toymaker hopes to encourage more people to learn to read Braille. Beginning Friday, Lego is launching its Braille bricks in English and French for the general public, a move meant to make ...

An "artificial eye" is still a long ways off, but researchers have made the low-resolution devices now available useful in a new way. Instead of trying to replace vision entirely, they only "translate ...