When Paralympic athletes accept their gold, silver and bronze medals in Paris, they’re given another piece of distinctive memorabilia: a plush version of the official Paralympic mascot, the Phryge.

With October a significant month for visually impaired awareness, CNA Lifestyle tours the Singapore Association of the ...

Learning changes the brain, but when learning Braille different brain regions strengthen their connections at varied rates and time frames. A new study published in JNeurosci highlights the dynamic ...

DENTON - Reading children's books in braille used to be frustrating for Eric Ligon and his 8-year-old son. When Ethan read the braille, his hands would cover up the nearby printed words, making it ...

Researchers have developed a fast and accurate flexible tactile optical sensor capable of reading Braille. The technology could enable smart readers that convert Braille to speech or text, helping to ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A group of engineering students at Johns Hopkins University put their invention skills to work and delivered by building a printer that can add braille to beer labels. It’s a tool ...

Go ahead and touch the art when you visit the new exhibition that opens Friday and runs through June 28 at Envision Arts Gallery. And if you’re looking to meet the artist during the First Friday ...