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Improving braille reading skills: the case for extending the teaching of braille reading to upper primary and lower senior classes

Lickey Grange School, Birmingham and Research Fellow and tutor, University of Birmingham

Despite the increasing use of information technology in the education of the visually impaired, braille remains the only effective means by which those unable to see print can become literate. This article discusses American and British experiments which have demonstrated that many people can be taught to read braille considerably faster. A strong implication of the results of these experiments is that systematic training in braille reading should continue throughout and beyond the primary stage.

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