One goal of the upcoming Scientia Small Conference on Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives on Braille Reading and Writing is to carve out a space for research on braille in the academic mainstream.
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Rice Hosts Innovative Symposium On Braille Reading and Writing
Braille, the writing system that allows people who are blind or have other visual impairments to read by touch, was once greatly understudied by the academic community. This began to change with new research that emerged two decades ago showing that the brain’s visual cortex lights up when people who are born blind read braille.
