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Use and teaching of braille

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Use and teaching of braille
Location Finland
Tags alphabet, digitalisation, book, writing system, writing skills, rehabilitation, deafblind people, literacy, visually impaired, visual impairment, guidance, teaching, inclusion, braille, braille books, accessibility, blind people, blindness, fingers, access to information, printing, sense of touch, equality, mother tongue


Photo of two people using different braille teaching materials.
Braille teaching materials. Photo: Laura Oja / The Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
Black-and white photo where people are sitting by a desk. One person is standing up teaching them.
Seppo Lukkari teaching braille in a rehabilitation course organised by Sokeain Keskusliitto in Tyyskylä manor in the 1960s. Photo: Relavuo / The Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
Picture of a hand on a tactile map.
A tactile map with braille. Photo: Laura Oja / The Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired
Three people sitting by a desk.
Braille instructor Sari Karjalainen leads a braille study group organised by Helsingin ja Uudenmaan Näkövammaiset at the Iiris Centre in December 2023. Photo: Laura Oja / The Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired

Practitioners and people who know the tradition well

Practising of the tradition

The background and history of the tradition

The transmission of the tradition

Documentation of the tradition

Sustainable development

A picture of a tactile book with fish.
Tactile books are often the first introduction to braille literacy for visually impaired children.

The future of the tradition

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