The name Helen Keller conjures up, for many people, a deaf-blind-mute girl learning to communicate via sign language. It is a scene straight out of “The Miracle Worker,” the biographical play ...

Helen Keller’s story is different ... She learned to read through Braille and later mastered multiple languages, including French, German and Latin. Communicating by touch, she could even read lips by ...

That’s quickly changing thanks to clever new technology that some are hailing as “braille for sports.” It’s a tablet that offers haptic feedback to the user, allowing them to track players ...

Lisburn Library will host a Braille celebration event as part of a nationwide tour from RNIB (the Royal National Institute of ...

Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz has said more than fifteen thousand braille books have been distributed among visually impaired students. In her message on World Braille Day, she said more than ...

Turkish state aid agency TIKA has provided assorted items, including copies of the Qur’an in braille, to help the visually impaired who wish to learn the holy book. Braille is a tactile method ...

Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font. Braille is essential in the context of education, freedom of ...

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh ...

And I’ve got into terrible trouble for giving quotes for book covers. My quote once got a bad review: “There is only one thing wrong with this novel — the cover quote from Helen Fielding.

(From S&S/Marysue Rucci Books) Helen Phillips's new book explores what makes us human in a world run by AI Helen Phillips is the Brooklyn author of six books including novel The Need ...