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LEGO Is Giving Sets of Braille Blocks for Visually Impaired Children In the US to Help Them Learn During COVID-19

Students in the US who are blind or visually impaired are getting an opportunity to enhance their learning experience during the COVID-19 crisis.

American Printing House (APH), a non-profit dedicated to empowering blind or visually impaired people, recently announced that it is helping the Lego Foundation distribute braille blocks to school districts across the country. Students in each school district will receive a set of braille Lego blocks free of charge.

Although some students will not be able to use the new Legos in the classroom due to the pandemic, APH recommends that teachers work them into remote learning curriculums. read more

Lego Unveils Prototype Designed to Help Blind and Visually Impaired Children Learn Braille

Recently, Lego unveiled a prototype of new “Braille bricks” at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris.

Legos have six raised dots made out of plastic. Likewise, the Braille alphabet is made of different configurations of up to six raised dots in a 3-by-2 formation punched into paper.

According to the press release, the idea for the bricks was first raised by the Danish Association of the Blind in 2011 and the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind in Brazil, which created its own version of Braille Bricks in 2017. Working with associations for the blind in the UK, Denmark, Norway and Brazil, Lego refined and began testing the concept earlier this year. read more

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