Promoting Braille Literacy
Children need to be able to read, write, and count. Mastering braille is key for developing these skills we take for granted.
Literacy for all-sighted and blind. It seems like a pretty simple concept. Yet despite the enormous proven advantages that literacy offers, families with blind children often have an uphill battle in ensuring that their child is taught to read and write. Nothing substitutes for the ability to read. For blind people, braille is an essential tool in the process of becoming literate. Tape recorders and synthesized speech are useful tools, but they can't replace the ability to read and write. To succeed in school, work and life, blind people need the opportunities that literacy provides.
Highland Partners' trustees have a long history of support for the visually impaired around New England, supporting the National Braille Press, MAB Community Services and the Carroll Center for the Blind, and others. These great organizations have served the blind community for decades with free books, volunteers and critical training.