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  2. Braille Institute of America - Wikipedia

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    The Braille Institute of America (BIA) is a nonprofit organization with headquarters in Los Angeles providing programs, seminars and one-on-one instruction for the visually impaired community in Southern California. Funded almost entirely by private donations, all of the institute's services are provided completely free of charge.

  3. New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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    Education for the blind started in New Mexico in the 1893–1894 school year at the state Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb (the present-day New Mexico School for the Deaf). [1]: 2 The school had difficulty attracting blind students, and William Ashton Hawkins, a member of the territorial legislature from Alamogordo, introduced and succeeding in 1903 in securing passage of a bill to create the New ...

  4. Braille Authority of North America - Wikipedia

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    The Braille Authority of North America (BANA) is the standardizing body of English Braille orthography in the United States and Canada. It consists of a number of member organizations, such as the Braille Institute of America , the National Braille Association , and the Canadian National Institute for the Blind .

  5. Do touch the art. This first-of-its kind L.A. artwork offers ...

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    The Braille Institute Los Angeles debuts its new Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired on April 26. We get a first look at its L.A. cityscape sensory wall and mural.

  6. Braille Institute - Wikipedia

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  7. Braille literacy - Wikipedia

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    Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired is the largest educator of braille as well as the largest worldwide provider of distance education for people who are blind or visually impaired. Braille literacy has been a priority for Hadley since its founding in 1920, and to this day, braille courses are still the most popular.

  8. Braille Challenge - Wikipedia

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    The Braille Challenge started locally in 2000 sponsored by Braille Institute to help encourage and promote students’ braille skills. [3] In 2003 Braille Institute began partnering with other organizations and formed an advisory committee in order to make the Braille Challenge accessible to all kids across the United States and Canada.

  9. J. Robert Atkinson - Wikipedia

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    Atkinson holding two Braille books in Los Angeles, Calif., 1929. J. Robert Atkinson (November 29, 1887 – February 1, 1964) was the founder of the Universal Braille Press in 1919 in Los Angeles, later known as the Braille Institute of America, and published the first Braille edition of the King James Version of the Bible, among other books.