I could have been the first blind attorney in my country, having studied law into a third year, but I was forced to drop out because there were simply no braille materials after a certain level.
Consider accommodations such as auditory software and braille materials for visually impaired students, and sign language interpreters and assistive listening devices for students who are deaf and hard of hearing.
If there were real competition, however, the competitors would have to put up their own blue pillar boxes, employ postal staff and open post offices, deliver to the most outlying areas at the same price, and deliver braille materials, free, for the blind.
Mr. Chen had severe gastrointestinal problems in prison and was denied Braille reading material, his family has said.
She worked with the New York City Board of Education to end the segregation of blind children in separate classrooms and to introduce Braille teaching materials, and she founded a magazine, Searchlight, for children.
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of Braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the US by postage-free mail.
However only 22 (20%) gave information on access to the material in Braille or other language.
The boy relied on a cane and adults to guide him, and, unable to see blackboard writing, sat in back with a teacher's aide, large-type computer screen and materials in Braille.
Given the already limited resources, it is not feasible for the Commission to accommodate additional expenses for election materials with Braille, or for ballots with large prints.
Imke Durre, a physical scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration who is blind, says that some Web sites and applications aren't fully accessible using assistive technology so her screen reader -- which translates written materials into Braille or voice output -- sometimes can't "see" clickable images, tables, or page headings.
