Learning changes the brain, but when learning Braille different brain regions strengthen their connections at varied rates and time frames. A new study published in JNeurosci highlights the dynamic ...

This Braille Literacy Month, Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave podcast reports on the writing system and how some researchers are working to lessen the national shortage of qualified braille educators.

Braille books are big. Dauntingly so. For example, when Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix was translated into the system, it was over 1,000 pages across 14 volumes of thick paper. Well, ...