A Look Back
Author: Michael J Bina; Year: 2006; Journal: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 100(3), 133-136,192.
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 1022826331).
Summary: Bina features some highlights during the War of the Dots when proponents of New York Point, a unique “point” or tactile writing system created by William Bell Wait of the New York Institution for the Blind, and those in favor of American Braille, a system that was based on Louis Braille’s original code and similar to English Braille devised in part by Edward E. Allen of the Perkins Institution, staged one of the most contentious battles in the field.
Death of Louis Braille
Author: Richard Cavendish; Year: 2002; Journal: History Today, 52(1), 54.
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 98222770).
Summary: A profile of the life and death of Louis Braille.
Braille: A New Dictionary of Eponyms
Author: M.S. Freeman; Year: 1997; Source: Oxford Reference Online.
Retrieved: 7th March, 2008, from Univeristy of Newcastle Oxford Reference Online database.
Summary: A profile of Louis Braille and a summary of how the Braille system became recognised across the world.
Review of Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Author: Elleman, Barbara; Year: 1998; Journal: Language Arts, 76(2), 182.
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 35678264).
Summary: Elleman reviews “Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille” by Russell Freedman and illustrated by Kate Kiesler.
Review of Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
Author: C.M. Holbrook; Year: 2006; Journal: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 100(9), 563-564.
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 1146557641).
Summary: The Canadian National Institute for the Blind produced a clever videotape on the life of Louis Braille that was designed to be shown to children at the mid- to upper-elementary grade levels. Braille’s code was not simply a change from Barbier’s 12 dots to the 6 dots of braille; there are fundamental and important differences in Braille’s code.
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A Look Back
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 1022826331).
Summary: Bina features some highlights during the War of the Dots when proponents of New York Point, a unique “point” or tactile writing system created by William Bell Wait of the New York Institution for the Blind, and those in favor of American Braille, a system that was based on Louis Braille’s original code and similar to English Braille devised in part by Edward E. Allen of the Perkins Institution, staged one of the most contentious battles in the field.
Death of Louis Braille
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 98222770).
Summary: A profile of the life and death of Louis Braille.
Braille: A New Dictionary of Eponyms
Retrieved: 7th March, 2008, from Univeristy of Newcastle Oxford Reference Online database.
Summary: A profile of Louis Braille and a summary of how the Braille system became recognised across the world.
Review of Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 35678264).
Summary: Elleman reviews “Out of Darkness: The Story of Louis Braille” by Russell Freedman and illustrated by Kate Kiesler.
Review of Louis Braille: A Touch of Genius
Retrieved: March 6, 2008, from Academic Research Library database. (Document ID: 1146557641).
Summary: The Canadian National Institute for the Blind produced a clever videotape on the life of Louis Braille that was designed to be shown to children at the mid- to upper-elementary grade levels. Braille’s code was not simply a change from Barbier’s 12 dots to the 6 dots of braille; there are fundamental and important differences in Braille’s code.
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