Lego to sell Braille bricks in stores
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Lego Braille Bricks come to Australia, helping kids with vision impairment to learn by touch
By national disability affairs reporter Nas Campanella and the Specialist Reporting Team s Celina Edmonds
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FebFebruary 2021 at 6:42pm
Harlen Petersen, five, is excited to be using the Lego Braille Bricks that will now be available to Australian schools.
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As Harlen Petersen makes his way down a corridor, his white cane stretched out in front of him, he lets out a yell of joy knowing he is about to test-drive some new Lego.
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They are a tool to help children with vision impairment learn maths and literacy
Braille bricks help kids who are visually impaired learn
and last updated 2021-01-26 16:19:26-05
More than a half of a million kids in the United States are visually impaired. That s according to a survey done by American Community Survey for the American Foundation for the Blind. Teaching kids who are blind how to read braille can sometimes be a challenge. But a new tool from a well-known company is getting into the hands of teachers to help kids learn to read and keep it fun.
Normally when you think of LEGOS, you think of colored bricks. They come in kits to build things like cars and spaceships, or you can freestyle and make something on your own. Now, the LEGO Foundation has found a way to use these classic toys to help children who are visually impaired learn how to read braille.