Braille Institute of America’s Post

We are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Braille Challenge Finals. This year, the top 50 students were invited to Braille Challenge Finals from a pool of over 1,100 competitors from across the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Congratulations to the winners and an incredible job well done to all of the finalists. Read the list of winners and full press release here: bit.ly/3xyp0Iw Jim (Dimitri) Kales #BrailleChallenge2024 #BrailleChallenge #Braille #BrailleReader #BrailleLiteracy Image Descriptions: 1. Braille Challenge 2024 winners posing on a step and repeat red carpet. 2. Braille Challenge Finals participants lining up for the testing procession. A staff member stands at the front of the line holding a sign representing each grade category: Apprentice, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior Varsity, and Varsity. 3. Junior Varsity Braille Challenge Finalists testing in a classroom. They each sit at their own table with testing materials and a Perkins Brailler. 4. A Sophomore Braille Challenge Finalist runs her fingers across a page of braille during the Reading Comprehension test. 5. Braille Challenge Freshmen finalists pose as a group in front of a Braille Challenge banner.

Stay tuned for our Braille Challenge Finals 2024 Awards Ceremony! Live streaming begins tonight, Saturday, June 22, at 6:30pm Pacific Time. Hope you can join us as we award this year's winners! https://bit.ly/BCAwards24

We are thrilled to announce that Atkinson Hyperlegible Font — developed by Applied Design — has been officially added to the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s permanent collection. This milestone marks the beginning of an exciting journey for Atkinson Hyperlegible, as we continue to work with Applied Design on our commitment to enhance accessibility for individuals with visual impairments. A heartfelt thank you to the Smithsonian for this incredible honor. Discover the font here: https://lnkd.in/eWgQUHB Applied Design Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum #InclusiveDesign #AccessibleDesign #DigitalInclusivity #DesignForAll #BrailleInstitute #LowVision #LowVisionFont

Braille Institute greatly appreciates the support of Sensee and Vispero, bronze-level corporate sponsors of the 2024 Braille Challenge. Both Sensee and Vispero are strong advocates for the blind and visually impaired through their technologies and products. Sensee has created a wide range of engaging educational products, braille books, and tactile books to serve the blind and visually impaired community. Assistive technology provider Vispero produces innovative products, including optical and video magnifiers, scanning and reading devices, software, and wearables that enable blind and low vision individuals to gain an education, obtain employment, succeed in their careers, and live independently. Through their support of the 2024 Braille Challenge, Sensee and Vispero are helping blind and visually impaired students improve their braille skills, which will aid them in their educational and career paths. Learn more at www.braillechallenge.org SENSEE Vispero® #BrailleChallenge2024 #BrailleChallenge #Braille #BrailleReader #BrailleLiteracy

A big thank you to the Delta Gamma Foundation, Julia Stearns Dockweiler Charitable Foundation, and the Life Light Educational Foundation for supporting this year’s Braille Challenge. Since 1936, Delta Gamma has been a strong advocate for people in the blind and visually impaired community. Besides founding five schools for children with visual impairments, Delta Gamma provides Service for Sight grants that support dozens of organizations across the U.S. and Canada. Delta Gamma has supported Braille Challenge since 2005! The Julia Stearns Dockweiler Charitable Foundation has been supporting Braille Challenge for more than a decade! Among its philanthropic activities, it supports scholarships, educational programs, veterinary care for guide dogs, and other worthy endeavors. The Life Light Educational Foundation has supported Braille Institute since 2013, including support for our library services and music programs. Life Light focuses on providing support for blind students in China. Through grants to three vocational high schools, the foundation has supported more than 3,000 blind Chinese youth, of which 200 are now enrolled in college or graduate programs. Braille Institute is proud to have the support of these foundations, which have aided our work for many years. We greatly appreciate the help they have provided vision impaired youth so that they can improve their braille literacy skills, which are critical in their journeys toward college and successful careers. Learn more at www.braillechallenge.org Delta Gamma #BrailleChallenge2024 #BrailleChallenge #Braille #BrailleReader #BrailleLiteracy

We’re proud to have the support of the financial sector in this year’s Braille Challenge. Shout out to City National Bank and Bank of America for sponsoring the 2024 Braille Challenge. A silver-level sponsor, City National Bank has been supporting Braille Challenge since 2009 and has a long history of supporting non-profit organizations focused on literacy. Since 2021, it has invested approximately $16 million in education, supporting programs that provide youth with a strong educational foundation for future success. Bank of America, supporting Braille Challenge for the first time this year, has a notable track record in the areas of disability inclusion and equality. For the seventh year in a row, the company received a top score on the 2023 Disability Equality Index, an annual listing of companies evaluated by Disability:IN that are leading the way in policies, practices, and programs that are inclusive of people with disabilities. Bank of America City National Bank #BrailleChallenge2024 #BrailleChallenge #Braille #BrailleReader #BrailleLiteracy

We are thrilled to recognize Waymo as gold-level sponsor of the 2024 Braille Challenge. We applaud Waymo’s efforts to engage blind and visually impaired individuals through it’s Accessibility Network as the company works to ensure autonomous technology in the transportation sector is inclusive and equitable. Our sponsors make it possible to host Braille Challenge, the largest literacy contest in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom and Australia for blind and visually impaired youth. Braille literacy skills are essential to later academic and employment success. We look forward to celebrating the next round of winners on June 22! Waymo #BrailleChallenge2024 #BrailleChallenge #Braille #BrailleReader #BrailleLiteracy

We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Community Hero Awards recipients, honoring organizations that champion braille literacy and empower visually impaired children! Join us in celebrating Mattel, Inc. (Corporate Awardee), Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (Government Awardee), and Partners for Pediatric Vision (Non-profit Awardee) as our inaugural year recipients of the Community Hero Awards. Read the full press release here https://lnkd.in/dMKbrANb