Braille Tactile

I saw an article in Wired about braille tattoo's. They inserted, steel/titanium/plastic beads under the skin. But I thought it could also be done with scar tissue. It would be extra cool if I could get tactile feedback along with ink so sighted people could see it too.

Pearling (i.e. done with beads) is usually done on the penis for sexual fun and have a problem of migrating (and if they do there isn't really anything you could do). So if you want a feel-able tattoo, scarification would be the best way to go. The only problem is, it can be unpredictable (it entirely depends on how your body heals, it may only be slightly raised or it may scar so horribly you can't tell it was art). I'd talk to an artist about what you want and see what they say.

2008-12-29 17:30:40 by MattBeSquare

Susan Osterhaus, Math Consultant for the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired's Outreach Programs, gives a video tutorial for the ...

any ideas for Tactile chismas cards? thanks

I myself would go for cards with different textures maybe pressed flowers or embossed 3D cards. Maybe Encaustic Cards, those done with wax art. Anyway good luck and hope these help.
Some places for Braille or like are;
http://www.braillecards.co.uk/
http://onlineshop.rnib.org.uk/browse.asp ?n=11&c=27&sc=142&it=1&l =3
http://www.charitygreetingcards.com.au/r oyal_institute_for_deaf_and_blind_childr en
http://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/? gclid=CNu22-OetJcCFQ7tlAodxj-hig
http://www.londinium.com/london/62891.ht ml

2008-12-08 03:51:04 by caz

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What are some fun things to do to enhance my sense of touch....? Braille? Pinpression? What else? Thanks.

Yes the two you mentioned are great.

Another fantastic option is walking around simply in nature for your touch sense. Nature offers some of the most fantastic textures. Wether it be a forest, or the beach, or rock, just go anywhere outside convenient for you and close your eyes, making sure where you are about to walk is open where you will not trip, and feel everything slowly, evenly quickly with your fingers.

Food...Food offers such a versatile outlet for your sense of touch. With so many surfaces and shapes and densities, explore your food with touch. Again close your eyes because this helps the brain to only focus on the feeling coming through your fingers. Touch your fruit, vegetables, really focus on what your fingers are feeling.

Focusing is a lot of it, this helps your brain remember the things you have touched, and it will help your 'touch' remember certain things in the future.

One more thing to definitely try is to go in a room, turn all of the lights off, make sure its very dark, and simply walk around touching everything you can. Even focus on it and try to think ' what is this I am touching'. That way if you are ever in the dark, you might be able to figure out what is around you. Good luck.

2008-09-10 19:21:10 by Self

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I am making a large alphabet chart blanket for young siblings, the girl is five and the boy two. The two year-old has only a small amount of vision,; his sister is fully sighted.

I need help with a few of the letters, because I can't come up with anything that just shouts 'Perfect!'

The chart will have pockets. On the outside of the pocket will be the letter, both in print and in braille. An object is in the pocket, attached to a ribbon/string/etc. and they can explore the objects and name them. This will help encourage the 2 year-old in learning the alphabet, letter sounds, and Braille, and reinforce the 5 year-old's knowledge of the alphabet and their sounds, and begin to encourage spelling and writing.

What I have so far:
A:

B: buttons: inch diameter buttons strung together on a string, and on the pocket also

C: Circle: stuffed fabric circle made out of bright red material that has a white circle print)

D:

E:

F: flower: a silk flower that has bright pink petals and a yellow center (the 5 y/o loooves pink)

G: gloves: a pair of green gloves

H: heart: a plastic waterfilled heart that has a squishy feeling to it (kinda like a teething ring, but it's solid in the center)

I: ivy: a strand of ivy leaves

J: jacket: a purple doll's jacket

K: keys: plastic keys on a keyring

L: laces: shoelaces..I'm going to put grommets in the pocket of this letter and weave the shoelace through to make it like a shoe, so they can tie and untie the laces.

M: Mask: A mini face mask with the eyes and mouth cut out

N: net: netting fabric, with trim along the edges

O: octagon: stuffed fabric shape made from a neat textured fabric

P:

Q: Quilt: mini quilt that I will make out of different textured fabrics

R: ring: plastic ring like kids often wear

S: star: stuffed shape made of bright yellow washcloth material with a border of bright orange shiny satin

T: triangle: another fabric shape made of a neat textured fabric

U:

V:

W: wheel: wheel off one of those larger Tonka trucks

X:

Y:

Z: zipper: short zipper, sewn onto some fabric, so it can be zipped up and down

Wjere I have blanks, I don't have anything that I find acceptable...I have backup ideas for all of these, but I'd rather not do them if there is something better.

If you have better ideas for the other letters, I'd welcome them as well.

The mother of the children has requested that I not use any items of 'food' (such as an apple for A) or 'animals' (such as elephant forE). This is because her son has difficulty relating small 'animal' things to the actual animals, and there are so many kinds of foods he's not allowed to have because of disabilities, and she doesn't want to make the blanket something negative by associating it with things he wants but can't have (like apples and cookies).

Any ideas are welcomed, and I'll give thumbs up to anyone who has good ideas for tactile objects, whether I can do them or not. Best Answer automatically to anyone who can come up with ideas for all of the letters I am having trouble with (A, D, E, P, U, V, X, Y) and explains how to make the item for the chart.
Keep in mind that all of the objects have to be tactile, as the 2 y/o has very little sight...he has light perception and can see high contrast colours, but that's about all.

a= america an america flag (some are tactile if they are sewn rather than the colors just printed)
angel - a small plastic angel like used as a cake decoration

d= doll with a diaper find a tiny doll with a removable diaper

e= evergreen a tiny little Xmas tree
easter egg a plastic egg that comes apart - another smaller egg inside

p= plow a tiny plastic truck with a plow
pin a safety pin glued shut
photograph - a black and white one of a palace - very high constrast

u= umbrella
get a paper one from a bar - then cover it with tape in long strips so the umbrella can still open and close

V = vision a pair of glasses
velcro a piece to open and close around a piece of violet colored velvet that protects the glasses

X= Xylophone You can get tiny ones of these from a place that sells minature doll house furniture or http://etradersplace.mybisi.com/product/ 42103/Dollhouse-Miniature-Circle-Of-Ring s-ampamp-Xylophone_177954.html or build one http://www.dsokids.com/2001/dso.asp?Page ID=104


Y= Yarn
make 2 knitting needles out of 2 small lengths of toothpick that you dip repeatedly into glue until they have a little ball at the end. Push those into a small ball of yellow yarn where the beginning part of the yellow yarn has been dipped in glue (This was it won't fall apart completely)

2008-10-03 16:49:46 by Jewel

I'm in the process of creating something tactile for my blind student who is learning about the different types of graphs in his 3rd grade math class. I want to create pre-made graph labels in Braille but am curious to know what would be some labels I could make that are commonly used in graphs? So far I have the days of the week, months of the year and the seasons and I plan on making individual letters and numbers. Any other suggestions? Serious answers only please. Thanks in advance!

Stress and strain graphs are common in engineering, in accounting it would be quantity over time, or production over time. The census is this year and it covers the population growth over time.

Then there are pie charts or pie graphs that take a value of 100% and divide it into its components, like the time it takes to make a car, or the amount of money in your budget.

Bar graphs are most often used for quantity over time graphs since they cover a point in history not all the points in between. Stress graphs point out how much stress an object can take before it reaches a plastic zone and then suddenly failure. This graph covers ALL the points across it so that unlike a bar graph each tiny interval of time has a real value, not just the ones noted in the margins of the graph.

You can buy various grades of sandpaper, use felt and burlap or other cloth for the texture to be different for each value. Make a bar graph of the us population (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_populati on) or a pie graph with an example household budget, I would use various textures for each entry. You could also do a chart with the sales of your new pretend automobile the Tabby Cat, and then pretend to have a decrease in sales due to the economy and and due to a brake problem. You could cut the felt or sand paper to show the peaks and valleys over time for the sales of your pretend automobile.

2010-03-02 10:39:32 by jilly