Tactile Diagrams

Studying Magritte and Surrealism, and looking up my old notes for The Persistence of Memory and tactile diagrams, got me re-interested in this fascinating world of creating new versions of art pieces for students who cannot see.

Art Beyond Sight: A Resource Guide to Art, Creativity, and Visual Impairment

I also realized, while looking for more examples of tactile diagrams, that Science, Geography, and Math lessons need to be able to be presented through tactile graphics as well. Think textbook diagrams (such as the four chambers of the heart), world maps, and mathematical charts and graphs.

Here are some interesting things I discovered:

Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, 2010
brailleauthority.org

texture palette (JPG)

Teacher-made Tactile Science Materials with Critical and Creative Thinking Activities for Learners Including Those with Visual Impairments (PDF)

We study maps first in Grade 4 Local History & Geography in Waldorf, and revisit them during the Age of Exploration in Grade 7. It would be nice in either or both of those blocks to share something about maps that can be read with the fingertips!

Ukraine

Israel - Gaza Strip and the West Bank

Suez Canal

Antarctica

layers of the Earth and a volcano

map of a running path

an asteroid
I had to get out my Braille alphabet to figure this diagram out!

here's the closeup of the words Mercury and Sun

Profile of Table Mountain
Cape Town

I read this one too, thanks to

Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille
by Jen Bryant

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