TVI Special Guest

One of the special guests I had hoped to line up for this school year was a TVI (Teacher for the Visually Impaired). In preparation I pulled together a lot of resources for blindness. Here's my list, in case she comes next year!

things we have in the classroom:

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

Tactile Rubik's Cube

Braille UNO Cards

DK Braille: Animals

DK Braille: On the Move

DK Braille: It Can't Be True! Incredible Tactile Comparisons

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

I absolutely love the section on Tactile Diagrams in Art Beyond Sight and it does have a few pages printed on swell paper.

Here's a video that shows how they are made:


You can find a lesson plan from Art Beyond Sight that includes a Tactile Diagram for Dali's The Persistence of Memory (PDF) and the accompanying narrative for guidance of the hands (PDF).




And here is a narrative for Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase.

other resources:

Sites Unseen: What Travel Is Like for Those Who Can’t See
The New York Times - Apr 7, 2026

Blind Waymo Users Revel in the Joy of Riding Alone
The New York Times - May 24, 2026

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