For blind and low vision adults, the ability to read braille can be life-changing. Braille literacy is directly linked to higher rates of academic success and better employment outcomes for them. But there's a problem. The U.S. is facing a national shortage of qualified braille teachers and there's a lack of scientific research around braille overall. An interdisciplinary team led by linguist
Robert Englebretson wants to change that.
Read some of the team's work here:- Englebretson R, Holbrook MC, Fischer-Baum S.
A position paper on researching braille in the cognitive sciences: decentering the sighted norm. Applied Psycholinguistics. 2023.
- Englebretson, R., Holbrook, M.C., Treiman, R. et al.
The primacy of morphology in English braille spelling: an analysis of bridging contractions. Morphology. 2024.
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