THE BRAILLE SYSTEM: THE WRITING AND READING SYSTEM THAT BRINGS INDEPENDENCE TO THE BLIND PERSON

Authors

  • Raffaela Lupetina PhD in Education, Benjamin Constant Institute, Rua Senador Vergueiro, 98, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.46827/ejse.v8i3.4288

Keywords:

Braille, visual impairment, blindness, specialized education, education, specialized materials, slate

Abstract

The braille System is the most adopted writing and reading process in relief worldwide and includes the writing of the alphabet and of mathematical, chemical, phonetic, computer, and musical symbols. This text aims to explain what the braille System is and its importance for the independence of the blind person. In addition to demonstrating the appropriate distance between the points and proving that writing on the conventional slate is the best resource for correct writing in braille, the main objective of the research is to emphasize the importance of using the braille System and to value the conventional slate as a braille writing instrument. From the reading of theoretical texts and writings performed using both slates, the result is even more evident that writing on the conventional slate meets the tactile reading of the blind person, who uses the pad of the index finger to feel the braille dots.

 

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Author Biography

  • Raffaela Lupetina, PhD in Education, Benjamin Constant Institute, Rua Senador Vergueiro, 98, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Raffaela Lupetina is a professor at Benjamin Constant Institute (IBC), an institution specializing in the education of the visually impaired located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At IBC Raffaela teaches in an elementary school class using the Braille reading and writing system. Raffaela completed a Post-Doctorate in Education at the Graduate Program in Education, Contemporary Contexts and Popular Demands at the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). She holds a PhD in Education from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) for the research line Inclusive Education and Educational Processes. Master in Education from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Specialist in History from the Fluminense Federal University (UFF), Psychopedagogue from the Candido Mendes University (UCAM) and Licenciate in Pedagogy from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Raffaela coordinates the research group GPESBRA: Research Group on the Braille System. She is the deputy coordinator of GPEAD: Research Group on Audiodescription, and a member of the Research Group on School Life and Special Education: Body, Curriculum and Inclusion (GPCECI), these from the IBC. She is trained as a Guide-Interpreter to work with people with deafblindness, certified by the Brazilian Group for Support to the Deafblind and the Multiple Sensory Disabled. She is a member of the Brazilian Association of Researchers in Special Education in Brazil (ABPEE). She is the author of the books: “Life stories of individuals with acquired deafblindness” (Ed. Appris) and “Female Voices: narratives of blind teachers” (Casa Editorial). She develops research on the following topics: special education, visual impairment, reading and writing in Braille, deafblindness, forms of tactile communication, audio description and teacher training.

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Published

2022-05-15

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2022)

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