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<div dir="ltr"><a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/new-experiences-at-their-fingertips/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7WKfpNjV_OGHJF3nvxyi8VCaQlM__SAC7ExJnMJ6QqmFz_MQIdI1qtjpdP8Q_aem_GrLEfvmjNlxmoophwPgLJw" rel="noreferrer noopener" tabindex="0">WHY
BRAILLE MATTERS </a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Neue Haas Grotesk Text", sans-serif; font-size: 16.24966px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In his “Literature and Disability” course taught last spring, Professor Marc Shell noticed Katie Sevier ’25 taking notes on her
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QBraille XL</a></u></span><span style="font-family: "Neue Haas Grotesk Text", sans-serif; font-size: 16.24966px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> display, a device that connects to her laptop and allows her to type in braille.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Neue Haas Grotesk Text", sans-serif; font-size: 16.24966px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A discussion between Shell and Sevier on the importance of the history, theory, and practice of tactile writing systems used by the visually impaired
led the pair to create a course not seen at peer institutions. Now the professor and the student are both the teachers. Their class is called “Why Braille Matters.”</span></p>
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