I live alone, but with braille I am never lonely.
— Mary, NM

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Braille Courses

Reading and writing braille has been a priority for The Hadley School for the Blind since its founding in 1920. To this day, braille courses are our most popular courses. Hadley currently provides 9 braille courses for those who are blind. The school also offers five braille courses for sighted individuals. Below is our braille course listing:

Adult Continuing Education and High School Program

• Using Raised Markers
• Braille Literacy 1: Tactile Readiness
• Braille Literacy 2: Learning the Braille Alphabet
• Braille Literacy 3: Uncontracted Braille
• Braille Literacy 4: Contracted Braille
• Braille Reading 1
• Braille Reading 2
• Experience Braille Reading
• Essentials of Nemeth

Hadley School for Professional Studies

• Introduction to Braille
• Contracted Braille
• Basic Nemeth Code
• Braille Music Basics
• Braille Teaching Methods for Children
• Braille Teaching Methods for Adolescents and Adults

Also available to those students who enrolled in Family Education Program

• Introduction to Braille
• Contracted Braille
• Basic Nemeth Code
• Braille Music Basics
• Braille Teaching Methods for Children
• Braille Teaching Methods for Adolescents and Adults

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