Before we ever met, I had a soft spot for Arlene Wicker. She was an elementary schoolteacher for 24 years. She once volunteered to teach a school custodian how to read, and she did – tutoring him for ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of braille. You may have noticed braille on elevator buttons or hotel room number plates. It is the raised dots, or tactile code, through which blind and low ...