Here is news of a conference which may be of interest:
Tactile
Reading will take place in Stockholm April
5–7, 2017, bringing together people working with children and youth
with visual impairments and blindness, from all over the world.
Academics
in various research areas, teachers, specialists, commercial companies,
developers and innovators in the field of tactile reading are invited.
The
conference is arranged by Swedish Agency for Accessible Media (MTM) and
National Agency for Special Needs Education and Schools (SPSM).
This
will be a chance to share experiences and research in the field of tactile
reading. The conference will promote best practices and inspire to new ideas
for research, and will bring people together for future collaboration. This is
the first time this conference is arranged, with the ambition to create a
recurrent international event.
Call
for Abstracts
We are
seeking practitioners and academics to give presentations on the following
topics:
· Development of tactual understanding
· Tactile reading and the brain
· Braille and literacy
· Tactile graphics
· Universal design and tactile reading
The
time for a presentation is either 20 or 40 minutes.
All
presentations should be in English.
Send
your contribution to: tactilereading2017@mtm.se
Present
a poster
If you
prefer to present a poster at the conference please submit your proposal and
contact us.
We are
looking forward to meet you!
For
more information and details visit the website.
