Naslov
The Croatian Association of the Blind in Supporting Braille in Everyday Living
("World Congress Braille21 Innovations in Braille in the 21st Century")

Autori
Fajdetić, Andrea ; Nenadić, Karmen

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), stručni

Izvornik
"Innovations in Braille in the 21st Century" / - : German Central Library for the Blind in Leipzig, 2012, 313-319

Skup
"World Congress Braille21 Innovations in Braille in the 21st Century"

Mjesto i datum
Leipzig, Njemačka, 27.09.2011. - 30.09.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
CBU; Braille

Sažetak
Braille in eveyday life enables blind persons to access needed information. The reviwe of literature has shown that braille has an important role in everyday life and activites of blind and visually impaired persons (Orjasaeter, 1981 ; Zabelski, 1981 ; Amato, 2002 ; Strobel et. al 2019 ; Cooper, Nichols, 2007 ; D?Andrea, 2009 ; Mcmillin, 2009). The most recent research and professional papers of Croatian scientists analyse braille at the code/matric/tactem level and implications on braille communication skills (Fajdetic, 2010). The Croatian Association of teh Blind (CAB) has an influential and advocation role in Croatia. CAB has a long tradition of realising projects in different areas. Special attention is given toward braille by creating and supporting different activties and of promotion of braille and braille literacy and the development of the Croatian Braille Noation. Also, CAB realises many different activities that help to include blind and visually impaired in everyday activities and social sorrounding. The purpose of this investiogation is to collect relevant information about the CAB braile related activities and through analysis present the state of art of braille in Croatia, from the CAB perspective. To realise teh purpose of this paper, data about the relevant CAB activities was collected through different available sources: web portal, conference proceedings, CAB official publications etc. DAta collectiona and data analysing the content of collected data, relevant information was sorte out, and most significant examples were extracted. Data was structured in three data related groups: 1)Projects and other activities, 2) Cooperation with other instituttions, 3) Croatian Braille Notation.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pedagogija

Napomena
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