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Article from Psychology Today
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-sensory-revolution/202101/lego-braille-bricks-help-blind-children-learn-read#:~:text=LEGO%20is%20rolling%20out%20a,a%20match%20made%20in%20heaven.

The Lego Braille Bricks website
https://www.legobraillebricks.com/

Matthew Shifrin, a blind musician and activist, has been a motivating force behind much of Lego's decision to make its bricks accessible.
Lego just released audio and Braille instructions - The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2019/08/28/lego-just-released-audio-braille-instructions-they-did-it-because-blind-man-who-never-gave-up/#main-content

and here is Matt's original websitew
Lego for the Blind
http://legofortheblind.com/about/
and here is Matt back in 2019 as a guest on Henry Jenkins's podcast, "How Do you Like It So Far," talking about his many projects, including joining urban explorers in the tunnels under MIT
https://www.howdoyoulikeitsofar.org/episode-46-matthew-shifrin/
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American Printing House will be hosting a week of webinars focusing on Lego Braille Bricks and learning through play beginning Monday, August 17.
Learn more and register at
https://www.aph.org/lego-braille-bricks-week-webinars/

To learn about other APH webinars, go to
https://www.aph.org/athomewithaph-webinars/
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As it turns out, Alexx followed up on the marvelous toy suggestions
http://kestrell.livejournal.com/649778.html
and managed to locate my marvelous toy, which is called a Quix
http://www.amazon.com/Quix-Space-Changers/dp/B003G79QVI
which is also referred to as a "sculpture toy."

Coincidentally, one of the artists I have been intrigued by lately is
Alexander Calder
http://calder.org/life.html
who was known for making wire sculptures from hardware store wire and found objects
http://www.thecityreview.com/calder.html
although he is also famous as the inventor of the mobile: "The name "mobile" was given by his friend Marcel Duchamp, a perfect description for the abstract, airborne sculptures that Calder liberated from 'mass,' incorporating movement as a "material" itself for the first time. The sculptor described it as 'drawing in space.' " [quoted from the above-mentioned Web page]
That quote from Calder about using wire as a means of drawing three-dimensionally makes him particularly accessible to talking about art for blind people.

Calder is also famous for his toy circus made up of moving wire sculptures. You can watch a video here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6jwnu8Izy0 .
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My most favorite toy ever was a metal thingie I bought in a science store. It was basically made of wires hinged in all sorts of ways so that one could make an almost infinite variety of geometric shapes. I've been looking for a replacement for years, might this
http://www.smithsonianstore.com/new-arrivals/toys/chrome-tangle-68049.html
be it?

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