Development of didactic material for the blind and visually impaired

Authors

  • Claudia N. González Licenciada en Sistemas, UNPA-UARG, Río Gallegos, Argentina
  • Carlos A. Talay Mg. (Ing.) en Redes y Sistemas de comunicaciones, UNPA-UARG, Río Gallegos, Argentina

Keywords:

Blind students; Visually impaired students; Didactic material; 3D printing

Abstract

Special education, specifically that given to blind and visually impaired students, requires specific teaching material that is not always available in stores. Its acquisition is usually difficult or expensive, even more so in areas where this type of didactic material is not available in the stocks of local stores.

This project arose from the need of the teachers of the special school Nº4 of Río Gallegos in the area of blind and visually impaired students, to have this specific didactic material for the development of the different educational proposals in their teaching practices.

Upon detecting this shortcoming, we first analysed the specific needs they had and investigated what variants of this material existed. Then, assisted by the teachers of this specialization, we carried out the design, in order to ultimately provide didactic material, providing them with tools that facilitate the development of the classes.

This paper explains how this problem was solved by providing logistic and material assistance in the development of this didactic material. For this, the Industrial School Nº4 was integrated as an institution that collaborated in the execution of the project, which thus enabled the training of students of advanced years in the development of skills in the design of this type of material and its manufacture through 3D printing.

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Published

2023-11-29