We show a series of tactile illustrations, all of which can be used, in inclusive settings. They belong to different school years and areas: hand education, language education, classification skills, pre-Braille, Braille literacy associated with images, arithmetic including set theory, geometry and algebra, history, geography, arts, mechanic, physics, chemistry, anatomy, etc.
The main goal of our collection is to draw attention on some important points: touching is not the same thing as looking very close what is simple for a sighted child may be complex for his blind peer the ability to pass from 3D to 2D images must be conquered and requires time and specific process, which is not spontaneous touch, like vision, has its own strong points and its own weak points we can think of an "alphabet", of a "language" of the touch, which are different from the alphabet and language of the sight, and which must be mastered by staff involved in education, teaching, production of teaching aids some concepts can be acquired and used also by blind students (even perspective for example), provided they are given the right tracks to follow, which are mainly based on association of logical and manual operation (cutting, separating significant parts, using symbolic objects such as wires for light rays, and the like.
References: “pictures you can touch, how to realize and to use tactile illustrations”, (Italian version), by Antonio Quatraro et al., Monza, Biblioteca Italiana per Ciechi, 2004, 126 p. With 67 photos showing aids and techniques.
Days exhibiting: Both Days
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