[NFBWATLK] Disney to produce activity books for the blind

Kris tishgifts at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 13:45:56 UTC 2019


Thank you for sharing!!


So cool!

Kris

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> On Jan 25, 2019, at 10:15 AM, Becky Frankeberger via NFBWATLK <nfbwatlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Disney to Produce Activity Books for the Blind
> 
> JANUARY 22, 2019 8:25 AM
> 
> Soon children with visual impairments across North America will get to find
> out what Mickey Mouse "looks like" thanks to the efforts of a Windsor
> couple.
> 
> Rebecca and Emmanual Blaevoet run
> Tactile Vision Graphics.
> The shop creates greeting cards, maps, coloring books and other
> publications in braille for the blind and visually impaired.
> 
> About four years ago, they got the idea to approach the Disney Corporation
> to produce a series of activity books for children featuring Disney
> characters.
> It took a year and half to put together and they just signed an agreement
> the first week in January.
> 
> "We got in touch with the people at consumer products and interactive media
> and they were on board," said Rebecca Blaevoet.
> 
> Emmanuel Blaevoet said, "They gave me access to their portal of tens of
> thousands of designs. My jaw just dropped."
> 
> The couple is contracted to produce 15 different books over three years. 
> The first ones are expected to be ready at the end of the month. The books
> will feature the classic Disney characters such as Mickey and Minnie Mouse,
> Donald Duck and Goofy. The rest will coincide with the release of new Disney
> movies.
> Children will find puzzles, pictures to colour and other interactive
> materials that can be used in schools - or just for fun - in the books.
> 
> "Teachers can develop the activities around what's in the books, so they'll
> have three or four different kinds of activities in the same book with a
> Disney theme," said Rebecca.
> 
> The books are printed with a process that raises the pictures on the pages
> so the children can feel the outlines.
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> "The blind user will actually be able to see, for want of a better word,
> what Mickey Mouse looks like," said Emmanuel.
> 
> The Blaevoets have the license to publish the materials for the entire North
> American continent, which Rebecca estimates is a market of about
> 700,000 people
> in Canada and ten times that in the U.S.
> 
> "So now it's just a question of getting it out to schools and libraries and
> stores that sell blindness-related products and stores that sell
> Disney-related products," said Rebecca, adding that they will also be
> available online.
> 
> This is the first time in Disney's 90-year history to produce materials like
> this for the blind and visually impaired, so these learning activity books
> are going to be a really wonderful window into the world of Disney.
> 
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