A position paper on researching braille in the cognitive sciences: decentering the sighted norm

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dc.citation.firstpage400en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber3en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleApplied Psycholinguisticsen_US
dc.citation.lastpage415en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber44en_US
dc.contributor.authorEnglebretson, Roberten_US
dc.contributor.authorHolbrook, M. Cayen_US
dc.contributor.authorFischer-Baum, Simonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T16:13:43Zen_US
dc.date.available2023-07-21T16:13:43Zen_US
dc.date.issued2023en_US
dc.description.abstractThis article positions braille as a writing system worthy of study in its own right and on its own terms. We begin with a discussion of the role of braille in the lives of those who read and write it and a call for more attention to braille in the reading sciences. We then give an overview of the history and development of braille, focusing on its formal characteristics as a writing system, in order to acquaint sighted print readers with the basics of braille and to spark further interest among reading researchers. We then explore how print-centric assumptions and sight-centric motivations have potentially negative consequences, not only for braille users but also for the types of questions researchers think to pursue. We conclude with recommendations for conducting responsible and informed research about braille. We affirm that blindness is most equitably understood as but one of the many diverse ways humans experience the world. Researching braille literacy from an equity and diversity perspective provides positive, fruitful insights into perception and cognition, contributes to the typologically oriented work on the world’s writing systems, and contributes to equity by centering the perspectives and literacy of the people who read and write braille.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEnglebretson, Robert, Holbrook, M. Cay and Fischer-Baum, Simon. "A position paper on researching braille in the cognitive sciences: decentering the sighted norm." <i>Applied Psycholinguistics,</i> 44, no. 3 (2023) Cambridge University Press: 400-415. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716423000061.en_US
dc.identifier.digitala-position-paper-on-researching-brailleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716423000061en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/114980en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
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dc.titleA position paper on researching braille in the cognitive sciences: decentering the sighted normen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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