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APH ConnectCenter

Welcome to the APH ConnectCenter! This website offers FREE curated advice and resources to assist children, parents, adults, and job seekers who are blind or low vision, and their associated professionals. Through this website, you can access these ConnectCenter resources and much more:

• FamilyConnect: Find support and resources for families of children who are blind or low vision.
• CareerConnect: Find employment information, tools, and guidance for job seekers who are blind or low vision or for employers who work with individuals who are blind or low vision.
• VisionAware: Designed for adults and seniors who are living with vision loss.

Braille Tales

Early reading develops braille awareness skills and an enthusiasm for literacy in the hearts of young children. Braille Tales books allow children to become interested in braille from a young age, encouraging them to be lifelong braille readers. This program provides six free Print/Braille books a year to blind and low vision children until the child’s 6th birthday, as well as to blind and low vision parents of children under six years old.

The Dot Experience

The Dot Experience is APH’s re-imagined museum. As an experience it won’t just be a museum – it will also incorporate elements of an attraction, factory tour, and center of education. Scheduled to open in 2026, this dynamic destination is at the intersection of innovation, insight, and opportunity through:

• Compelling first-person stories of blindness and the human experience
• Cutting edge innovations of past, present, and future conceived and created by and with people who are blind or low vision
• World-class treasures like Helen Keller’s desk, the piano Stevie Wonder played on as a child, the first guide dog harness, and a rare book by Louie Braille published in 1829
• An unprecedented set of applied inclusive design standards that puts disability access front and center

The Dot Experience is on a mission to change perspectives about blindness, encourage people to act in their own ways to make the world more welcoming for everyone, and lead as a model museum of inclusivity.

Outreach Services

APH’s Outreach Services team strives to increase awareness about the many resources and services offered by APH. Outreach Services consists of three branches:

• Regional Outreach Specialists – These experienced professionals are charged with sharing craft knowledge across the field, building local networks of support, assisting with APH products and services, and facilitating solutions. They also host various programming like the Abacus Bee and National Coding Symposium to help engage and empower students.
• APH Hive – Buzz over to the APH Hive, APH’s FREE eLearning platform for educators and families that can be accessed at any time from the comfort of your home or office. With a growing course catalog covering categories like Early Childhood, Expanded Core Curriculum, and more, we want to give you the tools you need to support students. All you have to do is sign up, watch the course content at your leisure, and complete the follow up assignment to get your certificate for ACVREP credit! Register for the Hive and get started today.
• Census for the Federal Quota Program – Federal Quota accounts are maintained and administered by APH and its Ex Officio Trustees. The Federal Quota Registration is the census that records students who are eligible to receive materials provided by the Federal Act to Promote the Education of the Blind.

Research, Evaluation, and Digital Information Services (READS)

• The Louis Database of Accessible Materials (Louis),named in honor of Louis Braille, contains over 1 million accessible materials produced by over 50 organizations throughout the United States and Canada. These materials include educational materials in braille, large print, audio, and electronic file format.
• The APH Library houses approximately 25,000 print, audio, video, and other resources, including 9,600 digitized items. Materials housed in the APH Library support the research, business, and educational needs of APH staff while also supporting visiting researchers and those pursuing careers in the education of the blind.
• The Tactile Graphics Image Library (TGIL)provides free access to tactile graphic templates to promote good tactile designs and to help facilitate communication between those involved with the design and execution of tactile graphics. The TGIL is available for use on the new Monarch, a multipurpose device which can receive digital textbooks and graphics from APH and other providers.

For more information regarding APH conference appearances, contact our Social Enterprise team at sales@aph.org.

Visit our APH Catalogs page to download or order physical copies of any of our three catalogs: Instructional Products, Parts and APH Press.