Braille Gifts

Is there a Braille reader in your life who has a birthday or special occasion coming up? Would you like to make the holiday season more personal this year by finding just the right gift for your visually impaired friend or loved one? Well, you're in luck. There are all sorts of great Braille gifts available these days; you just have to know where to look for them.

Braille gifts have become more available and more interesting in recent years. While there have been a host of practical items on the market for many years, like adaptive kitchen gadgets, Braille labelers, and cane accessories, Braille gifts have become more interesting and much more fun to shop for and receive over the past several years.

Some of the newer Braille gifts are smart looking as well as functional. Braille watches, which are beautifully designed in silver or gold, have spring loaded flip-open crystals that protect the Braille marked face, and boast hands that hold steady while the Braille reader runs his or her fingers over them. A large selection of men's and women's Braille watches is available at http://azhearing.com/low_vision/products1/braille/watches/Default.htm. There is also a fairly new line of bracelets available as well. One bracelet, with an expandable band, has twenty-six sterling silver rectangles that each contains a letter of the alphabet in Braille. The letters are raised so that it can be felt by the Braille reader or explored by his or her sighted peers http://www.braillestone.com/bracelets/bracelets1-1.html. Another model of Braille bracelet is designed in the ID bracelet style with several sentimental inscriptions in Braille to choose from http://www.sightconnection.com/brailbracins.html. Either of these pieces of jewelry make striking and attention grabbing Braille gifts and will mean something special to the person receiving them.

Is the visually impaired person in your life a big reader? When pondering Braille gifts for the Braille reader, you may want to consider discovering whether any of his or her favorite novels or perhaps a book about a favorite hobby is available for sale in Braille. Due to the large size of Braille volumes, most Braille readers will take their books out from any of the Braille and talking book libraries operated by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. However, if a book is a particular favorite, and one that the Braille reader might want to read again and again, or if it is something along the lines of a cookbook, a book about knitting, or any other sort of book that someone might return to repeatedly, you may have discovered a particularly thoughtful Braille gift. The National Braille Press has an entire catalog of books in Braille for sale http://www.braille.com.

For the Braille reader who is a game enthusiast, there are a number of ideas for Braille gifts. Playing cards, dice, board games, bingo sets, Uno decks, puzzles, and an assortment of other games and recreational Braille gift ideas are available at http://www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?C=Solo%20Fun.

Are you looking for Braille gifts for a child? National Braille Press (NBP) offers the entire Harry Potter series for sale in Braille. They also have an entire catalog of beautiful Braille kids' books, including an entire selection of board books which include the text in print with plastic Braille overlays which allow a blind child to read along with a sighted parent, or a sighted child to read along with a blind parent. For a particularly nice Braille gift for a Braille reader who is a child, NBP also offers a "book of the month" club http://www.braille.com.

There is a nice selection of toys and games for the juvenile Braille reader at http://www.braillebookstore.com/view.php?C=Solo%20Fun, as well. Everything from building sets to balls with bells in them is for sale on line at the Braille Bookstore.

And for just the right greeting card to go with that perfect gift, you may want to visit Hallmark's Braille greeting card line http://pressroom.hallmark.com/braille_cards.html.

There are a lot of beautiful, creative Braille gifts available today for the visually impaired person in your life. It is no longer necessary to give them a Braille kitchen timer or a talking watch (again!). With just a little bit of searching, you should be able to find just the thing that will make the Braille reader that you are shopping for feel special, with a gift that is unique, attractive looking, and practical.