GIVE THE GIFT OF TACTILE LEARNING

Help put BrailleDoodle
in more hands.

The chance to learn. The freedom to create.
Your gift helps make both more accessible.

An adult and a child hold BrailleDoodle tablets against a white background, showing the braille practice side and the tactile drawing side.
Two sides. So many possibilities.Braille learning, tactile discovery, and creative expression.

Literacy and accessibility are rights, not privileges.

THE TOUCHPAD PRO FOUNDATION

THE COST OF UNEQUAL ACCESS

A chance to read should not
depend on a family’s budget.

A learner raises a braille dot, feels a new letter, erases it, and tries again. Without an affordable way to practice, that chance can end when the lesson does. Your gift can help put tactile learning within reach.

A study published in 2025

Braille proficiency and employment are connected.

Nearly 4×

Employed participants who were blind had nearly four times the odds of reporting strong Braille skills compared with unemployed participants.

Help put Braille learning within reach. Your gift supports access to BrailleDoodle for learners who cannot afford a device.

Relative odds of strong Braille skills
Unemployed1×
Employed3.93×

264 participants who were blind. Unemployed = 1× baseline. These are adjusted odds, not employment percentages. The study shows a connection, not cause and effect.

Poverty

2× the poverty rate

With vision difficulty22%
Without disabilities11%

U.S. population · 2022 ACS. Lower is better.

Employment

31-point employment gap

With vision difficulty41%
Without blindness or low vision72%

U.S. adults ages 16–65 · 2023 CPS. Higher is better.

1 in 5

A college degree remains out of reach for many.

19.7% of U.S. adults ages 25–64 with vision disabilities held a bachelor’s degree or higher in 2023. This measures degree attainment, not completion among students who enrolled.

Read the data sources and comparison notes

Braille proficiency and employment: McDonnall et al. (2025), Factors Associated with Proficient Braille Skills in Adults, Table 2. The graph uses the study’s blindness subgroup (264 participants). Employed participants had 3.93 times the adjusted odds of self-reported Braille proficiency compared with unemployed participants (95% confidence interval: 1.55–9.95). Surveys were collected in 2021–2022. This was a selected sample of adults who were working or seeking employment, not a national literacy estimate.

Poverty and employment: American Foundation for the Blind, The Disability Squeeze. The comparison groups differ: poverty compares people with vision difficulty to people without any disability; employment compares people with and without blindness or low vision.

Education: 2025 Disability Statistics Compendium, Table A.9, using 2023 ACS data for civilians living in the community. Vision disability includes blindness or serious difficulty seeing even with glasses. Poverty and employment percentage bars use a full 0–100% scale; the Braille proficiency graph uses a 0–4× odds scale. These figures describe population disparities; they do not establish their causes or measure BrailleDoodle’s effects.

HELP OPEN A DOOR

Access to learning is a place to start.

BrailleDoodle makes braille practice, tactile science and math, and creative expression hands-on. No batteries. No screens. No internet. Your gift supports our work to reach more learners, including those who cannot afford a device.

Help make learning accessible

THE POSSIBILITY BEHIND YOUR GIFT

More than a device.
A way to take part.

A letter felt for the first time. An idea made into a tactile drawing. A lesson explored together. These are the possibilities behind BrailleDoodle.

A place to begin with braille

A reusable surface where learners can form braille characters, feel the dots, and practice again.

Room for curiosity

Drawings, shapes, graphs, and ideas become something to explore through touch.

A chance to learn together

A hands-on tool for learners, families, and educators—without batteries, screens, or internet.

BUILT FROM A TEACHER’S IDEA

Inspired by students.
Made possible together.

After years teaching students who are blind or have low vision, educator and inventor Daniel Lubiner created BrailleDoodle with their needs and ideas in mind.

Your donation supports the Foundation’s work to make tactile learning accessible, including for people who cannot afford a device.

Meet the people behind the Foundation

GIVE WITH CONFIDENCE

A little more
about giving.

Have a question before you give?
We’re here to help.

Contact the Foundation
What will my donation support?

Your gift supports the TouchPad Pro Foundation’s mission to expand access to braille literacy and tactile learning through BrailleDoodle, including for people who may not be able to afford a device.

If you want to support a particular school, organization, or group of learners, please contact us to discuss your gift.

Can my organization make a larger gift?

We welcome conversations with individuals, businesses, schools, and organizations interested in supporting access to BrailleDoodle.

Email info@brailledoodle.org to discuss a larger gift or a specific group you would like to support.

Where can I find nonprofit documentation?

The TouchPad Pro Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Contact us for our IRS determination letter and tax identification information.

Put possibility in someone’s hands.

Your generosity can help make tactile learning more accessible.

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