Category Archives: Astronomical kit for the visually impaired, Spain

“Touch of the Universe” activity led in India

A report of activity from a recipient of the “Touch of the Universe” kit, Divyadarshan Purohit from India “It was very keen demand for a long time for useful system with help of which we can show the sky to the visually impaired. The IAU-OAD & University of Valencia have recently developed a specially designed […]

Overview of the project

Project title: Astronomical kit for the visually impaired, Spain Project leader: Dr. Amelia Ortiz-Gil Follow the project here: http://astrokit.uv.es/ The goal is to develop a kit with different astronomical activities to help communicators and teachers in reaching children with visual impairments. The kit will consist of: (a) “The sky in your hands“, a planetarium program […]

Distribution list

Mani (India) Antonieta Garcia (Chile) DIVYADARSHAN D.PUROHIT (INDIA) Lynnette Foster (South Africa) Musso Sebastián (Argentina) ALESSANDRO MARTINS (BRAZIL) Chuck (USA) Cassius A. M. de Melo (Brazil) Juan Camilo Buitrago Casas (Colombia) Rebecca Carvalho (India) Saeed Sadeghi Mehr (Iran) Cecilia Scorza (Germany) OAD (South Africa) Pedro Russo (The Netherlands) Lina Canas (Portugal) Felipe Robaina Bressiani (Brazil) […]