Advertisements in braille allow students quicker access to event information

Fliers will soon be printed in braille to give disabled students another way to keep up-to-date with campus events and other opportunities.

“The idea came about when a friend and I realized we were missing some events that were happening on campus,” said student Marie Bolling. “The icons on WINGS are very cluttered when reading with a screen reader--a program that reads items on screens out loud.”

To speed up the process, fliers made specifically to advertise events lost in a sea of WINGS lines and messages will be available to students who would be in need of them.

Student Government is currently scouting a place to fix a centralized board for the fliers, with the Student Union being a top candidate.

Proposer of the fliers Maya Galbraith, however, does not feel the board would be a good choice, instead opting for them to go online.

“I’m not sure what students would think about feeling for information on a wall,” Galbraith said. “They already stand out enough and don’t particularly want to stand out more. I’m not saying to make them completely invisible, but subtlety would be nice.”

Any campus organization can request their advertisement to be transmitted to braille, which would then be produced on an embossing machine in the Disability Services office in the Student Union lower floor.