Abby Howell is a software engineer, and a Yiddish teacher at the Boston Worker's Circle. She learned Yiddish as an undergrad at the University of Texas, and earned her M.Ed in education of the Deaf at Boston University, and is the author of the first published Yiddish braille table. She lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
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A Yiddish teacher and software engineer tackles a thorny accessibility issue: how to teach a highly motivated student who reads braille when no braille software in the world offers Yiddish as one of the language options.
Jun 21, 2024