So many questions:

While doing my concept map / brain dump / big paper for big ideas exercise, I found myself with a good list of questions that will help direct my research.

• What portion of the population is blind?
• Why don’t more people learn braille?
• What % currently know how to read it? Do they use it?
• When do they typically learn it?
• Who teaches them?
• What do visually impaired people actually see?
• Are there degrees of severity?
• How does being blind/visually impaired affect brain development?
• Or language, communication, relationships, etc.?
• How do their daily lives differ?
• What causes blindness?
• Do the visually impaired find value in braille?
• What are the benefits? Can the system be improved?
• How is visual impairment defined?
• Do they have a culture? What is their culture like?
• What aspects of a typeface make it more legible?
• Can road sign designs be leveraged?
• Does color affect or aid in contrast?
• What type size is best for their reading?
• How fast can the visually impaired read roman letters?
• How fast can they read braille?

And perhaps the most imperative question is:

• Do they actually want to learn?