The Braille Institute's Braille Challenge is the only academic competition of its kind in North America for students who are blind or partially sighted. Contestants compete in regional preliminary Braille Challenge events from January through March, and the top 50 students (10 in each category) with the highest scores are then invited to compete in the finals.
Ontario’s Janna Cheung and Keaton Hamilton were among the 50 competitors invited to Southern California to compete in the 2022 Braille Challenge finals. In June, the sophomore finalists travelled to Los Angeles with their families for the competition.
Contestants competed at five levels (Apprentice through Varsity) in five different categories of braille literacy, including reading comprehension, spelling, speed and accuracy, proofreading, and tactile charts and graphs.
Janna won third place in the sophomore category and Margot Wehrle of Victoria, B.C. won third place in the junior varsity category.
On behalf of all of us at CNIB, congratulations to all the 2022 braille challengers!