Teaching Money Identification by Touch

It has been a few years since I have needed to teach money identification by touch to a student. This method of identifying bills and coins is usually taught to student who are blind or have low vision, but I have also successfully taught this method to learners with brain injury that affects visual and short term memory.

The method is like this:

Coins are identified by three characteristics:

• Size. The dime is the smallest coin, and the half-dollar is the largest.
  
  
• Edge. The penny and the nickel have a smooth edge. The dime, quarter, and half-dollar have a milled, ridged edge.
  
  
• Thickness. The nickel is thicker than the other coins.

Bills are identified by how they are folded:

• Leave $1 bills unfolded
• Fold $5 bills lengthwise ("the long way")
  
• Fold $10 bills by width ("the short way")
  
• Fold $20 bills lengthwise and then by width ("total fold")
  

Sensory Impairment (blind/visually impaired, Deaf/hard of hearing, Deafblind)

An assortment of links releated to blindness and low vision, Deafness and hearing loss and Deafblindness.

• AI Squared (vision products)
• American Association of Deaf Blind
• American Hearing Aid Association
• American Publishing House for the Blind
• Association for the Education of the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Cochlear Implants Overview
• DB-Link (Deafblind)
• Deaf Children with Multiple Disabilities
• Deaf Education Virtual Library
• Deafblind International
• Freedom Scientific Company (vision)
• Gear for Ears
• Hear More Company
• Lighthouse Organization (vision)
• Low Vision Online
• National Family Association for Deaf Blind
• Perkins School for the Blind
• Royal Association for Deaf People
• Royal Blind Society
• Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
• Sensory Playthings Company
• Telesensory Company (vision)
• Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (vision, deafblind)
• V.I. Guide
• Vision Australia

Low Vision Links

Here are some links for Low Vision:

Helpful Ideas

• Low Vision Center
• Saint Louis Society
• AFB
• VI Guide
  

Products

• American Printing House
• Independent Living
• Tactile Vision