[Cindi Laurent]

1. Unless all the paragraphs are the same, you need to follow print.  So block the first paragraph of each chapter and indent the rest.
2. According to 1.8.3 of Braille Formats blank lines are required preceding a blocked paragraph (unless it follows a cell 5 or cell 7 heading), not following it.  You only need a blank line before the blocked paragraph.

Cindi