World Braille Day is being observed on Saturday. This day, officially celebrated since 2019, is observed to raise awareness of the importance of Braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and partially sighted people.
It is observed on 4th January on the occasion of Louis Braille’s birth anniversary, who is the inventor of braille.
Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols.
Braille, named after its French inventor Louis Braille, is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font.
The World Health Organization estimates that globally 36 million people live with blindness and 216 million people have moderate to severe visual impairment.
Persons with vision impairment are more likely than those without to experience higher rates of poverty and disadvantage.
World Braille Day is a reminder of the importance of accessibility and independence for people who are blind or visually impaired.
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