World Braille Day: 4 January

• The fourth of January has been designated as World Braille Day around the world since 2019. The goal of the day is to recognise blind people`s right to access braille and to raise awareness about the importance of braille as a form of communication in the full realisation of the human rights of blind and partially sighted people.

• The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the man who invented Braille – a writing system for people who are blind or visually impaired.

• Louis Braille was born in the northern French town of Coupvray on January 4, 1809.

• Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols, as well as musical, mathematical, and scientific symbols, with each letter and number represented by six dots.

• Braille, named after its inventor in 19th century France, Louis Braille, is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals that are printed in a visual font.

• Braille is essential for the implementation of education, freedom of expression and opinion, and social inclusion, as stated in article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

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