Braille is recognized as a day that helps people who are blind or visually impaired use a system that helps in communication. The United Nations established this day as a way to commemorate Louis Brailleβs significant contribution to helping those in need of being able to read & write through using his clever system called braille.
Louis Braille became blind at the age of 3 during an accident where he was playing with his fatherβs awl. He then went on to the Royal Institute for Blind Youth on a scholarship at age 10. There he developed this system using six raised dots with none other than an awl responsible for his blindness. He perfected the design by the time he was 15 which later became known as braille in 1824.
This made it possible for fingertips to identify the shaping of the dots to communicate words in one complete pass. He did become recognized for his raised coding but never got to see it actually in use and be taught. His impact would be felt worldwide.
US schools for the blind adopt braille in 1916 and the Royal Institute he attended started using braille two years after his death in 1952 from tuberculosis. And it was because of this, that the UN General Assembly voted in 2018 to establish and recognize World BRAILLE Day as an international holiday.
Not sure how to LOVE the day? Weβve got a few interesting ideas to consider that may help get you started.
Here are some activities that you can do on World BRAILLE Day!
Give a gift of braille to a blind or visually impaired child in need. These can be a toy, a learning device, or even a braille book.
Use social media posts with the hashtag #NationalBRAILLEDay to support the importance of celebrating, promoting, and sharing with the world why you β€οΈ National BRAILLE Day and the significance of using braille.
Itβs believed that only 10% of the blind can actually read braille β even less so for musicians who canβt see. Who knows β¦ you might make a difference in someoneβs life.
Even a short word like βLoveβ is a simple tattoo to get. Others are quite intricate even involving raised beads inserted beneath the skin. Weβre not quite ready for that β you might want to settle for one of the many temporary tattoos π
English teacher and inventor of the Pitman Stenographic Shorthand. Born 1813.
French educator and inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing for the blind. Born 1809.
Philosopher, folklorist, and editor of Grimmβs Fairy Tales. Born 1785.
Disney voice actor from Cedartown, Georgia USA who famously portrayed Winnie the Pooh, and characters from the Jungle Book, Alice in Wonderland, Aristocats, and more. Born 1905.
Year | Date | Day of the Week |
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2023 | January 4 | Wednesday |
2024 | January 4 | Thursday |
2025 | January 4 | Saturday |
2026 | January 4 | Sunday |
2027 | January 4 | Monday |
Awareness of programs and resources is always beneficial as a human right. Weβve all done it many times before β closed our eyes and βpretendedβ to be blind for a moment or wondered how awful it would be like. But until you know someone who has gone through this, itβs really hard to truly imagine the blurriness, colors fading, or perhaps just making out shapes.
Louis Braille perfected a procedure already in place which gave more hope to a segment of the population. He used a tool that took his sight and honed out a script that would become a tool in its own right.
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