Braille Day : 4 January
Braille Day is observed on January 4th every year, to honor Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille system of reading and writing.
it is typically held on January 4th, which is the birthday of Louis Braille.
First World Braille Day
World Braille Day, 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.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted in 2006, has advanced the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities.
The Braille system is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or have low vision. It is used by people all over the world as a way to read and write, and is especially important for education and literacy among people with visual impairments.
Braille Day is a time to celebrate the impact that the Braille system has had on the lives of people who are blind or have low vision, and to recognize the importance of literacy and education for people with disabilities.
Who Was Louis Braille
Louis Braille was a French educator and inventor who is best known for developing the Braille system of reading and writing for people who are blind or have low vision.
Braille was born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France.
When he was three years old, he accidentally poked his eye with a needle and became blind in that eye.
A few years later, he lost sight in his other eye as well. Despite his blindness, Braille excelled in his studies and became a skilled musician and organist.
In 1821, Braille began attending the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris, where he learned to read and write using a system of raised letters that had been developed by another man named Charles Barbier.
Barbier’s system, known as “night writing,” used a series of raised dots and dashes to represent letters and words, and was intended for use by soldiers to communicate silently at night.
Braille modified Barbier’s system and developed a new system that used a grid of six dots, arranged in two columns of three dots each.
Each dot in the grid could be raised or not raised, and different combinations of raised dots represented different letters and symbols.
The Braille system was much simpler and easier to use than Barbier’s system, and it quickly became popular among people who were blind or had low vision.
Braille’s system revolutionized the way that people who are blind or have low vision communicate and access information, and it is still used all over the world today.
Braille died on January 6, 1852, at the age of 43. His birthday, January 4th, is now celebrated as Braille Day.