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 World Braille Day: Changing the World with Lives by Touch.

The World Braille Day is celebrated on 4 January each year as a commemoration of the birth date of Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille system of reading and writing among the visually impaired persons. This day brings out the role of Braille as a strong resource in education, communication and self-reliance.

Braille is a physical writing system, which employs bulky dots such that persons with eyesight can write and read using their hands. Braille is very much more than a script, it is equal access to knowledge and the right to literacy. It is very instrumental in the educational process, jobs, and social integration of millions of humans across the globe.

In the modern digital world, Braille has been further developed in terms of Braille displays, embossers, and further with the help of assistive technologies, to ensure that the information is as accessible as in all other formats. World Braille Day makes governments, educators, and communities aware of the importance of inclusive education as well as delivering accessible information to citizens.

Through Braille literacy awareness creation, we are a step towards a society where disability is not the determinant of opportunity. World Braille Day is a challenge to accept diversity, affirm human rights and ensure that the world is indeed inclusive to everyone.