World Braille Day

A hand reading wood-carved braille code, where the braille word “premier” can be read

World Braille Day is an international day on 4 January and celebrates awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication in the full realization of the human rights for blind and visually impaired people.[1][2] The date for the event was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly via a proclamation in November 2018, and marks the birthday of Louis Braille, creator of this writing system.[3]

The first World Braille Day was celebrated on January 4, 2019.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ^ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2018 - World Braille Day" (PDF). undocs.org. United Nations. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  2. ^ "World Braille Day, 4 January". www.un.org. United Nations. Retrieved 2024-01-14.
  3. ^ "World Braille Day celebrated at Jamia Millia Islamia". The Times of India. 11 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  4. ^ "First-ever World Braille Day underscores importance of written language for human rights". UN News. 2019-01-03. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
  5. ^ "Origin & History of World BRAILLE Day – Jan 4". iheartdays.com.
  6. ^ Rastogi, Pracarsh (2019-01-03). "World Braille Day: Education tools for the visually-impaired". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-10-25.