World Braille Day 2019

I have met a few blind individuals in my lifetime. I have never had a visually impared friend or family member but I've often felt that this would not deter me from interacting with a person who cannot see.

I have encountered blind individuals traversing the sidewalks occasionally and even rendered assistance to one lady and her guide dog whom I found walking down the middle of the street.

I also notice braille control features in elevators, automatic teller machines, and even on some signage and "accessible" store shelves.

Today is World Braille Day. It is observed each year on January 4th which is the birthdate of Braille inventor, Louis Braille.

The day is a vehicle by which the contributions of Louis Braille in the literacy of the visually impared.

The National Federation of the Blind really holds Braille as that pivotal mechanism by which the blind may independently function in a manner which actively involves reading and writing methodology.