World Braille Day is observed On January 4

Highlights:

• World Braille Day is observed on January 4, 2022, like every year.
• It has been designated as World Braille Day around the world on 4th of January, since 2019. 
• The purpose of the day is to recognize blind people's right to access braille and to raise awareness about the importance of braille as a form of communication in the full realization of blind and partially sighted people's human rights.
• The day commemorates the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the man who invented Braille - a system of writing for people with visual impairments.
• He was born on January 4, 1809, in the northern French town of Coupvray.
• Braille is a tactile portrayal of alphabetic and numerical symbols, as well as musical, mathematical, and scientific symbols, using six dots to portray each letter and number.
• Blind and partially sighted people use Braille, named after its man who invented in 19th century France, Louis Braille, to read the same books and periodicals that are printed in a visual font.
• As stated in article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, braille is crucial for the implementation of education, freedom of expression and opinion, and social inclusion.