World Braille Day is celebrated on January 4th to raise awareness of the importance of braille and the rights of people who are blind or visually impaired.
According to the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) there are around 20,000 braille users in the UK. These are mostly people who have had sight loss from birth or an early age.
Image source, Jenny Cork/BBC Image caption, Mr Thorpe is thought to have the largest collection of Braille machines in the UK Mr Thorpe, who is visually impaired and grew up partially sighted ...
Journalist and disability activist Lucy Edwards, TikTok content creator Seren Jaye, and opera student Toben Durrant shared their experiences of braille with OT ahead of 4 January’s World Braille Day ...
The 53-year-old Londoner Red Szell lost his sight several years ago due to the degenerative eye condition Retinitis pigmentosa – and has used audiobooks ever since. But earlier this year, Szell ...
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