The BA Celebrates World Braille Day
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The Bibliotheca Alexandrina organized today a celebration to mark World Braille Day, through the Taha Hussein Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired, as part of its leading cultural and awareness-raising role in serving the community and its ongoing interest in supporting and empowering people with special needs.
This year's celebration included an introductory lecture highlighting the life of Louis Braille, the origins of the Braille method, and its most important signs and symbols, in addition to introducing writing methods, the historical development of Braille printing, and its role in enabling blind and visually impaired people to access knowledge and education.
The event targeted sighted school students with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of Braille and introducing them to the means by which their blind and visually impaired peers rely on for learning and communication, thereby contributing to the promotion of social inclusion concepts within the educational process and the labor market.
Following the presentation, the participating students were divided into groups to take part in an interactive workshop aimed at producing educational or artistic works related to Braille.