{"id":3916,"date":"2022-01-04T13:20:02","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T13:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/?p=3916"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:41:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T14:41:50","slug":"world-braille-day-raising-awareness-for-an-important-communication-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/news\/world-braille-day-raising-awareness-for-an-important-communication-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"World Braille Day: Raising Awareness for an Important Communication Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3916\" class=\"elementor elementor-3916\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fb4f78c elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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Specifically, an image of a tea cup, insinuating the location of an on-site cafe.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-1024x631.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-768x473.jpg 768w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-1536x946.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/directaccessgp.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Close-up-of-Map-2048x1262.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70163c5\" data-id=\"70163c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3f1fde elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a3f1fde\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since 2019, World Braille Day has been celebrated to create awareness of the importance of Braille; an access and communication tool that has played a key role in the realization of human rights for blind and partially sighted people.<\/span><\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Braille is the system of raised dots used for reading and writing by people who are blind or severely visually impaired. It is read with the fingertips, although with practice people with sight can read it with their eyes. Letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and numerous other symbols can be written with Braille. Although not technically its own language, Braille is a form of code and can be learned by just about anyone.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Its roots trace back to the 19th century, when in 1829, its blind inventor; Louis Braille created a tactile alphabet in order to be able to read and write, and thus gain access to education, the news of this increasingly important tool receiving its own international day of recognition could not have arrived at a more relevant moment, as in its third year of celebration (2021), World Braille Day was recontextualised by the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Although in an \u2018ordinary world\u2019, it has been proven that disabled people receive less access to healthcare, employment, and opportunities to participate in their local communities, the pandemic highlighted the need to produce essential information in accessible formats, including in Braille and audible formats. <\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9e6cb4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9e6cb4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b7b458\" data-id=\"2b7b458\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-028cc0b elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"028cc0b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-834b18d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"834b18d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In early 2021, the Office for National Statistics reported that the Pandemic affected their \u201chealth, access to healthcare for non-coronavirus related issues, well-being and access to groceries, medication, and essentials compared with non-disabled people\u201d. You might also recall that news broadcasters around this period openly discussed the worse impact of Covid-19 on people with learning difficulties than people without.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Though the circumstances of misfortune and inequality have changed since Louis Braille\u2019s time, Braille paper continues to endure as a form of communication for marginalised people in times of crisis.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">On World Braille Day 2022, Direct Access would like to implore businesses to facilitate accessible formats as a means of communication as it is the right thing to do for customers and potentially valuable employees who might also be disabled people. As our post-COVID world has forced much of society to utilise digital media and formats to facilitate communication, shopping, entertainment, and business; digital accessibility is now necessary to ensure the digital inclusion of all people. Braille is essential in the context of education, freedom of expression and opinion, as well as social inclusion, as reflected in article 2 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); color: #000000;\">Using the latest Index Embossers, Direct Access can produce Braille in A4 and A3 formats ranging from healthcare or financial letters to legal documents and company brochures. We also provide state-of-the-art tactile map boards that incorporate a multitude of formats including braille, BSL sign language video, and audio descriptions. They are bound according to preference and checked by our proofreaders. 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