« Disabled People's Development Organization-Myanmar | Main | Law Will Make Disabled Wear Signs in Traffic-Indonesia »
May 28, 2009
200th Birth Anniversary of honarable Louis Braille
How many of you know Louis Braiile?
He is the inventor of Braille and he made great contributions in the field of vision disability.
Louis Braille was born in January 4, 1809, and 2009 is his 200th birth anniversary. Celebrations throughout 2009 are being planned around the world to honor Braille's 200th birthday.
If you organize a celebration program, please share with us.
The related information can be obtained from the following site;
http://www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/louis/global_events.html
Those who would like to know about Braille;
Braill is a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing the fingers over characters made up of an arrangement of one to six embossed points. It has been adapted to almost every known language.
More information on Braille;
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
Posted by jicafriends at May 28, 2009 09:57 AM