World Braille Day in 2023

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2023 Date	January 4, 2023
2024 Date	January 4, 2024

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World Braille Day in 2023

World Braille Day seeks to raise awareness about the importance of braille as a means of communication for blind and partially sighted people. Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols that uses six dots to represent letters and numbers.

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Today is World Braille Day. On this day, we raise awareness of the importance of Braille as means of communication for blind and partially sighted people. https://t.co/1MJ2lsv31w
— Kids Help Phone (@KidsHelpPhone) January 4, 2023

Today is World Braille Day. Braille allows the reader to feel the words through raised dots and can be used to help ensure a more accessible and inclusive society for those who have low or no vision. #WorldBrailleDay #FacialDifference https://t.co/D9AIdXcbJS
— AboutFace (@aboutface) January 4, 2023

Today we celebrate World Braille Day. The UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities "....considers Braille essential for education, freedom of expression and opinion, access to information and social inclusion." It is essential for #belonging, so we celebrate it. https://t.co/8LwqAhCHvR
— Bridges to Belonging (@BtoBelonging) January 4, 2023

Happy #WorldBrailleDay! To celebrate, we're sharing five interesting facts about Louis Braille and his invention of the braille reading and writing system: https://t.co/lqSKDISpjK https://t.co/DmNpcWaE0P
— Rick Hansen Foundation (@RickHansenFdn) January 4, 2023

World Braille Day is celebrated every 4th of January to raise awareness on the importance of accessibility and independence for those who are blind. It is also a celebration to honor the birth of Louis Braille, who invented this 6 dot system of printing and writing. https://t.co/vla4T3MF6C
— BALANCE4BlindAdults (@balancefba) January 4, 2023

Jan. 4 is World Braille Day. Walk a minute in customer Rob Sleath's shoes as he reveals the challenges people who are blind or partially sighted experience finding a bus stop. A project is underway to install braille signage on every bus stop. https://t.co/jMeBbbHfeY
— News from TransLink (@TransLinkNews) January 4, 2023

Today is World Braille Day. It is celebrated to make people aware of the Braille language, which attempts to bridge the gap in the existence of people who are visually impaired. #WorldBrailleDay https://t.co/rUchPurW1h
— Cambridge Fire Dept (@CambridgeFD) January 4, 2023

Today is @UN World Braille Day. Learn about the braille system and why it is a key to literacy, education, employment & success in life for thousands in Ontario: https://t.co/hZY0MZxZk3 #Accessibility #SightLoss @CNIB @AMIaudio @DeafBlindON @BlindSports @brllitcan @BraillePress https://t.co/OEUezDjLVF
— Ontario Seniors (@SeniorsON) January 4, 2023

Today is World Braille Day. The creation of braille has removed barriers for those with visual impairment, but having access to critical material is still an evolving challenge. Check out this article on reaching blind and visually impaired persons: https://t.co/ZR40VpoY7k https://t.co/89pEFjKazQ
— Cambrian Teaching & Learning Hub (@cambrianhub) January 4, 2023

World Braille Day is observed internationally every year on January 4 to honour the work of Louis Braille, a Frenchman who invented the writing and reading system for visually challenged people. #Inclusion #DisabilityInclusion https://t.co/sZRkmbUYbz
— DPI (@DPI_Info) January 4, 2023