Is it just me or is it ridiculous that it's 2011 and blind people are still walking around with sub-optimal time pieces? No offense to Chavez's sleek design but a silent watch with changing braille ...

On World Braille Day observed on January 4 every year, people with visual impairment and those working for their rehabilitation spoke about the relevance of the script even in this day and age when ...

Braille enables literacy, independence, and social inclusion for the visually impaired Recognised under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Used globally in education, ...

This year, the good news for visually impaired persons going to vote was Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with Braille script in most polling booths. But while physically challenged persons had a ...

Louis Braille is remembered today as the father of Braille, the first system of writing for the visually impaired. His efforts led to the publication of the Braille system in 1854. ...read more If you ...

A hospital in central Calcutta just turned more inclusive. A Braille accessibility project has taken off at Islamia Hospital in Colootola, on Central Avenue. The hospital now has Braille script ...

Spokesperson and Library In-charge Prof Yashwant Veeroday informed that a target has been set to increase the number of Braille books to 10,000 within this year. Along with academic books, the library ...