NO one wishes to suffer from any type of disability in their life, and they wish to build themselves with abilities throughout their life. But someone suffers from some disabilities due to their fortune as well as various unseen causes.

However, most of the people with disabilities do not give up on the difficulties and challenges of life, with utmost efforts to show off their brilliant skills to others, so as not to be left behind in society. As they put in great efforts to be able to keep abreast of other ordinary people, their skills and capabilities are higher and higher, with wonderful results which may be beyond the capabilities of ordinary persons.

Especially, those who lose eyesight face hardship in their life. Although they can shape themselves, they do not have any guidelines mentioned in the literature. Fortunately, Braille letters save their life so as to uplift their exist­ing capabilities in order to shoulder to shoulder with ordinary people.

Braille is a tactile rep­resentation of alphabet­ic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathemati­cal and scientific symbols. Braille is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and pe­riodicals as those printed in a visual font. Even under normal circumstances, per­sons with disabilities – one billion people worldwide – are less likely to access health care, education, em­ployment, and to participate in the community.

For the visually im­paired, life under lockdown has posed several issues in terms of independence and isolation, especially for people who rely on the use of touch to communicate their needs and access in­formation. The pandemic has revealed how critically important it is to produce essential information in accessible formats, including in Braille and audible formats. Otherwise, many persons with disabili­ties could face a higher risk of contamination due to a lack of access to guidelines and precautions to protect and reduce the spread of a pandemic.

Currently, governments from many countries create op­portunities for people with disabilities to safely unite with society. They can showcase their wonderful capabilities in their careers without relying on any other along their life. In line with the theme for the 2026 World Braille Day, which falls on 5 January, “Accessibility and Inclusion for the Visually Im­paired”, everyone should lend a helping hand to persons with visual impairments to be able to do everything.