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Course in Braille language

Staff Reporter

COIMBATORE: The UDIS Forum, a network that facilitates employment and empowerment of persons with disabilities in Coimbatore, will celebrate the birthday of Louis Braille (which falls on January 4) by launching a training programme in Braille for the benefit of the general public.

M.N.G.Mani, president of the forum, told The Hindu said that a 20-hour theory-cum-practical course for teaching functional Braille would be conducted free of cost during the second and fourth weekends of January.

The training would be offered by representatives of the Association for the Rights of the Visually Challenged (ARVIC), volunteers of the Youth Wing on Disability Services (YWDIS), and trained special teachers.

Each batch would accommodate between 20 and 30 participants and only those who were willing to sensitise the general public to Braille literacy would be admitted for the course.

“We want to train as many participants as possible during the year,” Mr.Mani added.

A competition in Braille reading and writing would be conducted for those who underwent the training and proficient learners would be given prizes.

Learning Braille would certainly bridge the communication gap between people with normal vision and those with visual impairment, said V.Srinivasan, president of ARVIC.

Contact

The training would start from the fourth week of January. For details contact the UDIS Forum Administrative Office at 0422-2433827.

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