In 2019, public schools from 1st to 5th grade of elementary school will receive books in Braille ink for the first time, that is, they will be transcribed both in Braille and in ink, making it easier for parents, guardians and even teachers who are not familiar with the system to to read. It is also the first time that these books will be distributed along with the others, at the beginning of the year.
According to the National Organization of the Blind of Brazil (ONCB), before, teachers received books in ink and selected those that would be transcribed in braille. This delayed the delivery of these books. In addition, blind students would go months without having the didactic material. The expectation is that books in Braille will be included in the next public notices launched by the National Development of Education (FNDE) to serve students from 6th to 9th grade and high school.
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“It would be great if all students could have all the books in Braille”, says the Revision coordinator at the Dorina Nowill Foundation for the Blind and the Ibero-American Braille Council, Regina Oliveira. In learning, especially from the 6th grade onwards, according to Regina, students end up using technology, audio. When it comes to exact disciplines, with many symbols, however, the braille book is lacking. “It is necessary that they have mathematics, geography books, to have contact with the specific symbology, to learn to read maps, graphs”.
“Braille is important for blind people, for literacy, it gives independence, autonomy, in the consumption of cosmetics, food. Autonomy to safely enter an elevator, receive bills, bank statements or credit card bills. It has application in the lives of blind people at all times”, says Regina.
Braille System
Braille is made up of 63 signs, embossed. These signs are combined into two vertical rows of 3 dots each. Reading is done from left to right. The braille system adapts to tactile reading, as the raised dots must comply with standard measurements, and the size of the braille cell must correspond to the unit of perception of the fingertips.
Today's date was chosen because it is the birthday of the system's creator, Louis Braille, who was born in 1809 in France. He became blind in 1812, aged three, after having an accident in his father's workshop. To develop a reading and writing system for blind people, he used the Barbier system as a basis, used for nocturnal communication between French Army soldiers.
According to the latest census by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), there are in Brazil more than 6.5 million visually impaired people, of which 582 thousand are blind and 6 million have low vision.
The information is from Agência Brasil.
