-
DUHOK, Kurdistan Region — A Duhok teenager has reprinted a storybook in Braille for visually impaired readers.
"This is my first time converting a storybook written for sighted people into Braille, or writing for visually impaired people...I was looking around and noticed that there are no Braille books available for visually impaired readers. Even if there are any, they would be in English and Arabic," Rezhin Ahmed told the Associated Press.
Ahmed has printed six copies of "Beautiful Words."
Other visually impaired young people have spoken of obstacles to accessing reading material.
"There weren't any [books] available. Even during first year of studies, the program was in normal writing. There wasn't any Braille, neither in books nor on forms," said Heyhat Asaad.
"Now, we are very happy that a book has been written for us, one that visually impaired people can enjoy reading."
Video editing by Sarkawt Mohammed
Comments
Rudaw moderates all comments submitted on our website. We welcome comments which are relevant to the article and encourage further discussion about the issues that matter to you. We also welcome constructive criticism about Rudaw.
To be approved for publication, however, your comments must meet our community guidelines.
We will not tolerate the following: profanity, threats, personal attacks, vulgarity, abuse (such as sexism, racism, homophobia or xenophobia), or commercial or personal promotion.
Comments that do not meet our guidelines will be rejected. Comments are not edited – they are either approved or rejected.
Post a comment