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Tourist brochures in Braille

Thu, 07/26/2012 - 10:57 -- admin

&nbsp;Visually impaired travellers entering Connecticut (U.S.) can get a welcome guide in Braille and in large prints at the state’s six tourist welcome centres. They can even get access to an audio version of Information brochure.<br><br>A few years ago, while travelling through Georgia (U.S.), Junerose Killian, noticed that the welcome centres had guides and pamphlets in Braille. She returned to Connecticut and realised Braille tourist brochures were not offered in the state and set about making it happen. "The world is a sighted world, and we have to live in it," Killian said. "So I knew I wanted to help out and make a change."<br><br>Her idea was carried out by the state Board of Education and Services for the Blind, which printed thick books in Braille, filled with information about Connecticut as well as books in large print. The agency also made a computer disk that provides audio information for travellers. All three formats are now available for travellers to take with them from the welcome centre.<br><br>"I am very excited that this (welcome guide in Braille) has finally come (true), and it will help many people," said Killian, who was born legally blind to blind parents. "When they died, the torched was passed on to me to help people."

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