This Thursday, the 20th, the toy manufacturer Lego officially launches the Lego Braille Bricks collection, with pieces that allow reading in Braille in six languages: Danish, Norwegian, English, Portuguese, German, and French, with the ambition for the concept to be implemented in 11 languages across 20 countries by early 2021, with Brazil already participating in the first launch phase.
“With the Braille Bricks collection, the Lego Foundation has created a completely new and engaging way for visually impaired children to learn to read and write,” said David Clarke, Director of Services at the Royal National Institute of Blind People, which worked with the Lego Foundation to develop and test the bricks in the UK.
“We are excited to launch the first wave of the Lego Braille Bricks program and put the toolkits into children's hands,” says Stine Storm, senior play and health specialist at the Lego Foundation.
Each kit will contain over 300 Lego Braille pieces covering the complete alphabet in the chosen language, numbers from zero to 9, and selected mathematical symbols and punctuation marks. It will be available in five Lego colors and will also include three base plates and a brick separator.
As the kits are released in each country, they will also be distributed free of charge to selected institutions, schools, and services focused on the education of visually impaired children.
