There are thousands of them in the city; stuck to street signs and tucked inside elevators. Tiny signs that are vital to part of our population but go unnoticed by most.
Participants learned to braille their own name before making labels to mimic printed signs around the Melbourne Knowledge Week event, such as names of exhibits and the groups presenting.They were also given pre-made braille to take away with them, offering positive messages to vision impaired people, such as: “Love braille”, “Love reading”, “Braille since 1829” and “Read on”.
“I label items in the pantry or cosmetics ... I use it for braille music. I’m a classical soprano at the church and I couldn’t sing in the busy choir that I do without the braille music in front of me,” she said.Kwong went to the event with friend Rhiannon Rowbotham after hearing about it through a running group for the vision-impaired, Achilles Melbourne, where they volunteer.