LEGO-Style Braille Bricks Help Blind Children Learn To Read

View fullsize

I love coming across stuff like this: geeky things we love transformed into things that help make the world a better place. The Dorina Nowill Foundation For The Blind has teamed up with the Lew’Lara/TBWA agency to create Braille Bricks that look like LEGO blocks. They were created to help the visually-impaired learn to read and also have fun doing it at the same time. The bricks can also be used to help other kids learn Braille as well and foster more inclusion and play for everyone.

As of right now, there are 300 sets that have been made for the students of the Dorina Nowill Foundation. It was explained that these designs are distributed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share A like 4.0 International license, which means that it is free to share or adapt for any purpose.

It would be awesome to see LEGO jump on board and take this concept to the next level.

Braille Bricks is a toy for literacy and inclusion of blind children. Share #BrailleBricksForAll to convince toy manufactures to produce this beautiful project for children around the world. Go to www.braillebricks.com.br Follow us at: www.facebook.com/braillebricks www.twitter.com/braillebricks

Via: Board Panda