A Warm World Read by Hand... Gangdong-gu Publishes Braille Newsletter

Quarterly 250 Copies Published, Total 60 Pages Featuring Welfare, Administration, and Lifestyle Information... Expected to Enhance Visual Impaired Rights and Reduce Information Inequality

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangdong-gu (Mayor Lee Jung-hoon) is publishing a braille newsletter for visually impaired residents, aiming to fulfill their right to know, expand information accessibility, and reduce the information gap among residents.

The braille newsletter contains a total of 60 pages with customized useful information for the visually impaired, including welfare services, education, administrative news, tourist destinations, and health information.

The first 40 pages are produced in braille for the visually impaired, and the last 20 pages are in large print to provide opportunities for both disabled and non-disabled people to understand and communicate with each other.

It will be published quarterly, 250 copies each time, and mailed to visually impaired individuals who wish to subscribe to the braille newsletter.

Additionally, copies will be placed at community service centers, comprehensive welfare centers for the disabled, welfare centers for the visually impaired, and libraries to encourage more disabled people to take interest in and participate in administration.

Lee Jung-hoon, Mayor of Gangdong-gu, stated, “People with disabilities are at the center of policies that create a society without discrimination,” and added, “About 1,800 visually impaired residents live in Gangdong-gu, and we hope that publishing the braille newsletter will be a starting point to resolve information inequality faced by people with disabilities and realize warm welfare for coexistence.”

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.