World Braille Day

World Braille Day was first celebrated in 2019 to raise awareness of the importance of braille as a means of communication and as a human right for those who are blind and visually impaired. The date marks the birthday of Louis Braille, creator of this writing...

International Day of Sign Languages

The proposal for International Day of Sign Languages came from the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) — 135 national associations representing 70 million deaf people’s human rights worldwide — and marks the date that the WFD was established in 1951 as an...

World Telecommunication and Information Society Day

Also known as World Information Society Day, this Day highlights the possibilities that the Internet and other information and communication technology (ICT) can bring to societies and economies, as well as ways of bridging the digital divide. It marks the anniversary...