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The International Day of the Blind was established in 1948 to draw attention to the problems of people with visual disabilities and is celebrated on November 13, the day, when Valentin Gayui was born. Valentin Gayui was one of the first typhlopedagogues, who founded the world's first school for blind children in 1784 at his own expense, the author of relief-linear font and the publisher of the first books for the blind.
Most of our world is created for the sighted, so blind people have to face many difficulties in moving independently, obtaining information and education, and finding employment. Perhaps that is why many of them are distinguished by exceptional curiosity and purposefulness, follow the path of overcoming, reaching great heights and setting an amazing example of perseverance and optimism.
The documents presented in the exhibition introduce the biographies and works of not only famous, but also ordinary blind people living among us, reveal the richness of their inner world. Visitors of the exhibition will be able to compare ordinary books with those intended for blind and visually impaired readers, published in special formats: enlarged, tactile, relief-point and sound. They will learn about the history and role of public organizations, special educational institutions, libraries and sports in the life of visually impaired people, which helps to significantly expand existing ideas about people deprived of sight, but sharp-sighted in mind and heart.
The opening hours of the exhibition correspond to the working hours of the interlibrary loan and individual subscription reading room.
Entrance to the exhibition is available by the library ticket or ticket of the library's social and cultural centre.
Phone for inquiries: (+375 17) 293 27 10.
The material is provided by the library services department.
