Legos For All!

WBZ's Jordan Rich says Legos has released a first-of-its-kind, braille Legos!

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Upside with Jordan,A dose of good news because it's a
big world out there. I loveLegos. Who doesn't love Legos? And
some really exciting news coming out ofthe Lego factory. After four years of
testing, they have released their firstset of Braille Lego bricks to the public.
Each brick in the Play with Brailleset uses the iconic studs were all

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familiar with to teach letters and symbolsfrom the Braille alphabet. A great step
forward and teaching braille, making itmore accessible and more fun for those with
vision deficiencies and for those who arecited who want to learn the Braille language.
They covered a lot of the angles. This set also remains one hundred
percent compatible with any other Lego set, approachable to people of all ages and
abilities, As Martin Able Williamson,the President of the World Blind Union,

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says, for the blind community,braille is not just literacy, it's our
entry to independence and inclusion, andto have Lego Braille bricks made available for
the wider public is a big stepforward to ensuring more kids will want to
learn Braille in the first place.And that's the Upside with Jordan wz Boston's
news radio, oh