How Braille is Still Making an Impact at Achieve

Despite advances in audio and digital technology, Braille remains essential. It supports literacy, independence, and access to everyday information. It shows up in places people rely on every day, like lift buttons and floor signage, train stations and platforms, appliances at home, medication labels, and hard-copy Braille books. These are situations where information needs to be quick, reliable, and private. 

Braille matters most when it is built into real environments. When it is missing, people have to stop and ask for help. When it is present, they can move through their day without interruption. 

That thinking applies at work too. 

Workplaces are full of shared spaces and routines. Kitchens, meeting rooms, equipment, storage areas. If access is not considered, small tasks turn into barriers. 

At Achieve, access is treated as part of normal work life. One small but practical example is in the kitchen, where tea and coffee jars are labelled in Braille. This means staff can make a drink without needing to ask which jar is which. It is a simple change, but it removes an unnecessary interruption from the workday. 

World Braille Day is a reminder that access is created through these kinds of everyday choices. Not through one-off gestures, but through environments that are set up properly from the start. 

Watch here: An Achieve staff member shares how he uses Braille in everyday life.