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LEGO is testing a redesigned version of the iconic childhood toy that is meant to help blind or visually impaired children learn braille in an engaging way.
It’s a big mission, given that only 10% of blind children in the U.S. are currently learning to read braille, according to a report by the National Federation of the Blind.
LEGO unveiled its Braille Bricks on Wednesday at the Sustainable Brands Conference in Paris, France.
According to LEGO’s announcement, the Braille Bricks will be molded with the same number of studs used for different letters and numbers in the braille alphabet, but will still work like original LEGOs.
Each brick will also have the letter or character it represents printed on it, to make sure everyone knows which are which.
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