It also disseminates educative information to the public on eye care and the prevention of blindness. There is a Welfare Assistance Scheme for the benefit of needy and poor blind persons. The estimated annual operating cost is about RM140,000. We have to depend very much on the generosity of other supporters, whose donations help translate our responsibilities and aspirations in to reality. A Common Written Language Braille is surely the most significant contribution to the advancement of blind people since the cane.
Braille is our means of literacy.
With it, we can write our thoughts and communicate them to others. With Braille in hand, we can read the great literary classics, read to our children, lecture at universities, present papers in public meetings, learn the details of the latest news or the most advanced science. Universally, the white cane is recognized as an indication that the bearer is totally or partially visually impaired. Given the prevalent attitudes towards blindness, however, this has also come to mean that the bearer is handicapped and needs assistance. We need to note that the white cane is also known as the mobility cane and this should add a whole different dimension to its significance.