Brisbane's Braille House celebrates 125 years in operation
For 126 years, braille house has been providing services for blind people across Australia. Its annual "literacy challenge" tests the skills of school students with prizes on offer.
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00:00 The competition was fierce.
00:04 Any of the prizes you're after?
00:06 Ummm, money.
00:07 The annual event tests students' reading and writing skills.
00:10 It also introduces younger participants to braille.
00:13 Can I feel the book?
00:16 You can very soon.
00:17 We can read it again and you can hold it.
00:19 Is there any friends you're looking forward to seeing?
00:21 Dylan is coming too and he goes to the same school as me.
00:26 The literacy challenge caters for students from year 1 through to grade 12.
00:31 Prize is just the extra bonus.
00:32 I think the main thing about today is really catching up with people you know and people
00:37 you haven't seen for a while.
00:39 Rowan Gillam was looking forward to catching up with friends and some healthy competition.
00:43 My favourite thing would have to be winning at Uno.
00:45 Do you win by much?
00:47 Umm, I can win three games.
00:49 The year 5 student is a cross country runner and one day he wants to compete at the Paralympics.
00:54 I can win the Nationals, I can win the Canberra and I've also got three second place medals.
01:00 Rowan Gillam.
01:05 Rowan also took out the Braille House Encouragement Award.
01:08 Braille House is planning to build a new state of the art facility behind this historic old
01:14 building but it needs funding support from the community and the government.
01:19 Whatever we can do to make sure that this amazing organisation stays viable and functions
01:26 into the future and if that means we've got to help them with some capital works, well
01:30 I reckon we're all ears.
01:31 Wonderful support to date.
01:35 It's taken some time to get there but we'll certainly be asking more about how they can
01:39 help us provide a facility.
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