Braille language uses punctures on paper so that it could be read with fingers.

“The menu scheme will be launched in collaboration with the Ebsar Society for Rehabilitation of Visually Impaired,” Chairman of the Hospitality Committee at the JCCI Khaled Al-Harithy said while participating in a program for manpower development of people with special needs at the chamber headquarters in Jeddah yesterday.

Al-Harithy said the idea is significant because people with disability are keen to enter mainstream life and participate in normal activities like any other people. The committee will prepare the special menu in both English and Arabic languages, he added.

Secretary-General of Ebsar (Vision) Society Muhammad Bello welcomed the idea, adding that the proposed move would benefit an estimated 100,000 visually impaired people in the Kingdom who can understand the Braille language.  He also stressed the need for restaurants to develop a team of workers who can help and interact with the disabled people freely.

He said the Saudi Arabian Airlines have been supplying in-flight Braille menu since 1992. The airlines has also won three international awards for its special attention to disabled passengers, he said.