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City council issues inclusive taxi driver licence applications... in BRAILLE
Local governments have in the recent past made admirable attempts to be more culturally inclusive by printing official documents in various languages.
However, one city council might have let its enthusiasm run away with itself by printing taxi driver licence applications in braille.
In a move that is almost certainly the first of its kind, the forms can also be printed and downloaded in large print or audio format people with sight problems.
A note on the Portsmouth City Council website says the documents can be downloaded in large print, Braille or audio.
The LibDem controlled local authority defended the decision.
Obviously, a taxi driver would not need the Braille version, but they might find a foreign language version helpful, a spokesperson said...
Local governments have in the recent past made admirable attempts to be more culturally inclusive by printing official documents in various languages.
However, one city council might have let its enthusiasm run away with itself by printing taxi driver licence applications in braille.
In a move that is almost certainly the first of its kind, the forms can also be printed and downloaded in large print or audio format people with sight problems.
A note on the Portsmouth City Council website says the documents can be downloaded in large print, Braille or audio.
The LibDem controlled local authority defended the decision.
Obviously, a taxi driver would not need the Braille version, but they might find a foreign language version helpful, a spokesperson said...
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