LEGO Braille Bricks are special bricks designed with a special studs layout on top of them that reflects letters and numbers in the Braille alphabet. They’re a special project by LEGO Group and the LEGO Foundation aimed at teaching critical thinking, as well as the Braille alphabet, to kids with vision impairment. The goal is to offer blind or shortsighted kids a playful way to learn to read and write through play. The project stems from values of inclusion and collaboration.

The Braille Bricks are compatible with regular LEGO bricks, despite the missing studs. Moreover, the corresponding letters, numbers and symbols printed on them make it easy for sighted and vision impaired kids to play together in a collaborative and inclusive way. The Braille Bricks come with a specific pedagogical concept to teach kids pre-braille and braille activities through brick-based play. 


After a successful two-years test phase in collaboration with blind communities in Denmark, Brazil, UK, Norway, Germany, France and USA, LEGO is now ready to expand the project to more countries, including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The Lego Bricks are distributed through local partners in kits that include 300+ LEGO Braille Bricks covering the full alphabet in the chosen language, numbers 0-9, and select mathematical symbols and punctuation marks.