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Kingsley Clarence Dassanaike (/dəsəˈnaɪəkə/ də-sə-NEYE-ə-kə Sinhala: කිංස්ලි දසනායක; Template:Lang-ta), the first non-foreign Principal of the School for the Deaf & Blind in Ratmalana, Sri Lanka was the inventor of the Sinhalese Braille system, and served as the Chairman of the Extension Scout Committee for handicapped Scouts of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.
Sinhala Braille system
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In 1947, Dassanaike, principal of the school for the blind at Ratmalana, introduced a more practical code which was influenced by the principles and practices of the English braille code.
Later life in Scouting
In 1972, he was awarded the 76th Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded at the 24th World Scout Conference in Nairobi, Kenya by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, the only Sri Lankan thus awarded to date. He served in a Special Committee attached to the International Advisory Bureau for Handicapped Scouts.
References
- ^ Official List of Bronze Wolf Awardess scout.org
- https://www.freunde-der-dzb.de/files/papers_topic_6_weerawardhana.doc
- Dassanayake K.C., (1960) Sinhala Braille kramaya.
- Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985 Pg. 221
- Pg. No 105 of the Golden Jubilee Souvenir 1962
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