Key to preventing the spread of H.I.V/A.I.D.S disease is information. A book in Braille has been launched in Namibia that gives all the essential information on H.I.V./A.I.D.S. to visually impaired people. <br><br>Over 2,30,000 Namibians are affected with H.I.V. /A.I.D.S. Lack of awareness material in suitable format has only meant no access to information, discrimination in general, resulting in a lack of access to services. This book is being seen as an answer to them. <br><br>Titled ‘H.I.V. and A.I.D.S. Action Now’, the book describes among others what the disease is, how one can be infected, why it is spreading, how one can know that they have the disease. It also talks about voluntary counselling and testing, anti-retroviral therapy, stigma and discrimination and preventing the sickness among many other topics.<br><br>This story holds true for India too. After Africa, India has the largest population of H.I.V./A.I.D.S. infected people in the world. But are people with disabilities part of HIV/AIDS awareness campaign? Is there enough material in suitable format so that visually impaired people can have access to all the information they need on the issue? <br><br>Experts felt disabled people, especially those who are visually and hearing impaired are not part of H.I.V./A.I.D.S. workshops and when they were, they could not access the information. Part of the problem arises from misconceptions that disabled people do not engage in sexual activities and such attitudes seclude disabled people.