Visually-Impaired Girl Reads A Menu For The First Time, Her Story Is Now Viral

New Delhi: Keep the tissues handy because this one will make you teary-eyed. Alyssa Herrera's sister has been visually-impaired since birth. On Tuesday, she tweeted the moment her sister was able to read a food menu for the first time in 18 years. She tweeted a photo of her sister ordering her own food with the help of a Braille menu and the image is melting hearts. When the siblings went to eat at Red Robin Burgers in Ohio, Alyssa was surprised to see the restaurant offered her sister a menu written in Braille.

Her tweet was liked over 350,000 times and retweeted 95,000 times.
 

My sister has been in this world for 18 yrs and today is the first time she has been offered a menu at a restaurant pic.twitter.com/Yve18jhw8k

— Alyssa (@alyssaherrera33) March 27, 2017

Alyssa also posted a screenshot of a conversation with the restaurant, thanking them for making their visit special. The restaurant returned the favour by inviting the siblings back along with a $50 gift coupon.
 

Much love for @redrobinburgers pic.twitter.com/YWB06l1bOl

— Alyssa (@alyssaherrera33) March 28, 2017

Twitter was overwhelmed with emotions
 

@alyssaherrera33 @MrJayBenz pic.twitter.com/difdQAAbNo

— Moose (@moose_GSW) March 27, 2017

@renegadescoat @alyssaherrera33 I JUST ZOOMED IN ON THE PICTURE OMG THATS AMAZING THANK YOU

— smiles!!! on ice (@blushinVicturi) March 28, 2017

@alyssaherrera33 @HoodieAllen as a blind person myself, I can say coming across Braille menus at restaurants is all too rare

— Kenia Flores (@K__flores_) March 28, 2017

@alyssaherrera33 @HoodieAllen yay! i love how more restaurants are offering braille menus!

— Trisha Morales (@LetThereBeTears) March 27, 2017

@alyssaherrera33 wow. Never even occured to me. but i am going to ask my boyfriend to make this happen at his restaurant/bar!

— scout. (@brooklynburning) March 29, 2017

@alyssaherrera33 this made me so happy, I wish I could rt it again and again

— Amna Raheel. (@_amurr) March 28, 2017

@alyssaherrera33 I don't know why I'm crying in the club right now. pic.twitter.com/g2JL7IwDYX

— (@intoyousbieber) March 29, 2017

Braille is a system which assists visually-impaired people to read by touching a pattern of raised dots. Invented in 1800s, the system is still absent in public spaces like restaurants.

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