Braille is the famous system of embossed type than enables the blind and the partially sighted to read and write. The story of its invention by someone who was blind himself is fascinating.
One day, a three-year-old boy named Louis Braille picked up an awl belonging to his shoemaker father, but the tool slipped and he was blinded in one eye; later an infection caused the loss of sight in his other eye.
Louis was born near Paris in 1809. A clever child, he attended a school for the blind, where pupils were taught practical skills. They were also taught to read, but not to write. However, the method used to teach reading was difficult to master.
In 1821 Charles Barbier, a soldier who had invented for military purposes a system of night-writing using twelve embossed dots, visited the school. His system had never been widely used but Louis saw its potential. After a great deal of hard work Braille was born and in 1827 the first Braille book was published.
Braille has opened new doors of opportunity, enabling the visually impaired not only to read but to write, read music and even do mathematics.
[The Friendship Book 2009]
One day, a three-year-old boy named Louis Braille picked up an awl belonging to his shoemaker father, but the tool slipped and he was blinded in one eye; later an infection caused the loss of sight in his other eye.
Louis was born near Paris in 1809. A clever child, he attended a school for the blind, where pupils were taught practical skills. They were also taught to read, but not to write. However, the method used to teach reading was difficult to master.
In 1821 Charles Barbier, a soldier who had invented for military purposes a system of night-writing using twelve embossed dots, visited the school. His system had never been widely used but Louis saw its potential. After a great deal of hard work Braille was born and in 1827 the first Braille book was published.
Braille has opened new doors of opportunity, enabling the visually impaired not only to read but to write, read music and even do mathematics.
[The Friendship Book 2009]
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