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Have you ever wondered how Braille, the form of written language for those who are blind, came to be?

Born in 1809, Louis became blind at the age of 4 due to an accident with an awl, a tool he was playing with in his father’s shop.

Later, at age 15, he would create a system of reading and writing we know today as Braille. 

Louis was fortunate, after going blind, his parents made efforts to raise him as normally as possible, which was uncommon given the time.

He learned to navigate the world using canes that his father made for him.

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He was incredibly smart and as a result was accommodated with higher education. 

He attended one of the first schools for blind youth in the world, while there, he learned the Haüy system of reading. This involved books of heavy paper with raised imprints of Latin letters.

The Haüy system was slow and the availability of books was limited, and there was no way to write, preventing students from sending letters home. Despite the challenges, B