Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Louis Braille and the invention of the Braille system of writing for the blind

Dramatizes the life of Louis Braille, including the events that caused him to become blind as well as the cause of his death in 1852 at the age of 43 of tuberculosis. Illustrates the development of the Braille System, which he created in 1824 at the age of 15, and how it was at first rejected and even banned at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth (where Braille attended as a child and was later employed as a teacher).

A resource guide (with expanded Braille information and resource links) is available from the following URL:
http://dcmp.org/guides/brailleguide

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