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See our list of historically famous people with visual impairments including total blindness, sight conditions, or blindness in one eye.
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- Rehabilitation Act of 1973
26 maj 2024 · But in 1824, a brilliant teenage French student named Louis Braille began devising a tactile code that would open up the world to blind readers‘ fingertips. His invention, now simply known as "braille", has since been adapted globally to empower the visually impaired to read, write, and participate more fully in school, work, and society.
A French educator and inventor, Braille was best known for inventing the system of reading and writing now known worldwide as Braille. As a young boy, he was blinded in an accident at his father’s woodshop.
6 wrz 2024 · With inspiration and effort, Louis Braille devised a simple and elegant system that allowed the blind and visually impaired to read quickly and almost effortlessly.
Braille is a unique tactile writing system of raised dots that blind and partially sighted people can read by touch. The ability to understand braille means that people with sight loss have the same access to written word as sighted people and are able to enjoy reading for life.
In computer Braille, for example, there are special characters that are placed in front of Internet addresses. The sighted person can understand entire sections of text, while the blind person can only read character by character, which is why such characters are particularly important for them.
5 lip 2023 · Louis Braille, at 15, invented a tactile code that would change the lives of blind people worldwide. Who was Louis Braille, and how did his contribution to communication for people with...
