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Louis Braille

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• Louis invented Braille when he was 12 years old in 1821.
• He was in a school for the blind when he learned to read. But his school's library only had 14 huge books with raised letters - and Louis read them all.
• A soldier named Charles Barbier visited Louis' school and taught the kids about a code that soldiers could use to talk to each other without speaking.
• Braille saw that this night writing system could be adapted for the blind.
  
  
• He published his first Braille book in 1829 at the age of 20.
• Almost every country around the world uses Braille today.
• A 12 year old changed the way blind people get around and communicate. He changed the world - what can you do to change the world?