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Unit2TextAHeHelpedtheBlindJeanneK.GrieserBlindandwantingtoread—thoseweretherealitiesofLouisBraille’slife.ThedesiretoreadeasilyledtotheBraillesystem.January4isBrailleDay.Thatdayhonorstheblind.ButweshouldalsorememberLouisandwhatheachievedbyage15.LouisBraillewasbornonJanuary4,1809,inFrance.Helivedwithhisparents,twooldersisters,andoneolderbrotherinasmall,stonehouseinCoupvray.Three-year-oldLouiswenttohisfather’sworkshop.Louis’sfatherwasasaddlemakerwhomadeitemsoutofleather.Imitatinghisfather,Louistriedtocutapieceofleatherwithasmallknife.Hishandslipped,andthepointoftheknifewentintohiseye.Thedoctorstookcareofhimthebesttheycould,buttheinjuredeyegotinfected.Thentheinfectionspreadtohisgoodeye.Louisbecameblind.Louiswenttoapublicschoolandlearnedbylisteningtotheteacher.Todohishomework,hissisterandafriendreadtheassignmentstohim.SoonLouiswasatthetopofhisclass.
Oneday,thepastorofLouis’schurchcametoLouis’shouseandtoldhisparentsofaschoolfortheblindinParis.Louis’sparentsdecidedtosendhimtotheschoolwhenhewasnineyearsold.Louiswantedverymuchtoread.Theschoolhadonly14booksforblindpeople;thebookswerebigandheavy.Theletterswerelargeandraised;onebooktookalongtimetoread.Louisthoughttheremustbeabetterwaytoread.WhenLouiswas12,CharlesBarbier,aFrenchArmyofficer,cametotheschool.Barbierdevelopedanalphabetcodeusedbyarmysoldiers.Thecodewasusedtodelivermessagestothesoldiersatnight.Itwasmadeupofdotsanddashes.Itkeptthemessagessecreteveniftheenemywouldseethem,butthecodewastoocomplicatedfortheblind.Louisthoughtthecodewasslowandthedashestookuptoomuchspace.Onlyoneortwosentencesfitonapage.Overthenextthreeyears,Louisworkedtosimplifythecode.Onavacationathome,Louis,age15,pickedupabluntawl.Aha!Anideacametohim.Hemadethealphabetusingonlysixdots.Differentdotswereraisedfordifferentletters.Later,hemadeasystemfornumbersandmusic.Today,Brailleisinnearlyeverylanguagearoundtheworld.LouisBraille,atage15,changedthelivesofblindpeoplewhenhecreatedthesix-dotBraillesystem.ItisfittingthatJanuary4,Louis’sbirthday,isconsideredBrailleDay,inhonoroftheblind.
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