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  • Six Facts About Braille for Braille Literacy Month 

    Six Facts About Braille for Braille Literacy Month 

    January is Braille Literacy Month, which also honors Louie Braille (born on January 4, 1809), creator of the braille system. Braille created this code system at the age of 12 after an accident left him blind at three-years-old. He discovered a French military code called “night writing” that allowed soldiers to communicate in darkness without having…

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