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Louis Braille was born in the nineteenth century.
When he was three years old, a tragic accident at
his father's workshop left ___1___
permanently blind. ___2___
a young boy, Louis was hardworking and intelligent.
His teachers suggested that he should be enrolled ___3___
the National Institute for Blind Youths. At that
time, this was the only school ___4___
the blind in France.
At the institute, Louis was eager to
___5___ to read and write. To his great
disappointment, the few ___6___
he found at the institute used raised letters. This
method of reading was difficult for the blind, who
had to feel slowly ___7___
letter. By the time they ___8___
the end of a sentence, they had forgotten what the ___9___
was about !
Louis wanted to develop an ___10___
reading system for the blind. His idea of such a
system ___11___
from Charles Barbier, a French army officer. Barbier
had invented a system called 'Night Writing', which
was ___12___
up of dots and dashes. Soldiers used this system to ___13___
with one another during the night. Louis adapted
this system for his own ___14___
. He got ___15___
of the dashes and produced a simpler system ___16___
on dots. For example, 'A' is represented ___17___
a single dot. Many blind students found this system ___18___
easier to use.
This ___19___
to be known as the 'Braille' system. Today, millions
of ___20___
people are able to read, thanks to the work of a
dedicated, young blind man.
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