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Words You Can Touch

  • August 17, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

Blind and visually impaired people can read with their fingers, thanks to Louis Braille. Blinded in 1812 at age three, he was 15 when he developed his Braille alphabet, using six dots in different patterns. It can even be used to write music!

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