Institution Royale pour les Jeunes Aveugles

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1784: The world's first school for the blind, the...

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1784

The world's first school for the blind, the Institution Royale pour les Jeunes Aveugles , was opened in Paris by Valentin Haüy .
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
“Reading by Touch”. Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB): Publications Archive.

1786: Valentin Haüy published at Paris his Essai...

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1786

Valentin Haüy published at Paris his Essai sur l'éducation des aveugles, the first book published for the blind.
“The Catholic Encyclopedia”. New Advent.
“Reading by Touch”. Royal National Institute of the Blind (RNIB): Publications Archive.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

1829: Louis Braille, then a twenty-year-old blind...

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1829

Louis Braille , then a twenty-year-old blind instructor at the Institution Royale pour les Jeunes Aveugles in Paris, perfected his system of reading by feeling 63 different combinations of six raised dots.
British Book News. British Council.
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Rosen, Michael. Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story. John Murray, 2013.
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