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∙ 13y agoBecause he was blind ad he needed a way of reading. :)
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∙ 12y agoLouis braille was 3 years old when he became blind it was an accident it happened in like this garage thing or something with his dad when something hit Louis in the eye
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∙ 13y agoJanuar 4th 1809 - Januar 6th 1852
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∙ 12y agoLouis braille died January 6 1852
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∙ 11y agohe was 43
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∙ 14y agoin 1836
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What did Louis Braille look like?
Louis was blind at the age of 3 not very old and he died at the age of 43 not old.
Blind people can read with what system?
Braille developed in 1824 by 15 year old Louis Braille. Braille was blinded by an accident in his father's shop when he was 3.
What day and year was Braille invented?
Braille was invented in 1821, though probably not in one day. Louis Braille was twelve years old when he invented the system, though it was not widely accepted at the time. The Braille system became the official reading and writing method of the National Institute for Blind Youth only six months after Louis Braille's death in 1852.
What happened to Louis Braille when he was three years old?
Yes. Louis Braille did become blind at the age of three, when he accidentally poked himself in the eye with a stitching awl. And because of sympathetic ophthalmia, he lost the sight of his other eye as well.
What challenges did Louis Braille face?
1. it was hard for him in the begging when he was blind2. school3. learning a new method to know how who to read
How old was Louis Braille at death?
Louis Braille is dead
What was Louis braille mom and dads name?
Louis Braille's dad was a saddle and harness maker in the village of Coupvray (in Paris) and Louis loved to watch him and that was the place where he first got blind from an accident with an awl ( one of his fathers tools that he wasn't supposed to touch) it punctured his eye and infected his other eye this could not be cured back then so he was blind when he was 4 years old hope that answers your question and i know all this because my class just finished reading Out of Darkness the story of Louis Braille.
How old was Louis Braille when he published his first braille book?
Louis Braille was 17 years old when he published his first braille book in 1829.
What grave Louis Braille the idea to make the braille?
Louis Braille was inspired to create the braille writing system by the military cryptography system known as "night writing" developed by Charles Barbier. Braille modified this system to create a tactile writing system for individuals who are blind or visually impaired.
What was the name of Louis Braille's old school?
something
Who invented the alphabet for the blind?
The one that is used today was invented by Louis Braille, who was only 13 years old when he invented it. There were other attempts at inventing such an alphabet before he invented his, but they were not very practical.
Why did Louis Braille die?
Braille contracted incurable tuberculosis in 1835 and succumbed to the disease in 1852. (He was 43 years old at the time of his death.)
