January 4th was the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille.
A remarkable young man who, at the age of 15, invented the system of reading and writing that now bears his name - Braille. The Wikipedia article about him shows how his idea is based upon a system developed by someone else but his genius was in refining it so that it became a truly useful mechanism to help blind people read and write.
An article by David Blunkett at the BBC site illuminates the subject further.
Visit the RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind people) site to learn more or even learn how to read Braille.
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