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Blinded at the age of 3, louis braille developed a superb memory that enabled him to do well in school. Biography louis braille was the inventor of braille, a system of reading and writing used by people who are blind or visually impaired. To begin with, this marvelous book mainly focuses on how louis braille used his perseverance to learn and work hard until his big achievement. Louis braille uitvinder van het brailleschrift historiek. The headmaster read from a library book and louis took dictation in dots, then read the text back perfectly. The books are for the children to keep and collect for as long as they want them. An injury to his eye at age three resulted in total loss of vision. Braille alphabet and graphics might be cool to do with nails to make a secret pattern the braille alphabet for deafblind db.
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