This courageous boy was Louis Braille, who was later regarded as one of France’s national hero. The first book in Braille was published in 1827. He worked on this scheme for several years and developed new systems for music and mathematics.

Louis Braille later became teacher in the same school. Unfortunately, he died in 1852, at the age of 43, living behind a generation of admiring pupils, who took up his mission spreading awareness about Braille.

One of  them was Dr. Robert Armitage, who along with some fellow pupils, founded the British and Foreign Society for Improving the Embossed Literature of the Blind. This small band of friends grew and grew to become the Royal National Institute for the Blind, the largest publisher of braille in Europe and Britain's largest organization for people with impaired vision.

Gradually, even sighted people came to realize the utility of Braille as a medium of communication. The visually impaired people could now not only read, but also write.

The response was overwhelming, and Braille was gradually adapted in different languages.

The Braille system gave new hope to millions of people around the world, who otherwise would have spent their whole life in an isolated, dark world.