Louis Braille created a new dot alphabet for his blind classmates.
The story so far: Louis Braille created a new dot alphabet for his blind classmates. When Louis returned from the Exhibition of Industry in Paris , he was sad that his invention wouldn’t be available to other blind people. In the last few years he had occasionally felt tired. He also sometimes had a bad cough and fever. He grew sicker. His doctor told him he had consumption, or what we today call tuberculosis. At that time the only remedy for this disease was fresh air and rest. Louis taught less and spent time outside. He continued to improve the dot alphabet. He added the letter “w” so that his code could be used to write English. And he worked on creating math textbooks for blind students. A new director came to the Royal Institute for Blind Youth and wouldn’t allow the students to continue using Louis’ new alphabet. The director was afraid that the students would become too independent and would no longer need the teachers who could see. Louis was very disappointed. His ...