Braille Institute is a private non-profit organization whose mission is to eliminate blindness and severe sight loss as a barrier to the fulfillment of life. ...
National Federation of the Blind, the leading force in the blindness field today, has 50000 members, 700 local chapters, 52 affiliates.
The Blindness Resource Center's Braille Links has dozens of links related to the use of braille, braille advocacy, and use of braille with computers.
www.nyise.org/braille.htm
The use of Braille by the blind is universal today but it was a long bitter struggle to make it so. Dozens of different codes have been used and this site gives you their history.
Our Sponsors: Switch to Text Version or to The History of NYISE The History of Reading Codes for the Blind Go to Frames Version of this page or Switch to Text Version Valentin Hauy Louis Braille Gall, Alston, Lucas and Moon American Modified Braille British Braille As I Saw It : The War of the Dots by Richard Irwin (1955) An expanded editon William Bell Wait Braille Hotlinks Bronze bust of ...
www.nyise.org/blind/barbier.htm
