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Braille

There are five senses:

touch     taste     smell     sight     hearing
If someone loses one of their senses, they often use make more use of the others.

People who cannot see printed words may use Braille to read and write.

Braille is a method of reading by touch.

Can you find out:

Who invented Braille?

What does it look/ feel like?

How do people 'write' Braille?

How do you write numbers using Braille?

You might be able to find this information in a library or you could contact the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB)
Their address is 224 Great Portland Street, London W1N 6AA
They have lots of information on their web site at http://www.rnib.org.uk/

Their web site will tell you all about Braille at http://www.rnib.org.uk/braille/welc.htm

 

 
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