Louis Braille of France

World Braille Day is celebrated on January 4, so I thought I'd take a minute to acknowledge Frenchman Louis Braille, who invented this form of communication used right around the world by people who are blind or visually impaired. Louis lost his sight after a childhood accident and, at just 15 years of age, began working on his own adapted codes for reading and writing using the French alphabet. Clearly a very talented man!

This image was kindly sourced from here.