braille history

Celebrating APH Founders Day

On this day in 1858, the Commonwealth of Kentucky chartered the American Printing House for the Blind, recognized as a...

Louis Braille’s code lives on today as individuals who are blind and have low vision use his system to read...

Braille, introduced by Louis Braille in Paris, France in 1829, has opened up the world of reading and writing for...

When fifteen-year-old Louis Braille presented his tactile system of raised dots in 1824, he...

Today, it is typical for individuals who are sighted to read print and for people who are blind or low...

When the AFB Helen Keller Archives were loaned to APH in 2020 by the American Foundation for the Blind, they...

You’re not going to believe this, but with centuries of potential titles to choose from, all three of the first...