In 1821, an 11-year-old Louis Braille from Coupvray, a small town in France, learned of French Army officer Charles Barbier’s secret military night-writing system. Later, he devised a code based on a raised six-dot cell. The code fundamentally changed communication. As we celebrate his birth anniversary tomorrow, here are three Braille-related initiatives that you can be part of.

National Association for the Blind
The history of the pan-India organisation goes back to 1952. The body also introduced the white cane in India and started the first-ever Braille production unit in Mumbai.