Braille statue
Ever been to the Braille Institute in LA? If not, it is
quite a place to visit.
There is a statue in the courtyard area. It is unlike any
other ever seen.
A man on a bench reading a braille book to a couple of
kids.
You walk up to it and sudenly a voice speaks to you
discribing the book and the brief history of the Braille
Institute.
The statue dipicts the founder J Robert Atkinson.
Atkinson is the founder of the Braille Institute over a
centery ago.
In 1912 he suffered blindness from a gun shot wound. His
first braille transcribed book was the bible.
J Robert Atkinson passed away in 1964, leaving a large
legacy of helping the visualy impaired to read and
accomplish other things.
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