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Photograph of a textbook printed in Braille. (Photo: Basilio Briceño)

The Pratt-Smoot Act, which provides people who are blind with books, becomes law.

1931

The Story of Disability Justice
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Photograph of a textbook printed in Braille. (Photo: Basilio Briceño)

Funding is given to specific libraries around the country to provide books in braille for those who are blind and/or visually impaired. This will lead to Books for the Blind, a program that provides both Braille and auditory books as part of the library system. This program still exists today.