Abstract
Dissemination of Braille as an alternative means of visual communication has been a key factor in the integration of blind people. The Braille system was introduced in Argentina by teaching Juan Lorenzo Gonzalez.This article aims to contribute to the knowledge of the unknown blind master. Although he remained in Spain overshadowed by other teachers, his altruistic personality led him to settle in the city of Buenos Aires, where he developed his greatest educational work. On 1 March 1887, the official of the Sociedad de Beneficencia of Buenos Aires proposed to him, a newcomer to this city, as a teacher of the blind people in the Asilo de Huerfanos. The proposal was accepted with a quick response and a few months after his appointment, he began his task. It was then when the institutional and professional care of the blind people in Argentina began; until then had only the blind received material support and charitable shelter. This study was approached from a historical perspective, has been based on archival sources,historical and current newspapers and publications, mainly Argentina. In this research reveal meaningful data that allow some of the unknowns about the biography of this remarkable personality.
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