The Unseen Minority: A Social History of Blindness in the United States: 22. One World

Abstract: Concern for those blinded during both World Wars led to efforts to establish an international organization and, among other goals, to standardize braille. The history of international organizations is uneven, but by the 1950s the American Foundation for the Overseas Blind (AFOB) was active around the world.

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