 Braille studied in Coupvray until the age of ten . Because of his combination of intelligence and diligence , Braille was permitted to attend one of the first schools for blind children in the world , the Royal Institute for Blind Youth , since renamed to the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris . Braille , the last of the family 's children to leave the household , departed for the school in February 1819 . At that time the Royal Institute was an underfunded , ramshackle affair , but it provided a relatively stable environment for blind children to learn and associate together . 
