Dr. William Moon was known for having created his own system for teaching the blind to read. He was born in Horsmonden on December 18, 1818. Initially, he was just as healthy as anyone else. However, he eventually contracted scarlet fever, which rendered him blind in one eye and left the other with very faulty vision. He was left under the care of his grandparents after this (for reasons unknown) , but his parents still played a large role in his upbringing. He attended a school for sighted children, and always maintained that blind students should be allowed to learn alongside students with normal eyesight — a mindset that was more in line with modern perceptions of the blind and could have been seen as somewhat unusual at the time. After he left school, he moved back in with his now-widowed mother, aiming to train for the non-conformist ministry. However, his goals were snatched away from him when he was completely blinded by the age of 21. When people hear about writing for the bl...