This topic highlights the pioneers who built the first schools and laws for children with disabilities during the Industrial Age. Valentin Haüy founded the first school for the blind in Paris in 1784, and Louis Braille later invented the raised dot reading system in 1824. Gallaudet University was founded in 1864 and became a landmark institution for deaf education in the United States. In Britain, the 1899 Elementary Education Act required schools to educate children with physical and mental disabilities, marking an important early step toward inclusive education.