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Mastering literary braille: a comprehensive course
By Darleen Bogart. 1989
A world perspective of library service for blind and physically handicapped individuals
By The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. 1995
A timeline that features nearly one hundred key dates pertaining to blindness. It covers the years from 308 AD -…
the birth of Didymus, blind head of the Catechetical School in Alexandria - to 1995 and the publication of the Library of Congress' 10,000th numbered Braille book. 1995.Entre aveugles: conseils à l'usage des personnes qui viennent de perdre la vue
By Louis-Emile Javal. 1903
The journey
By Kenneth Jernigan. 1993
Collection of essays designed to show that if given appropriate training and equal opportunity, people who are blind make meaningful…
contributions to society. Includes entries about Kenneth Jernigan, spokesperson for the National Federation of the Blind; Kathy Kannenberg, math teacher; Peggy Pinder, lawyer; and Theodore Paul Lubitz, violinist, singer, and piano tuner. 1993.An anthology of readers' thoughts on touch and touch reading
By National Library for the Blind. 2001
Mastering literary braille: a comprehensive course
By Braille Authority of North America. 2008
All children have different eyes: learn to play and make friends
By Edie A Glaser, Maria R Burgio, Doina Paraschiv. 2007
Spend a day with Tommy and Wendy and find out what it's really like to play and make friends with…
kids who see in different ways. Grades K-3 and older readers. 2007.Se mouvoir sans voir: éducation et rééducation fonctionnelle des aveugles et des mal-voyants
By Francis Raynard. 1991
Comment les déficients visuels peuvent améliorer leurs conditions de vie et accéder à une certaine autonomie. S'adresse aussi à toutes…
les personnes qui ont à intervenir dans leur vie quotidienne. [SDMAtteint dès la naissance d'une cataracte congénitale, Guy Favrie perd à quatorze ans l'usage de son oeil gauche et devient…
aveugle à vingt-huit ans. Quinze années plus tard, un chirurgien le ramène au monde des voyants. Renaissance et vertige de la liberté... C'est la découverte du visage de ses trois enfants et la vision choc d'un environnement urbain métamorphosé. Mais c'est aussi le brutal sevrage de la dépendance, la rupture de l'équilibre complexe, ambigu, qui lie le handicapé à son entourage. Authentique et jamais pesant, le témoignage de Guy Favrie évite l'autocomplaisance et l'émotion facile, distillant l'essentiel d'un parcours douloureux des ténèbres à la lumière. -- 4e de couvLa vie des aveugles (Que sais-je? #152)
By Pierre Henri. 1969
Forward Together: An Inside Look at Guide Dog Training
By Christie Bane. 2020
Have you ever watched a person who is blind working with a guide dog and wondered how the dog was…
trained? Forward Together reveals the professional methods behind training guide dog skills, including the following: *Accepting the harness and other equipment*Leading the handler around obstacles*Stopping for changes in elevation*Ignoring distractions while working*Generalizing behaviors to different environments*Taking action as needed to keep the handler safe from trafficThe book also includes in-depth explanations of matching dogs to handlers, and teaching handlers how to work with their new guide dogs. The author draws on over three decades of experience raising and training guide dogs for different organizations to provide insight into the training behind these lifesaving dogs.Revised standards and guidelines of service for Library of Congress network of libraries for the blind and physically handicapped, 2017
By Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies, Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies Staff. 2017
Updated standards address staff, consultants, volunteers, and stakeholders of libraries serving blind and physically handicapped individuals. Offers guidelines for patron…
contact, lending, outreach, and for producing websites and reading materials. Covers budgets, policies and procedures, reports, and research and development. 2017Unblinded: one man's courageous journey through darkness to sight
By Traci Medford-Rosow, Kevin Coughlin. 2018
In 1997, thirty-six-year-old Kevin Coughlin's eyesight began to blur, and within five days he had lost his vision. He describes…
learning he has a genetic disorder called Leber hereditary optic neuropathy and how, fifteen years later, he mysteriously began to regain his sight. Includes journal entries. 2018There plant eyes: A personal and cultural history of blindness
By M. Leona Godin. 2021
From Homer to Helen Keller, from Dune to Stevie Wonder, from the invention of braille to the science of echolocation,…
M. Leona Godin explores the fascinating history of blindness, interweaving it with her own story of gradually losing her sight. There Plant Eyes probes the ways in which blindness has shaped our ocularcentric culture, challenging deeply ingrained ideas about what it means to be “blind.” For millennia, blindness has been used to signify such things as thoughtlessness (“blind faith”), irrationality (“blind rage”), and unconsciousness (“blind evolution”). But at the same time, blind people have been othered as the recipients of special powers as compensation for lost sight (from the poetic gifts of John Milton to the heightened senses of the comic book hero Daredevil). Godin—who began losing her vision at age ten—illuminates the often-surprising history of both the condition of blindness and the myths and ideas that have grown up around it over the course of generations. She combines an analysis of blindness in art and culture (from King Lear to Star Wars) with a study of the science of blindness and key developments in accessibility (the white cane, embossed printing, digital technology) to paint a vivid personal and cultural history.Diabetic retinopathy: from diagnosis to treatment
By Homayoun Tabandeh, David S. Boyer. 2014
Retina specialists and authors of Macular Degeneration (DB 74495) describe diabetic retinopathy, a potential problem for people with diabetes. Discuss…
its development, treatment options and ways to slow its progress, and lifestyle changes that lead to better glucose control. Offer advice on coping with visual impairment. 2014Just one of the kids: raising a resilient family when one of your children has a physical disability (A Johns Hopkins Press health book)
By Sara Palmer, Kay Harris Kriegsman. 2013
Psychologist Kriegsman and Johns Hopkins assistant professor Palmer discuss the social and emotional aspects of family life that are affected…
by a child's physical disability. They use examples to demonstrate ways to be pragmatic and inclusive when solving problems and setting expectations. 2013Macular disease: practical strategies for living with vision loss
By Peggy R. Wolfe. 2011
Second edition of guidebook suggests strategies to compensate for declining vision. Provides tips for organizing one's home; dealing with financial,…
personal, and legal affairs; and maximizing one's independence. Lists technological devices available and organizations and businesses that offer assistance. 2011Visionary kitchen: a cookbook for eye health
By Sandra Young. 2013
Sandra Young, optometrist and chef has crafted 150+ mouth-watering, nutrient dense recipes based on recent published science which identifies essential…
eye nutrients. These low-glycemic impact recipes are designed to meet a wide variety of dietary needs ranging from traditional fare to gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, and dairy-free optionsAccess anything: I can do that! : adventuring with disabilities (Adventuring with Disabilities)
By Andrea C Jehn, Andrea Jehn Kennedy, Craig P. Kennedy. 2007
Guide to sports and travel for people with disabilities features interviews with world-class athletes, including a paraplegic skier. Describes forty-five…
individual and team sports adapted for people of varying physical abilities. Covers rules and equipment. Provides tips for travel by airplane, car, charter bus, cruise ship, and train. 2007Surpassing expectations: my life without sight
By Lawrence Scadden. 2008
Autobiography of California-born (1939) Scadden, who was blinded at age five. Describes his career as a research psychologist with a…
doctorate degree. Discusses his work in developing assistive technology for visually impaired people and promoting science education. Examines the effects of blindness, Scadden's personal development, and his experiences abroad. 2008