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Selections from across two Novembers: a bibliographic year
By David Faucheux, David L Faucheux. 2019
I'll push, you steer: the definitive guide to stumbling through life with blinders on
By Ronda Del Boccio, Bonnie Tesh, Ronda DelBoccio. 2006
Bonnie Tesh, a cancer survivor, and Ronda Del Boccio, legally blind, have written a book that contains stories about their…
struggles (they call them speed bumps) and how they manage to deal with them by maintaining a sense of humor and a positive attitudeNot worth saving: how a severely handicapped boy transformed lives
By Ann L Joyner. 2014
Doctors told a young mother that her unborn child's life was Not Worth Saving. With the determination that mother found…
through faith, Matthew thrived, and he did live. He spoke without talking; he loved, laughed, and made friends--all without ever saying a single word. Ann Joyner shares the story of her son Matthew's twenty-one miraculous and grace-filled years--and, unwittingly, reveals so much more about the number of lives and hearts Matthew changed, simply by being aliveHarnessing courage: overcoming adversity with grit & gratitude
By Laura Bratton. 2016
The author shares her life journey beginning when she was a child and diagnosed with an eye disease and adjusting…
to life without sight. She shares real lilfe stories and describes how she dealt with the challenges with grit and gratitudeI love today: a story of transformation
By Mark Johnson, Kristen E. Vincent. 2015
Part spiritual memoir, I Love Today is Mark's reflection on his life as a son, husband, and father; as a…
person with a disability; as a community organizer; and as a child of God. It examines the fears behind our social attitudes and offers insights for a more inclusive world. Along the way it inspires us all to learn to love todayChasing normality: with a little help from family & friends, a memoir
By Richard L. Wieler. 2009
Richard Wieler was left permanently and almost totally paralyzed by polio when he was 15. Here he tells how he…
finished high school, college and law school, becoming self-supporting and living independentlyI choose to be happy: a school shooting survivor's triumph over tragedy
By Missy Jenkins, Willliam Croyle. 2014
Missy Jenkins was a 15-year-old Kentucky high school student in 1997 when she was severely injured by Michael Carneal in…
the Heath High School shooting. Missy became paralyzed from the chest down, but refused to become a victim. She has used optimism, determination, and the power of forgiveness to live a full and happy life. She is now a public speaker who motivates others to overcome obstacles and avoid the path to anger and violence. For high school and adult. 2014Mexico by touch: true life experiences of a blind American deejay
By Larry P. Johnson. 2003
Larry Johnson relates his personal account of moving to Mexico City in 1957. Details how Johnson spent the next seventeen…
years advancing his bilingual broadcasting career in radio and TV, becoming the first blind newscaster on Mexican television. 2003Binoculars: masquerading as a sighted person
By Philip F DiMeo. 2015
For over 14 years, Philip DiMeo, a talented cartoonist and social worker, led a double life, masquerading as a fully…
sighted person, while becoming blind. He concealed his vision loss, a secret that he believed could potentially ruin his life, discovering that it actually opened doors. Philip denied having retinitis pigmentosa, an inherited degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment and often blindness, despite multiple diagnoses. Binoculars is a revealing first-hand account of a man who achieves incredible feats with his courage and talent, while coming to terms with his blindness. UnratedMy home away from home: life at Perkins School for the Blind
By Robert T Branco. 2013
The author shares his unique perspective and experience, living away from home and attending the Perkins School for the Blind,…
which he considers to be eight of the most important years of his lifeTeaching me to run
By Tommye-K Mayer. 2001
The true story of one woman's struggle back from a debilitating stroke. Against all odds she not only taught herself…
to walk but taught herself to run. Tommye-K.'s story of true grit is intriguing and thought provoking and shows how brave one can beMy imagination and art have sustained me: a memoir
By Mary O'Brien, M. J. O'Brien. 2011
Visually impaired from birth and adopted as an infant by a volatile couple in Providence, Rhode Island, the author of…
this inspirational memoir recalls her painful childhood, troubled adolescence, and life-changing experience at the Perkins School for the BlindIn and out of darkness: losing vision, gaining insight
By Linda Goodspeed. 2012
As I see it: from a blind man's perspective
By Robert Theodore Branco. 2007
Venetucci: land & legacy
By Molly Wingate, Fred Darpino, Scott Flora, Pikes Peak Library District Special Collections, Pikes Peak Community Foundation Archives. 2014
Biography of Nick and Bambi Venetucci, philanthropists and longtime residents of Colorado Springs. "They gave before being asked. They perceived…
needs and difficulties in the lives of others without being told, and then acted to make life better for each person..." Nick and Bambi's own lives were not easy. Their own personal challenges and struggles would probably have overwhelmed most of us, but they always seemed to have a nearly limitless reservoir of energy, compassion, and caring for othersIn the dark on the sunny side: a memoir of an out-of-sight mathematician (MAA spectrum)
By Lawrence W Baggett, Larry Baggett. 2012
Misfortune struck one June day in 1944, when a five-year-old Larry Baggett was forever blinded following an accident he suffered…
with a paring knife. He went on to lead an extraordinary life and on almost every occasion he was the first blind person involved in whatever was going on. As a child he was main-streamed in school long before main-streaming was common. As an adult he became an internationally recognized mathematician and successful university professor. Besides describing the various successes and failures Baggett experienced, he displays in this volume his love of math and music by interspersing short musings on both topics, such as discussing how to figure out how many dominoes are in a set, the intricacies of jazz chord progressions, and the mysterious Comma of Pythagoras. 2012As real as it gets: a rehab chaplain remembers
By Rich Stewart. 2007
Drawn from Rich Stewart's 24 years as chaplain at Craig Hospital, a rehabilitation facility in Englewood, Colorado, this collection of…
over sixty encounters is his tribute to a subculture he salutes as "one gritty bunch who, beyond surviving, are driving on toward thriving." Now retired, Stewart, spent most of his years in ministry at Craig Hospital, the remarkable "rolling parish" from which he's drawn this bookBehind the curtain: living as a quadriplegic
By Nancy H. Blose. 2015
Barely surviving a catastrophic car accident Nancy recounts her first years as a quadriplegic. While confronting attorneys, insurance claims adjusters,…
hospital bureaucracy, home healthcare providers, and further health complications Nancy intensifies her efforts towards raising her children and completing her bucket list. Her journey will educate you, leave you laughing and crying as she faces her new life in a wheelchair with unrelenting determination to appreciate and live each moment to its fullest. Contains some strong languageIncidental handicap: one woman's faith journey
By Richelle Cross Force. 2018
The author shares her story of self-acceptance while growing up with cleft lip and palate--the most common birth defect in…
the United States. Against a backdrop of the tragic death of her father and circumstances leading to emotional anguish, a smoking habit and overindulgence in alcohol, she develops a life-altering relationship with Christ, to whom she dedicates her life. Song lyrics includedOut of sight: blind and doing all right
By Art Schreiber, Hal Simmons. 2014
A high level radio news broadcast exec at the top of his career, Art awoke at a resort near Santa…
Fe, New Mexico, unable to see. Art's refusal to give up and his struggle to live life to the fullest is inspiring. His story is compelling in demonstrating courage, compassion, and resilience in the face of tragedy