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A handbook to help parents gain confidence in raising a child who is blind or has low vision. Suggests strategies,…
support parents' beliefs in their own abilities, and provide information and suggestions about additional sources of advice. Also defines the technical terms parents are likely to hear and discusses the expectations parents, educators, and others can have for a child who is blind or visually impaired. 2002.You and your vision health: yes! something more can be done
By Deborah Gold, Terri Hulett. 2007
This guide is intended for all Canadians who want to learn about vision health and the leading causes of age-related…
vision loss. It also aims to reduce some common feelings of frustration, anxiety, fear and sadness frequently experienced by people who are learning to deal with vision loss. The guide can also be used by family members, friends and health-care providers. 2007.To love this life: quotations
By Helen Keller. 2000
Quotations from speeches, letters, articles, and interviews by the author, lecturer, and humanitarian who became deaf-blind at nineteen months of…
age. Topics include the senses, faith, women in society, human nature, war and peace, education, happiness, friendship and love, and triumph over adversity. Includes a chronology of Keller's life from 1880 to 1968. 2000.Veterans with a vision: Canada's war blinded in peace and war (Studies in Canadian military history,)
By Serge Marc Durflinger. 2010
A history of Canada's war-blinded veterans and of the organization they founded in 1922, the Sir Arthur Pearson Association of…
War Blinded. Durflinger details the veterans' process of civil re-establishment, physical and psychological rehabilitation, and social and personal coping, and describes their public advocacy for government pension entitlements, job retraining, and other social programs. Captures the spirit of perseverance that permeated the veterans' community, and highlights the impact made by the war blinded as advocates for all Canadian veterans and for all blind citizens. 2010.The rebel league: the short and unruly life of the World Hockey Association
By Ed Willes. 2004
The WHA began as the scheme of two California lawyers, and it introduced 27 new hockey franchises, a trail of…
bounced cheques, fractious lawsuits, folded teams, and the crackpots, goons, and crazies that are so well remembered as the league's bizarre legacy. But the WHA also drove hockey into the modern age, ended the NHL's monopoly, freed players from the reserve clause, ushered in the 18-year-old draft, moved the game into the Sun Belt, and put European players on the ice in numbers previously unimagined. Some strong language. 2005, c2004.For the benefit of those who see: dispatches from the world of the blind
By Rosemary Mahoney. 2014
In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's 'The Island of the Colorblind', Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders,…
the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. 2014.Teacher: Anne Sullivan Macy : a tribute by the foster-child of her mind
By Helen Keller. 1985
Deaf-blind Helen Keller tells of her early years with Anne Sullivan, the Irish immigrant girl who became her teacher-companion. She…
also describes her years at Radcliffe, Anne's marriage to John Macy, and their work together for the blind. 1985.The mind's eye
By Oliver W Sacks. 2010
Neurologist uses case studies to illustrate the brain's ability to adapt to lost senses. Discusses a concert pianist who can…
no longer read music, a writer who is unable to read print after suffering a stroke, and Sacks's own macular melanoma and its effects on his visual perception. 2010.The Montreal Canadiens: 100 years of glory
By D'Arcy Jenish. 2008
The Habs were the NHL gold standard for years, with 24 Stanley Cups and an almost unbroken line of stars,…
from Georges Vézina and Newsy Lalonde to Ken Dryden, Guy Lafleur, and Patrick Roy. Jenish traces not just the century-old équipe des habitants, but the events of the day that affected hockey and the world away from it, including two world wars, the flu outbreak of 1918, and the Quiet Revolution of Quebec nationalism. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2008.Triumph over darkness: the life of Louis Braille
By Lennard Bickel. 1988
Bickel tells the life of Louis Braille, creator of the code of raised dots which allows the blind to read…
and write. He tells of how Braille was blinded in an accident, and how he began to work on his tactile system of writing. He also describes the difficulties Braille faced in the initial lack of acceptance of the code by those who refused to recognize a system not based on the shapes of the print alphabet. 1988.The years 1942-1967 are considered by many to be the Golden Era of the National Hockey League. The six-team years…
produced some of hockey's legendary rivalries and some of the sport's most beloved players. Here all the great goals, great players, and great moments of that era are described. 1994.Wings of courage: a lifetime of triumph over adversity
By Neil R Hamilton. 2000
Hamilton, a long-time employee of the CNIB, recalls growing up in Saskatchewan and his time as a pilot and instructor…
in World War Two. After losing most of his sight in the war Hamilton returned to Canada to recuperate and to adjust to his visual impairment. Through his work with the CNIB he became an inspiration to several generations of blind and visually impaired Canadians.Why I didn't say anything: the Sheldon Kennedy story
By James Grainger, Sheldon Kennedy. 2006
In 1996, Sheldon Kennedy rocked Canadian hockey by announcing that his former minor league coach, Graham James, had sexually abused…
him more than three hundred times. While portrayed as a hero in the media, Kennedy's hockey career, plagued by rumours of drugs and alcohol, a string of injuries, and the demons of his abuse, did not materialize. Ominously, Kennedy tells his story as coach Graham James is now out of prison and coaching hockey in Europe. Some descriptions of sex and violence, strong language. 2006.Whose puck is it, anyway?: a season with a minor novice hockey team
By Ed Arnold. 2002
Ed Arnold decided that little league hockey desperately needed a change from the yelling, fights, and put-downs that occurred at…
practices and games, and reinvented the rules surrounding the team in Peterborough. There would be no more yelling, no fighting, and the kids would get equal opportunities to play - and the changes worked. 2002.Wayne Gretzky: the great goodbye
By Ed Morrison Scott. 1999
A compilation of articles from the Toronto and Edmonton Sun newspapers about the career of hockey player Wayne Gretzky. From…
his start as a pre-teen goal-scoring phenomenon through his NHL years in Edmonton, Los Angeles, St. Louis and New York, Gretzky's glittering career is described. Listing his many records and achievements, the book culminates with Gretzky's retirement from hockey in 1999. 1999.Walking with legends: the real stories of Hockey Night in Canada
By Mike Brophy, Ralph Mellanby. 2007
A driving force behind Hockey Night in Canada , television executive Ralph Mellanby recalls his association with some of the…
most instrumental men in the hockey industry, as well as his involvement in some of hockey's greatest events ever. Includes five sections on 25 of hockey's biggest names and two of the greatest events in hockey history, the 1972 Summit Series and the 1980 Winter Olympics. Some strong language. 2007.Votre santé visuelle: on peut faire plus!
By Deborah Gold, Terri Hulett. 2007
Ce guide est destiné à tous les Canadiens qui désirent obtenir des renseignements sur la santé visuelle et les principales…
causes de perte de vision liées à l'âge. Il vise aussi à diminuer les sentiments de frustration, d'anxiété, de peur et de tristesse qu'éprouvent souvent les personnes qui doivent apprendre à vivre avec une perte de vision. Ce guide peut aussi servir aux membres de la famille, aux amis, aux soignants et aux aidants naturels. 2007.Voir avec les yeux du coeur: témoignage
By Réginald Arseneau. 1994
Témoignage émouvant d'un homme qui a perdu la vue à la suite d'une longue maladie progressive appelée "rétinite pigmentaire". Dans…
cet ouvrage, il raconte ses luttes de tous les instants pour se faire valoir comme un individu à part entière vivant en société. 1994.Voir l'invisible, réaliser l'impossible: biographie de Jean-Paul Losier
By Edna Arseneault-McGrath. 2004
La valeur d'une personne ne se mesure pas à son degré de vision mais plutôt par l'oeuvre qu'elle a accomplie.…
Et l'oeuvre de Jean-Paul Losier, un non-voyant, est impressionnante. Fils d'Acadie, cinquième d'une famille de treize enfants, Jean-Paul a surmonté tous les obstacles et ils étaient légions. Bachelier en arts et en education, avocat, 'l'homme qui savait les livres par coeur' a aussi enseigné 24 années à des voyants. Pendant toutes ces années, Jean-Paul a cultivé la terre familiale avec audace, fierté et un success croissant. Intelligence hors du commun, esprit analytique, influent mais discret et sans prétention, le rayonnement et l'importance de ce philanthrope ne se résument pas qu'aux non-voyants, à l'I.N.C.A. ou aux Acadiens. 2004.Vedi (Continents of exile. #3.)
By Ved Mehta. 1982
Blinded by meningitis, Vedi is sent to be educated in an Indian orphanage for the blind at the age of…
five. This premature separation from his rich parents, coupled with his survival amongst the blind former street urchins teaches Vedi self-reliance, giving him the basis for a meaningful life. 1982.