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Count us in: growing up with Down syndrome
By Jason Kingsley. 1994
Two young men, both diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth, write about how they earned their independence. Assisted by their…
mothers, Kingsley and Levitz talk about their challenges, mutual respect and affection, expectations, special and mainstream education, and family support. Topics echo the concerns of most young people: school, friends, money, jobs, life, sex, and marriageStanding on one foot
1994
Nine essays by blind adults relating experiences regarding their blindness. Kenneth Jernigan writes about the pitfalls of social conditioning and…
of accepting the public's mistaken ideas of a blind person's limitations. Marc Maurer describes becoming a father for the first time, and Gwen Nelson offers her experience as a jurorA special kind of hero: Chris Burke's own story
By Chris Burke. 1991
Chris Burke, also known as Corky Thatcher, co-star of the ABC television series "Life Goes On," reveals how he succeeded…
in life despite having Down syndrome. His teachers, colleagues, and the Burke family talk about what it is like to live and work with ChrisHand, heart & mind: the story of the education of America's deaf people
By Lou Walker. 1994
Surveys the education of deaf people since ancient times. The author describes discrimination; early schools in Europe; and the feud…
between the Gallaudets, father and son, and Alexander Graham Bell over the methods used to educate deaf people in America. She also discusses the 1988 demand by deaf students for a deaf president at Gallaudet University. For grades 5-8 and older readersA high door sill for keeping water out is just one of the barriers to shipboard travel for those with…
physical handicaps. The authors (one well-traveled and paraplegic) give data about which cruises and boats (from large ships to small sailboats) are accommodating. They note the size of passageways, the availability of elevators and "handicapped" cabins, and the need for an attendantMother-to-be: a guide to pregnancy and birth for women with disabilities
By Judith Rogers. 1991
An occupational therapist who is disabled, Rogers saw the need for this book during her own pregnancy and those of…
her anxious clients. Included are the experiences of thirty-six women with a variety of disabilities, discussion on the impact of having children, information on the stages of pregnancy, and an explanation of when a cesarean section may be necessaryMore than meets the eye: the story of a remarkable life and a transcending love
By Joan Brock. 1994
Thirty-two-year-old Joan and her husband Joe were employed at the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School when Joan suddenly lost the…
ability to see the color pink and soon was irreversibly blind. Then Joe was diagnosed with cancer and died. Joan and her daughter moved, and Joan obtained a "talking computer," spoke about her experience, and wed a high-school crushSuccessful job search strategies for the disabled: understanding the ADA
By Jeffrey Allen. 1994
Allen addresses the more than forty million Americans who are disabled, sixty percent of whom are unemployed. He offers advice…
on finding a job, gives an overview of the ADA, and discusses topics such as: where jobs are, self-assessment for a job, what to disclose regarding a disability, interview guidelines, accommodations, and enforcement of the ADA guidelinesAnswering the call: Telephone Pioneer talking-book machine-repair program, 1960-1993
By Ruth Nieland. 1994
The Telephone Pioneers of America is an association of telephone workers and retirees organized in chapters, councils, and clubs throughout…
the United States and Canada. Long involved in community service projects, the Pioneers began repairing talking-book machines for the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in 1960A guide to guide dog schools
By Edwin Eames. 1994
A resource for blind individuals considering partnership with guide dogs. Following an overview of considerations, including the costs and benefits…
of having a guide dog, the book lists seventeen training programs, describing each school in detailBraille books, 1993-1994
By Library Of Congress. 1994
A catalog of braille books produced during 1993 and 1994 by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically…
Handicapped. Separate sections list fiction and nonfiction subject categories. Young adult books are also includedOh! Say can you see
By American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults. 1992
An agency that specializes in services for blind children, elderly blind persons, and deaf-blind individuals provides this volume describing the…
types of assistance and products available through agency offices and government programs. The book introduces readers to a person who is both deaf and blind and to a family with a teenager who was born blind and lost his hearingWhen the blizzard blows
By Kenneth Jernigan. 1994
To illustrate that people who are blind are otherwise ordinary and far from helpless, Kernel Book series editor Kenneth Jernigan,…
National Federation of the Blind (NFB); NFB president Marc Maurer; and other NFB members describe frustrating incidents in their lives. Examples are strangers who assume that a blind woman's small children have to take care of her, and a nurse who asks Jernigan if he needs his secretary to help him get undressedMother father deaf: living between sound and silence
By Paul Preston. 1994
The son of deaf parents, Preston uses the stories of others like him to describe how exposure to the "deaf…
culture" within the "hearing culture" shapes lives. He has written this book "as much as possible in the Deaf way," interweaving fragments of his informants' stories and using repetition for emphasis, because "Deaf storytelling does not boil down to a punch line. It is in the telling." Some strong languageTapping the charcoal
1995
Eight personal accounts by Kenneth Jernigan and other members of the National Federation of the Blind that demonstrate "Blindness is…
not as strange as you think it is, and it need not be as terrifying." In this volume of the Kernel Book series, authors discuss alternative ways of doing routine tasks and achieving dreams, the need for normal discipline for blind children, and the process of gaining the respect of othersListening
By Hannah Merker. 1994
Merker was the director of library services for the visually and physically handicapped in Suffolk County, New York, when a…
concussion took away most of her hearing at the age of thirty-nine. She describes her growing realization of the extent of her deafness, and how she discovered the world anew as she learned to "listen" visually, tactilely, and intuitivelyRevised standards and guidelines of service for the Library of Congress network of libraries for the blind and physically handicapped, 1995
By Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. 1984
"Details of everyday life as blind persons live it." Members of the National Federation of the Blind, including Kenneth Jernigan…
and Mark Maurer, contribute essays. Jernigan explains his methods of shaving and brushing his teeth. Barbara Walker discusses her daughter's attitude about her mother's blindness. Patricia Maurer describes learning to read and write as a teenager in a rural communityThe focus of this book is the struggle between people with visual handicaps and people who work to educate and…
rehabilitate them, with emphasis on those whose experiences with visual handicaps and the rehabilitation system begin early in lifeSilence of the spheres: the deaf experience in the history of science
By Harry Lang. 1994
A deaf scientist, who teaches deaf physics students, writes about deaf people throughout history who overcame negative attitudes to contribute…
significantly to various fields of science. He also discusses education, including the establishment of Gallaudet University, and suggests ways representation of deaf people could be increased in the scientific community