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Longshot: the adventures of a deaf fundamentalist Mormon kid and his journey to the NBA
By Lance Allred. 2009
Allred describes his childhood in a polygamous Mormon community in Montana. Covers his dealing with hearing loss and obsessive-compulsive disorder.…
Discusses maintaining a high GPA and a dedication to basketball in college--despite having an abusive coach--and eventually earning a stint in the NBA. Some strong language. 2009Deadly charm: the story of a deaf serial killer
By McCay Vernon. 2010
A forensic psychologist and a journalist describe the life of Patrick McCullough (1960-2001), the first deaf man to be identified…
as a serial killer. Details the problems McCullough had since childhood that led to rage-fueled murders of three people he knew. Some violence and some strong language. 2010Inside my world: it is our uniqueness as individuals that makes our lives so precious
By Larry P. Johnson. 2010
Author reminisces about growing up as a blind child in Chicago during the 1940s and 1950s. Describes learning braille in…
grammar school, becoming a boy scout, and joining a fraternity at age sixteen. 2010Hope unseen: the story of the U.S. Army's first blind active-duty officer
By Scotty Smiley, Doug Crandall. 2010
Account of U.S. Army Captain and Ranger Scotty Smiley, who after losing his sight during a suicide-bomber attack in Iraq,…
became the first active-duty blind officer. Covers Smiley's post-injury accomplishments, including earning an MBA, winning an ESPY, climbing Mount Rainier, and teaching leadership at West Point. Discusses his faith. 2010The Beautiful Unwanted: Down Syndrome in Myth, Memoir, and Bioethics
By Chris Kaposy. 2023
Prenatal genetic testing has changed the circumstances under which parents choose what pregnancies to carry to term. Some have predicted…
that as a result of parents’ choices, people with Down syndrome will disappear from our communities in the near future. Chris Kaposy, a bioethicist who has a son with Down syndrome, reflects on parenting his son in the midst of this supposed disappearance.Writing from a pro-choice, disability-positive perspective, Kaposy presents some of the decades-old bioethical controversies involving children with Down syndrome, illustrating a prehistory of disappearance that has shaped current attitudes toward intellectual disability. Layered throughout this history are elements of Kaposy’s personal experience with his son and family. Transcending monograph and memoir, The Beautiful Unwanted draws creatively upon the past and the present, upon myth, history, science, and personal stories, to present the world of families that include children with Down syndrome from a series of uncommon perspectives. This account encompasses the changeling myths of Newfoundland, the “discovery” of Down syndrome by John Langdon Down and Jérôme Lejeune, and the twentieth-century experience of institutionalization, as well as recent advances in reproductive technology.We must recognize that we have some control over the future, Kaposy argues, and we must ask what kind of future we want for those who have intellectual disabilities. The Beautiful Unwanted poses this question in a way that is engaging, often bewildering, and always fascinating.Deaf in Delhi: a memoir
By Madan Vasishta. 2006
Author--who lost his hearing in 1952 at age eleven--describes the medical, cultural, and educational hurdles he faced before winning a…
scholarship to a photography school for the deaf in his native India and later to Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C. 2006And the journey begins
By Cyril Axelrod. 2005
Autobiography of Father Cyril Axelrod, born deaf into a Jewish family, who became a Catholic priest at age twenty-eight. Chronicles…
his worldwide ministry to deaf and deaf-blind individuals, which began in 1971. Discusses the diagnosis of Usher syndrome in 1980 that led to Axelrod's own retinitis pigmentosa blindness. 2005Deaf in DC: a memoir
By Madan Vasishta. 2010
Deaf India native Vasishta describes arriving at Gallaudet College in Washington, D.C., in 1967 at age twenty-six without American Sign…
Language or lip-reading skills. Highlights his educational experience, the cultural differences he encountered, and his later career as an administrator. Sequel to Deaf in Delhi (BR 19537). 2010Gabby: a story of courage and hope
By Jeffrey Zaslow, Gabrielle D. Giffords, Mark E. Kelly. 2011
Arizona congresswoman Giffords and her husband, astronaut Kelly, describe their lives before and after the near-fatal shooting of Giffords in…
January 2011. They discuss their anguish over the other victims, Kelly's support during Giffords's recovery, and Giffords's determination to return to work. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011Shouting won't help: why I--and 50 million other Americans--can't hear you
By Katherine Bouton. 2013
Former New York Times editor chronicles her own hearing loss and relates the experiences of others with the condition. Investigates…
the causes, effects, and management--with hearing aids and cochlear implants--of this disability. Also discusses tinnitus, vertigo, and research into biological cures. Offers communication tips. 2013Trusting Calvin: how a dog helped heal a Holocaust survivor's heart
By Sharon Peters. 2012
Biography of Holocaust survivor Max Edelman. Describes Max being blinded by two Nazi guards and witnessing a German Shepherd kill…
another prisoner. Discusses Max's difficulty bonding with Calvin--the Labrador guide dog he received after retiring in America--because of his fear of canines, and Calvin saving Max's life. Violence. 2012The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight
By Andrew Leland. 2023
A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author&’s transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn…
about blindness as a rich culture all its own&“The Country of the Blind is about seeing—but also about marriage and family and the moral and emotional challenge of accommodating the parts of ourselves that scare us. A warm, profound, and unforgettable meditation on how we adjust to new ways of being in the world.&” —Rachel Aviv, author of Strangers to OurselvesWe meet Andrew Leland as he&’s suspended in the liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: he&’s midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from sightedness to blindness over years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon—but without knowing exactly when—he will likely have no vision left.Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, politics, and customs. He negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from his mainstream, &“typical&” life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland&’s determination not to merely survive this transition but to grow from it—to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening.Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is a deeply personal and intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider—and from which we have much to learn.We should hang out sometime: embarrassingly, a true story
By Josh Sundquist. 2014
Motivational speaker and Paralympic ski racer--he lost a leg to Ewing's sarcoma--recounts his humorous attempts at dating and uses quasi-scientific…
methods to analyze his failures. He interviews females from his past in hopes of eventually finding his true love. For senior high and older readers. 2014The barefoot lawyer: a blind man's fight for justice and freedom in China
By Guangcheng Chen. 2015
Chen grew up poor and blind in rural China, becoming an activist for the rights of the disabled. He was…
imprisoned by the Chinese government for four years, and he and his family were under house arrest until his daring escape to the American embassy in 2012. 2015Deaf-blind reality: living the life
By Scott M. Stoffel. 2012
Exploration of the everyday challenges faced by those who are deaf and blind. Discusses interactions with family members at special…
events, grocery shopping, classroom and meeting environments, and other typical happenings. Uses the personal experiences of twelve people from around the world for illustration. 2012After relating her first years with guide dog Teela in Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by…
My Side (BR 18861), Stanford professor Krieger returns with another book about her now aging companion. She discusses her blindness and the many ways her relationship with Teela has enriched her life. 2015Fire in my eyes: an American warrior's journey from being blinded on the battlefield to gold medal victory
By Brad Snyder, Tom Sileo. 2016
Memoir of a former Navy SEAL blinded during his deployment in Afghanistan. Snyder discusses his combat experience, his recovery after…
losing his sight on the battlefield in 2011, and the competitive swimming that led him to win a gold medal at the London Paralympic Games in 2012. Some violence. 2016No barriers: a blind man's journey to kayak the Grand Canyon
By Erik Weihenmayer. 2017
The author of Touch the Top of the World (BR14512) lost his sight as a teen but still seeks adventure…
around the world. He shares his experience kayaking the Colorado River and his efforts to help other blind people, especially children, learn to live adventurous lives. Some strong language. 2017Have dog, will travel: a poet's journey
By Stephen Kuusisto. 2018
The poet and author of memoir Eavesdropping (BR 16912) recounts stories of his life with his dog Corky. Although Kuusisto…
has been legally blind since birth, Corky was his first guide dog. At the age of thirty-eight, he discovered how Corky changed the way he interacted with the world. Some strong language. 2018The awakening of HK Derryberry: my unlikely friendship with the boy who remembers everything
By Andy Hardin, Jim Bradford. 2016
Account of friendship that developed between Bradford, a retiree, and HK Derryberry, a young boy who has Highly Superior Autobiographical…
Memory in addition to having cerebral palsy and being blind from birth. Shares the challenges HK and his grandmother faced, as well as opportunities HK experienced as he grew up. 2016