Not fade away: a memoir of senses lost and found
Biography, Biography of blind or visually impaired persons, Women biography
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
Summary
Born with a rare genetic mutation called Usher Syndrome type III, Rebecca Alexander has been simultaneously losing both her sight and hearing since she was a child, and was told that she would likely be completely blind and deaf by… age 30. Then, at 18, a fall from a window left her athletic body completely shattered. None of us know what we would do in the face of such devastation. What Rebecca did was rise to every challenge she faced. Now, at 35, with only a sliver of sight and significantly deteriorated hearing, she is a psychotherapist with degrees from Columbia University, and an athlete who regularly competes in extreme endurance races. She greets every day as if it were a gift, with boundless energy and a strength of spirit that have led her to places we can only imagine. 2014.