American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Organization - Not Classified)
"We represent more than 114,000 members and affiliates, and we're working to ensure that all people with speech, language, and hearing disorders have access to quality services to help them...
All Ages
Louis Braille -- by Jayne Woodhouse (Author) (Book - Child)
"A simple biography of the man who invented a special system of raised dots on paper enabling blind people to read." -From Publisher (barnesandnoble.com)
All Ages
Age groups: Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5)
Seeing in Special Ways: Children Living With Blindness (Don't Turn Away) -- by Thomas Bergman (Author) (Book - Child)
"Interviews with a group of blind and partially sighted children in Sweden reveal their feelings about their disability and the ways they use their other senses to help them 'see.'" -Card catalog...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
American Council of the Blind (Online - Parent/Child)
The American Council of the Blind is the nation's leading membership organization of blind and visually impaired people. It was founded in 1961 and incorporated in the District of Columbia. The...
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Find, INC. Living Skills Inventories for Individuals with Deaf-Blindness (Book - Parent)
No professional review available
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Age groups: Infancy (<1), Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)
Vision for the World: Eye Surgeon's Solution to Mass Blindness a Major World Medical Problem -- by Arthur Lim (Author) (Book)
The problem of mass blindness today stems largely from cataract which accounts for a total of 40 million cataract victims in the world - and it will worsen with the ageing population. Fortunately,...
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NIH, National Eye Institute, National Eye Health Health Education Program (Organization - Governmental)
"The National Eye Institute (NEI) was established by Congress in 1968 to protect and prolong the vision of the American people. As one of the Federal government's National Institutes of Health (NIH),...
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Blindness -- by Elaine Landau (Author) (Book - Child)
"This title gives an overall view of a specific condition or disease. All known causes and effects are explained with the most recent scientific information and modern technical advances. True case...
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
My Mother Is Blind -- by Philip Lanier, Margaret Reuter (Authors) (Book - Child)
"A young boy describes how everyone in his family comes to terms with his mother's blindness." -Card catalog description (amazon.com)
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Age groups: School Age (6-12)
Band-Aides and Blackboards (Online - Parent/Child)
"Welcome! This is a site about growing up with medical problems ...any ole type. Its goal is to help people understand what it's like, from the perspective of the children and teens who are doing just...
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Age groups: Toddlerhood (1-3), Preschool/Kindergarten (3-5), School Age (6-12), Adolescence (13-21), Adulthood (22+)