Coping With Blindness: Personal Tales of Blindness Rehabilitation

Resource Type

Book

Description

Currently, 1.7 million Americans are either blind or are in the process of losing their vision. Sightless himself and a veteran of four decades of helping people cope with blindness as well as with the possibility of blindness, Alvin Roberts tells stories drawn from the community of the blind and from his fellow rehabilitation workers to reassure others - especially the elderly, who are most at risk of becoming visually impaired - that "blindness need not be the end of active life, but rather the beginning of a life in which "people" will depend on their residual senses to continue full, active living." Roberts offers reassurance that competent help exists for the visually impaired. He chooses stories that demonstrate to those facing blindness that they, too, can learn to cope because others have done so.

Ages

All Ages

Age Groups

Adulthood (22+)

Languages

English

ISBN

0809321602

Author

Alvin Roberts

Publication

1998 Southern Illinois University Press

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