Social and Cultural Perspectives on Blindness: Barriers to Community Integration

Resource Type

Book

Description

"Presents a study of rehabilitation and blindness from a cross-cultural perspective, describing cultural expectations surrounding blindness in four different cultures. Discusses behavior associated with blindness, the consequences of importing national policies and programs regarding the blind to other countries, false stereotypes of blindness put forth by science, and the environments of special education, rehabilitation, and employment programs. Regions studied are the US, Africa, China, and Spain." -Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or

Ages

All Ages

Languages

English

ISBN

0398068542

Author

C. Edwin Vaughan

Publication

1998 Charles C. Thomas, Publisher Ltd

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