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Sports, everyone!: Recreation and sports for the physically challenged of all ages
Par Conway Greene Publishing Company. 1995
Includes directories of clubs, camps, and associations for people with various kinds of disabilities; descriptions of premier recreation and sports…
programs at American universities; tips on travel and tourism; regional contact listings for wheelchair basketball; and profiles of noteworthy disabled athletesSeeds of disquiet: one deaf woman's experience
Par Cheryl Heppner. 1992
The author says that as a profoundly deaf child, she was taught to adapt to the hearing world. But after…
two strokes left Heppner completely deaf, she learned sign language, and then realized how frustrating her earlier life had been. She eventually became an advocate for deaf peopleThe war of the dots
Par Robert Irwin. 1970
Recounts the struggle to achieve a uniform type for English-speaking blind readers. Discusses various raised-type systems, from embossed Roman letters…
used in the 1830s to the establishment of Standard English Braille in 1932The feel of silence (Health, society, and policy)
Par Bonnie Tucker. 1995
Memoir of a profoundly deaf woman who says her life has been "dominated by one burning desire--to fit into the…
hearing world." She learned to lip read as a toddler and has never learned to sign. Devastated when her husband left her because of her deafness, Tucker went on to excel in law school, where she now teaches. She tells of the difficulties of pretending to be hearing, such as dealing with telephone calls and conversing in the darkOld dogs and new tricks (A Kernel Bk. #No. 10)
Par Kenneth Jernigan. 1996
Stating that "it is never too late to learn new techniques and new ways of thought," Jernigan presents examples of…
himself and other members of the National Federation of the Blind doing just that. A woman learns to knit, a couple adopts a daughter, and a new deacon serves communionWho are the blind, who lead the blind
Par National Federation of the Blind. 1995
The National Federation of the Blind is a "civil rights movement" that has grown since it was established in 1940.…
Biographical sketches of some of its current leaders are provided to illustrate their "qualifications to understand and solve the problems of blindness."Beyond the double night
Par Ken Thompson. 1996
Life story of James Morrison Heady, an American novelist, poet, inventor, philosopher, musician, and composer. Born in 1829, Heady, who…
became both blind and deaf, invented the "Talking Glove" and Diplograph embossing typewriter. Traces Heady's advocacy of the production of books in raised letters as a significant force behind the founding of the American Printing House for the BlindOne man's vision: the life of automotive pioneer Ralph Teetor
Par Marjorie Meyer. 1995
Ralph Teetor's daughter tells how as a young boy in the 1890s, her father lost his sight because of an…
accident with a knife. She describes how he refused to let his blindness deter him from his growing love for the new automotive engine. Graduating with a college degree in mechanical engineering, Teetor worked in the family business and invented devices such as cruise controlPrivileged hands: a scientific life
Par Geerat Vermeij. 1997
An esteemed evolutionary biologist and paleontologist, who has been blind since the age of four, describes his childhood and his…
career. Born in the Netherlands, Vermeij faced learning both a new language and contracted braille when he began third grade in the United States. But he brought with him a love of seashells, which became his life's workTrain go sorry: inside a deaf world
Par Leah Cohen. 1995
The author, who is not deaf, grew up in the New York Lexington School for the Deaf, where her parents…
worked. Her own memoirs combined with the stories of her deaf grandparents and those of current students reflect the changing deaf culture. Cohen discusses issues such as American Sign Language versus oralism, and attitudes towards cochlear implantsTapping the charcoal
1995
Eight personal accounts by Kenneth Jernigan and other members of the National Federation of the Blind that demonstrate "Blindness is…
not as strange as you think it is, and it need not be as terrifying." In this volume of the Kernel Book series, authors discuss alternative ways of doing routine tasks and achieving dreams, the need for normal discipline for blind children, and the process of gaining the respect of othersListening
Par Hannah Merker. 1994
Merker was the director of library services for the visually and physically handicapped in Suffolk County, New York, when a…
concussion took away most of her hearing at the age of thirty-nine. She describes her growing realization of the extent of her deafness, and how she discovered the world anew as she learned to "listen" visually, tactilely, and intuitivelyRevised standards and guidelines of service for the Library of Congress network of libraries for the blind and physically handicapped, 1995
Par Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. 1984
"Details of everyday life as blind persons live it." Members of the National Federation of the Blind, including Kenneth Jernigan…
and Mark Maurer, contribute essays. Jernigan explains his methods of shaving and brushing his teeth. Barbara Walker discusses her daughter's attitude about her mother's blindness. Patricia Maurer describes learning to read and write as a teenager in a rural communityThe focus of this book is the struggle between people with visual handicaps and people who work to educate and…
rehabilitate them, with emphasis on those whose experiences with visual handicaps and the rehabilitation system begin early in lifeSilence of the spheres: the deaf experience in the history of science
Par Harry Lang. 1994
A deaf scientist, who teaches deaf physics students, writes about deaf people throughout history who overcame negative attitudes to contribute…
significantly to various fields of science. He also discusses education, including the establishment of Gallaudet University, and suggests ways representation of deaf people could be increased in the scientific communityThe Journey
1993
Collection of essays designed to show that if given appropriate training and equal opportunity, people who are blind make meaningful…
contributions to society. Includes entries about Kenneth Jernigan, spokesperson for the National Federation of the Blind; Kathy Kannenberg, math teacher; Peggy Pinder, lawyer; and Theodore Paul Lubitz, violinist, singer, and piano tunerMaking hay
1993
In the title essay in this Kernel Book collection, National Federation of the Blind spokesperson Kenneth Jernigan tells of wanting…
to make hay during the summer as a young man. When he was turned down, Jernigan made and sold tables at a much higher rate of pay, proving there are many ways to "make hay." Other essays show that when blind people are given the right opportunities, blindness is reduced to the level of a physical nuisanceMore than meets the eye: the story of a remarkable life and a transcending love
Par Joan Brock. 1994
Thirty-two-year-old Joan and her husband Joe were employed at the Iowa Braille and Sight-Saving School when Joan suddenly lost the…
ability to see the color pink and soon was irreversibly blind. Then Joe was diagnosed with cancer and died. Joan and her daughter moved, and Joan obtained a "talking computer," spoke about her experience, and wed a high-school crushSuccessful job search strategies for the disabled: understanding the ADA
Par Jeffrey Allen. 1994
Allen addresses the more than forty million Americans who are disabled, sixty percent of whom are unemployed. He offers advice…
on finding a job, gives an overview of the ADA, and discusses topics such as: where jobs are, self-assessment for a job, what to disclose regarding a disability, interview guidelines, accommodations, and enforcement of the ADA guidelines