Walking Alone And Marching Together
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Walking Alone And Marching Together
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Author : Floyd W. Matson
language : en
Publisher: National Federation of Blind
Release Date : 1990
Walking Alone And Marching Together written by Floyd W. Matson and has been published by National Federation of Blind this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Political Science categories.
The Blindness Revolution
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Author : James H. Omvig
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2006-03-01
The Blindness Revolution written by James H. Omvig and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-01 with Political Science categories.
This book recounts the dramatic story of the transformation of the Iowa Commission for the Blind from a verifiably ineffective service agency to perhaps the most outstanding and effective adult service program in the nation in the span of 10 short years. What happened in Iowa was revolutionary, and the character of work with the blind in America and around the world was altered forever—the alternative civil rights–based service model worked. Using Kenneth Jernigan's own writings of Board meeting minutes, reports, and letters, I present the details of the remarkable story from an activist's point of view. This book will certainly be of interest to those who work in the field of blindness, particularly those who work in agencies serving the blind, but this book is more than just a study in public administration. Omvig's research fills in significant gaps in the history of the blind movement and offers the reader a front-row seat to a pivotal moment in blind history. — Brian Miller, University of Iowa
Education And Rehabilitation For Empowerment
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Author : Ed Vaughan
language : en
Publisher: IAP
Release Date : 2005-11-01
Education And Rehabilitation For Empowerment written by Ed Vaughan and has been published by IAP this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-11-01 with Political Science categories.
In this book we are interested in patterns of education, rehabilitation service, socialization, and ideas about blindness that in large part produce the above-mentioned distinct patterns. We will examine the economic interests of professional groups and the patterns of domination and subordination, which are present in most rehabilitation relationships. Our central tenet is that the behavior of blind people is not a product of the physical condition of blindness or the amount of residual vision a blind person has. Rather, the behavior of blind people in our society is governed by socialization. Blindness is a social problem arising from erroneous, socially constructed negative beliefs about the capacities of blind people involuntarily assimilated from the broader society by the blind. People learn to live independently or they learn to be dependent. The reactions of parents, teachers, peers, the health professionals, rehabilitation counselors and the general public have defined the choices available to blind people. This is the case in every culture and society around the world. Differences result from different cultural values, levels of economic development, and historical traditions.
The Blind Need Not Apply
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Author : Ronald J. Ferguson
language : en
Publisher: Information Age Publishing
Release Date : 2007
The Blind Need Not Apply written by Ronald J. Ferguson and has been published by Information Age Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Blind categories.
This book has been a work in progress. In the spring of 2000 I started this project and began to collect data and conduct interviews. I copied every article I could find in the Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness and its predecessors Outlook for the Blind and New Outlook for the Blind. I was fortunate to locate Blindness the annual publication of the American Association of Workers for the Blind. One of the greatest finds was the library at the American Foundation for the Blind. The library contains dozens of volumes related to orientation and mobility. Within two years I had amassed a considerable collection of resources. I began working through the materials and along the way prepared some papers for various conferences. A dramatic increase in administrative responsibilities, as well as the tyranny of meeting grant deadlines, diverted me from giving concentrated effort to this book. All that changed as I reduced my workload in order to devote almost all my efforts over the past nine months to this project.
The New Disability History
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Author : Paul K. Longmore
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2001-03
The New Disability History written by Paul K. Longmore and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03 with Social Science categories.
A glimpse into the struggle of the disabled for identity and society's perception of the disabled traces the disabled's fight for rights from the antebellum era to present controversies over access.
Encyclopedia Of Disability
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Author : Gary L Albrecht
language : en
Publisher: SAGE
Release Date : 2006
Encyclopedia Of Disability written by Gary L Albrecht and has been published by SAGE this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Medical categories.
Collects over one thousand entries that provide insight into international views, experiences, and expertise on the topic of disability.
Second Sight
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Author : Robert V. Hine
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023-04-28
Second Sight written by Robert V. Hine and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-04-28 with History categories.
He knew he was going blind. Yet he finished graduate school, became a history professor, and wrote books about the American West. Then, nearly fifty, Robert Hine lost his vision completely. Fifteen years later, a risky eye operation restored partial vision, returning Hine to the world of the sighted. "The trauma seemed instructive enough" for him to begin a journal. That journal is the heart of Second Sight, a sensitively written account of Hine's journey into darkness and out again. The first parts are told simply, with little anguish. The emotion comes when sight returns; like a child he discovers the world anew—the intensity of colors, the sadness of faces grown older, the renewed excitement of sex and the body. With the understanding and insights that come from living on both sides of the divide, Hine ponders the meaning of blindness. His search is enriched by a discourse with other blind writers, humorist James Thurber, novelist Eleanor Clark, poet Jorge Luis Borges, among others. With them he shares thoughts on the acceptance and advantages of blindness, resentment of the blind, the reluctance with sex, and the psychological depression that often follows the recovery of sight. Hine's blindness was the altered state in which to learn and live, and his deliverance from blindness the spur to seek and share its lessons. What he found makes a moving story that embraces all of us—those who can see and those who cannot.
Ambassadors Of Social Progress
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Author : Maria Cristina Galmarini
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2024-02-15
Ambassadors Of Social Progress written by Maria Cristina Galmarini and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-15 with Social Science categories.
Ambassadors of Social Progress examines the ways in which blind activists from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe entered the postwar international disability movement and shaped its content and its course. Maria Cristina Galmarini shows that the international work of socialist blind activists was defined by the larger politics of the Cold War and, in many respects, represented a field of competition with the West in which the East could shine. Yet, her study also reveals that socialist blind politics went beyond propaganda. When socialist activists joined the international blind movement, they initiated an exchange of experiences that profoundly impacted everyone involved. Not only did the international blind movement turn global disability welfare from philanthropy to self-advocacy, but it also gave East European and Soviet activists a new set of ideas and technologies to improve their own national movements. By analyzing the intersection of disability and politics, Ambassadors of Social Progress enables a deeper, bottom-up understanding of cultural relations during the Cold War. Galmarini significantly contributes to the little-studied history of disability in socialist Europe, and ultimately shows that disability activism did not start as an import from the West in the post-1989 period, but rather had a long and meaningful tradition that was rooted in the socialist system of welfare and needed to be reinvented when this system fell apart.
Digital Disability
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Author : Gerard Goggin
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2003
Digital Disability written by Gerard Goggin and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Computers categories.
Media representation of and for the disabled has been recharged in recent years with the expansion of new media worldwide. Interactive digital communications -- such as the Interact, new varieties of voice and text telephones, and digital broadcasting -- have created a need for a more innovative understanding of new media and disability issues. This engaging analysis offers a global perspective on how people with disabilities are represented as users, consumers, viewers, or listeners of new media, by policymakers, corporations, programmers, and the disabled themselves.
Handbook Of Communication And People With Disabilities
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Author : Dawn O. Braithwaite
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 1999-12
Handbook Of Communication And People With Disabilities written by Dawn O. Braithwaite and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-12 with Education categories.
Each chapter provides a state-of-the-art literature review, practical applications of the material, and key words and discussion questions to facilitate classroom use."--Jacket