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In this book, Dr. Warren summarizes and interprets the research literature on infants and children with visual impairments. He concludes that many aspects of delayed development are not the result of visual impairment itself, but rather of environmental variables that tend to accompany visual impairment.Thus, many of the typical developmental prdelays may be ameliorated or avoided by the appropriate structuring of the child's experiences. The author makes the argument that the goal of research in this area should be to understand the causes of variation within the population of visually impaired children, rather than making direct, developmental comparison with sighted children. Thus, the existing research literature is searched for evidence of variables that may account for individual differences, including particularly variables related to the child's multiple environments. ... Read more

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A "must-have" definitive history
The Unseen Minority: A Social History of Blindness in the United States is a newly revised edition of the award-winning history first commissioned in 1971. Now updated with a foreword outlining issues that have arisin in the past 30 years, historical timelines of landmark legislative events concerning education, low vision, and orientation, The Unseen Minority is a comprehensive and in-depth account of everything from books for the blind (braile and audio books), to issues particular to the war-blinded, the role of mobility as the key to independence among the blind, and much more. A "must-have" definitive history especially recommended for college and reference libraries.

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The goal of this manual is to enhance the capacity of all members of the educational context, whether student, parent, teacher, administrator, or consultant, to activate the benefits of infused technologies for all learners, including those who are blind or have low vision. To accomplish this purpose this manual provides background and practical information with respect to inquiry-based education, infused technologies, and blindness and visual impairment. You will discover vignettes of real-life blind learners, tips from a blind educator, key components of accessible technology-infused education including information on adaptive technologies for applications that have not yet been designed for all learners, and practical suggestions to make online courses and Web sites accessible. For those who wish to explore further,there are numerous recommendations for further reading, organized to guide the reader to specific content. ... Read more

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A volume in Critical Concerns in BlindnessSeries Editor Edward C. Bell, Louisiana Tech UniversityAll parents hope for an independent future for their blind/visually impaired child. To turn thathope into a reality, parents need to understand the scope of skill development that must beaddressed, along with the importance of equal expectations for the child's development, propertraining, and opportunity to practice and develop skills. But what if expectations are low,training in blindness skills is scanty or even absent, and overprotection prevents the blind/VIchild from learning and practicing skills? The idea of an independent future can remain adistant dream.The purpose of this book is to guide parents and teachers in fostering the blind/visually impaired child's skill development in suchcritical areas as academics, independent movement and travel, social interaction, daily living, and self-advocacy, so that he or she willtruly be on the road to an independent future. A practical, easy to use guide, written in plain English, the book warns about commonproblem areas and provides ideas for getting and keeping the child's education and development on track. It highlights the interplaybetween skills and competence, confidence, self-respect, and the respect of others.Of the small number of books and videos available on the subject, most were written by professionals in the field and many beginwith the supposition that blindness is at best sad and at worst tragic. Few --maybe none --have the ardent passion for independence thatthe parent of a blind/visually impaired child brings to the subject. Instead of overwhelming parents and teachers with the difficulty ofthe undertaking before them, Getting Ready for College Begins in Third Grade will inspire their confidence and enthusiasm for the taskat hand. ... Read more

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Blindness has always fascinated those who can see. Although modern imaginative portrayals of the sightless experience are increasingly positive, the affirmative elements of these renderings are inevitably tempered and problematized by the visual predilections of the artists undertaking them. This book explores a variety of the (dis)continuities between depictions of the sightless experience of beauty by sighted artists and the lived aesthetic experiences of blind people. It does so by pressing a radical interdisciplinary reinterpretation of celebrated dramatic portrayals of blindness into service as a tool with which to probe the boundaries of the capacities of the sighted imagination while exploring the sensory detriment of our visually fixated notions of beauty. Works by J. M. Synge, W. B. Yeats, and Brian Friel are explored as a means of crafting a workable and innovative medium of theoretical and experiential exchange between the disciplines of literature, aesthetics, and disability studies. In addition to appraising previously unexamined aspects of the work of three of Ireland’s most celebrated modern dramatists, this book considers the consequences for blind people of the exclusionary and prohibitive elements of traditional aesthetic theory and art education. The insights yielded will be of value to those with an interest in modern literature, differential aesthetics, visual culture, perception, and the experience of blindness. ... Read more

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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." ... Read more

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In March 2001, the National Institutes of Health issued the following warning: "The number of Web sites offering health-related resources grows every day. Many sites provide valuable information, while others may have information that is unreliable or misleading."Furthermore, because of the rapid increase in Internet-based information, many hours can be wasted searching, selecting, and printing.This book was created for medical professionals, students, and members of the general public who want to conduct medical research using the most advanced tools available and spending the least amount of time doing so. ... Read more

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Most important book of this century
Garan discovers, and leaps past, the final hurdle that prevents us from understanding the universe that we live in. From psychology to physics, Garan shows how our prejudiced mode of thought leads to causal blindness. If you wish to understand the fundamentals of human existance, then read this book. ... Read more

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Well written and focused
Gill demonstrates not only his education, but his dedication to the field of research and methodology in his work.Explaining methods and analytical tools in a descriptive, yet still simplistic, fashion, Gill allows thereader to learn his opinion. The book, however, did carry a slight tone ofarrogance that was unbecoming of an otherwise very professional piece.Iwould recommend it to the PhD or Grad students ... Read more

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This book contains 14 color plates to help determine if a person is color blind. Vintage copy from 1962. ... Read more