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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459510803321

Autore

Langdell Cheri Colby

Titolo

Coping with vision loss [[electronic resource] ] : understanding the psychological, social, and spiritual effects / / Cheri Colby Langdell and Tim Langdell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Santa Barbara, Calif., : Praeger, 2010

ISBN

1-282-93303-5

9786612933035

0-313-34665-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LangdellTim

Disciplina

617.7

Soggetti

Blindness

Medicine in literature

Vision disorders - Psychological aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 A Brief History of Blindness in World Literature; 3 Original Fiction by the Blind; 4 The Blind Writing about Blindness; 5 The Spiritual Dimensions of Blindness; 6 Current Insights into Visual Impairment and Vision Loss or Change; 7 Conclusion; Appendix: List of Useful Links and Resources; Works Cited and Consulted; Index

Sommario/riassunto

More than one million people in the United States are fully blind or legally blind, suffering impairments from retinal and macular degeneration to eye loss. And as America with Baby Boomers and beyond ages, the numbers of legally blind will double. In this work where the authors are assisted by a blind executive, readers are taken into the world of the legally and fully blind, to understand the practical challenges that creates for the person experiencing vision loss, and also the family members and friends of that person. And the authors, through interviews with experts across fields, as well