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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780535603321

Autore

Michalko Rod <1946->

Titolo

The mystery of the eye and the shadow of blindness / / Rod Michalko

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-282-02595-3

9786612025952

1-4426-8178-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (190 p.)

Disciplina

362.4/1

Soggetti

Blindness - Social aspects

Livres numeriques.

e-books.

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

""CONTENTS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENTS""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 What Is Blindness?""; ""3 Discovery""; ""4 Rehabilitation""; ""5 The Gap of Adolescence""; ""6 The Shadow of Blindness""; ""7 Conclusion""; ""BIBLIOGRAPHY""; ""INDEX""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""Z""

Sommario/riassunto

Unravels the ways that blind persons come to understand and live their lives. It shows that blindness is a life worth living and that blind persons must grapple with the question of what kind of blind person they choose to be.