LEADER 02822nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910459510803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-93303-5 010 $a9786612933035 010 $a0-313-34665-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000059875 035 $a(EBL)617055 035 $a(OCoLC)694733457 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414933 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12163890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414933 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409513 035 $a(PQKB)10817698 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617055 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL617055 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10437143 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293303 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059875 100 $a20100927d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCoping with vision loss$b[electronic resource] $eunderstanding the psychological, social, and spiritual effects /$fCheri Colby Langdell and Tim Langdell 210 $aSanta Barbara, Calif. $cPraeger$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (191 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-313-34664-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aMore 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 606 $aBlindness 606 $aMedicine in literature 606 $aVision disorders$xPsychological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBlindness. 615 0$aMedicine in literature. 615 0$aVision disorders$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a617.7 700 $aLangdell$b Cheri Colby$0977938 701 $aLangdell$b Tim$0977939 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459510803321 996 $aCoping with vision loss$92227896 997 $aUNINA