LEADER 02896nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910825707603321 005 20101001100936.0 010 $a979-84-00-63214-3 010 $a1-282-93303-5 010 $a9786612933035 010 $a0-313-34665-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9798400632143 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(Au-PeEL)EBL617055 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10437143 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL293303 035 $a(DNLM)101542219 035 $a(OCoLC)1229484809 035 $a(DLC)BP9798400632143BC 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC617055 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000059875 100 $a20100927e20102024 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCoping with vision loss $eunderstanding the psychological, social, and spiritual effects /$fCheri Colby Langdell and Tim Langdell 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aSanta Barbara, Calif. :$cPraeger,$dc2010. 210 2$aNew York :$cBloomsbury Publishing (US),$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 180 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a979-82-16-06639-2 311 $a0-313-34664-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 169-174) and index. 327 $aA brief history of blindness in world literature -- Fiction by and about the blind -- Insights from the blind today : non-fiction writing -- The spiritual dimensions of blindness -- Current insights : what the future holds. 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. 606 $aBlindness 606 $aMedicine in literature 606 $aVision disorders$xPsychological aspects 615 0$aBlindness. 615 0$aMedicine in literature. 615 0$aVision disorders$xPsychological aspects. 676 $a617.7 700 $aLangdell$b Cheri Colby$01616108 701 $aLangdell$b Tim$01616109 801 0$bDNLM/DLC 801 1$bDLC 801 2$bUtOrBLW 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910825707603321 996 $aCoping with vision loss$93946668 997 $aUNINA