Walking Alone and Marching Together - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Walking Alone and Marching Together write by Floyd W. Matson. This book was released on 1990. Walking Alone and Marching Together available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Disability Rights Movement
The Disability Rights Movement - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Disability Rights Movement write by Doris Fleischer. This book was released on 2012. The Disability Rights Movement available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The struggle for disability rights in the U.S.
Once Upon a Challenge
Once Upon a Challenge - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Once Upon a Challenge write by Nancy L. Burns. This book was released on 2009-07. Once Upon a Challenge available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. It was the late 1940s when a tall, skinny sixth-grader picked up a shiny object off the ground in her small Missouri town and became the victim of a tragic circumstance an explosive left carelessly behind took away her vision and changed her forever. With a quietly inspirational style, Nancy Burns shares her poignant life experiences as a blind woman with the hope of educating and enlightening others about certain societal misconceptions and attitudes regarding those who are disabled. Beginning with the moment when she woke up in the hospital both eyes bandaged and realized she would not receive the emotional comfort and guidance she so desperately needed, Burns offers a compelling glimpse into the fulfilling world she created for herself, despite her disability. Her personal story chronicles her struggles as a young girl learning to live with her vision loss, her family's inability to acknowledge her disability, and her determined journey to acquire the skills that led her to eventually become a vocational counselor who worked with disabled clients. In Once Upon a Challenge: Hearing is Believing Burns offers an important message the way one chooses to live with challenges becomes the key to success in life.
The Blindness Revolution
The Blindness Revolution - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Blindness Revolution write by James H. Omvig. This book was released on 2006-03-01. The Blindness Revolution available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book recounts the dramatic story of the transformation of the Iowa Commission for the Blind from a verifiably ineffective service agency to perhaps the most outstanding and effective adult service program in the nation in the span of 10 short years. What happened in Iowa was revolutionary, and the character of work with the blind in America and around the world was altered forever—the alternative civil rights–based service model worked. Using Kenneth Jernigan's own writings of Board meeting minutes, reports, and letters, I present the details of the remarkable story from an activist's point of view. This book will certainly be of interest to those who work in the field of blindness, particularly those who work in agencies serving the blind, but this book is more than just a study in public administration. Omvig's research fills in significant gaps in the history of the blind movement and offers the reader a front-row seat to a pivotal moment in blind history. — Brian Miller, University of Iowa
Education and Rehabilitation for Empowerment
Education and Rehabilitation for Empowerment - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Education and Rehabilitation for Empowerment write by Ed Vaughan. This book was released on 2005-11-01. Education and Rehabilitation for Empowerment available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this book we are interested in patterns of education, rehabilitation service, socialization, and ideas about blindness that in large part produce the above-mentioned distinct patterns. We will examine the economic interests of professional groups and the patterns of domination and subordination, which are present in most rehabilitation relationships. Our central tenet is that the behavior of blind people is not a product of the physical condition of blindness or the amount of residual vision a blind person has. Rather, the behavior of blind people in our society is governed by socialization. Blindness is a social problem arising from erroneous, socially constructed negative beliefs about the capacities of blind people involuntarily assimilated from the broader society by the blind. People learn to live independently or they learn to be dependent. The reactions of parents, teachers, peers, the health professionals, rehabilitation counselors and the general public have defined the choices available to blind people. This is the case in every culture and society around the world. Differences result from different cultural values, levels of economic development, and historical traditions.
