Blindness is commonly considered to be a physical condition with negative consequences for its sufferers. Most research and treatment begin with the assumption that blind persons require adjustment and training to cope with their distorted view of reality. For Rod Michalko, blindness offers a legitimate way of being and a teaching tool - one that presents a unique perspective on aspects of the world that the sighted never experience and that the disciplines of ophthalmology and rehabilitation never consider.
This book explores matters of choice and personal fulfilment in the context...
Blindness is commonly considered to be a physical condition with negative consequences for its sufferers. Most research and treatment begin with th...
Blindness is commonly considered to be a physical condition with negative consequences for its sufferers. Most research and treatment begin with the assumption that blind persons require adjustment and training to cope with their distorted view of reality. For Rod Michalko, blindness offers a legitimate way of being and a teaching tool - one that presents a unique perspective on aspects of the world that the sighted never experience and that the disciplines of ophthalmology and rehabilitation never consider.
This book explores matters of choice and personal fulfilment in the context...
Blindness is commonly considered to be a physical condition with negative consequences for its sufferers. Most research and treatment begin with th...
When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. This title is his account of how his search ended with Smokie, a guide dog, and a dramatically different sense of blindness.
When the author's sight finally became so limited that he no longer felt safe on busy city streets or traveling alone, he began a search for a guide. ...
Rod Michalko asks why disabled people are still feared, still regarded as useless or unfit to live, and not yet welcome in society. Drawing on his own understanding of blindness and narratives by other disabled people, he challenges us to come to grips with social meanings attached to disability.
Rod Michalko asks why disabled people are still feared, still regarded as useless or unfit to live, and not yet welcome in society. Drawing on his own...
