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A probing, witty, and deeply insightful history of blindness - in Western culture and literature, and in the author's own experience - that ranges from Homer to Milton to Braille to Stevie Wonder. The author begins her wide-ranging study with an exploration of how the idea of sight is inextricably linked with knowledge and understanding; how "blindness" has, for millennia, been used as a metaphor for ignorance; and how, in metaphorical terms, blindness...
10) Lucca
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Rushed to the hospital following a devastating automobile accident that could leave her blind, actress Lucca Montale, unhappily married and the mother of a son, finds herself drawn to Robert, the divorced doctor who has been treating her.
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Daniel Kish is blind but his ability to "see using sound" is remarkable. His use of echolocation to effortlessly get around using mouth clicks has earned him the nickname "Batman." Now, researchers are getting a clearer picture on the way his brain turns sounds into images and it's redefining our understanding of vision. Also, most bras are designed for aesthetics, to look good. Even a sports bra can be uncomfortable at times. But what if a bra could...
12) The Bionic Eye
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Dr. Joseph Rizzo and Prof. John Wyatt have pioneered a technology for restoring sight to patients who suffer from degenerative blindness.
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Maryknoll lay missioner John Barth and his associates developed a school for blind adults at Wat Sarawan in 1992. This film introduces the Rehabilitation for Blind Cambodians that trains doctors and nurses, treats eye diseases, and provides low cost surgeries. Meet Suthi Ung who, like many Cambodians, suffered from vitamin A deficiency during the Khmer Rouge Regime. He caught the measles at age three and lost his eyesight. Ung attended RBC, learned...
16) Bilal
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A three-year-old boy named Bilal lives with his younger brother and their blind parents in a small room in a poor part of Kolkata. It's dark in the room and almost nothing can be seen.Due to the special circumstances of his parents, Bilal's upbringing and care seems to be the shared responsibility of all his neighbors. Therefore, despite Bilal's young age, the resourceful, playful boy already knows a lot about life and plays an important role in his...
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This title invites readers to imagine living without sight through remarkable illustrations done with raised lines and descriptions of colors based on imagery. Braille letters accompany the illustrations and a full Braille alphabet offers sighted readers help reading along with their fingers.
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