Oh yeah, and last year I scanned "One of the Lucky Ones", by Lucy Ching.
It's copyright year is 1980. If not totally disturbed by it, it is pretty
interesting.
From the book jacket
Many people might think me unlucky because I am blind, writes Lucy Ching in
this poignant autobiography, but I prefer to think of myself as one of the
lucky ones. Indeed, Lucy Ching's achievements despite total blindness would
be outstanding in any time and place- especially so in China of the 1930s,
where the blind were treated as outcasts and blind children were sometimes
sold into slavery by their own families. Lucy Ching was fortunate enough to
be kept at home with her parents, but as she reveals in this remarkable
memoir, her triumph over her disability was due to her own fierce
determination... and to a very special friendship. Under the devoted care of
her amah, an illiterate servant woman who was guided only by common sense,
intuition and affection for the child, Lucy Ching learned to live in a
sighted world, vowing to have the independence and fulfillment of a
profession. As a child, Lucy taught herself to read and write in braille and
was allowed to attend school with sighted children. And, quite against the
beliefs of her family, she converted to Christianity and made a solemn
promise to God that her lifework would be to help the blind. Lucy's
unflagging dedication was rewarded with a scholarship to the Perkins School
for the Blind in Boston, where she received the special training which has
enabled her to carry out her promise. My life could have been spent in
enforced idleness and isolation, observes Lucy Ching, cut off from other
people and their lives and problems. But I was luckier than that. God had
other plans for me. Like Helen Keller, she found herself, her work and her
God through affliction. Today Lucy Ching is a social worker in Hong Kong,
where she works with the blind as well as other handicapped people.
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:07 AM
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I don't think "My path Leads to Tibet" by Sabriye Tenberken, was mentioned. I really liked that book, and had fun discussing it when someone I knew mentioned having read it recently. The book is from 2001 or something close to that if I remember correctly, so most I think I partially enjoyed it just because it was pretty current.
"The Kingdom Within" is another book in the collection about a blind woman going to another country to teach. Genevieve Caulfield first goes to Japan and then to Thailand. I haven't finished it yet, butthe the time period seems to be late twenties through 1940 in the place where I stopped reading.
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Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:30 PM
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Oh, My gosh yes.
Try
Blind Courage By Bill Irwin
The Story of My life By helen Keller
Two books by Jessica Higford
(Eyes at My Feet and the sequel, I Never Walked alone
Type in
Sheila Hocken and see her biography
How Do You Kiss a Blind Girl
Ordinary Daylight
Sally Hobart Alexander's is on there too.
Plus Jean Little's two part biography
Probably am missing, some of them but these are the ones I am familiar with.
Oh
Slack Jaw
And probably more.
Oh
Planet of the Blind First Lady of the Seeing Eye Keep Your Head Up Mr. Putnam
and probably more.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
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There's already one book on Bookshare with life stories of blind people: What Color is the Sun by Kenneth Jernigan (Editor) Are there any more?
Carrie
Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: Hello Kasondra
Well, I have been told to write my life story more than once just because of
the wide range of experiences I have had. More than enough for one life
time.
This sounds like it could be an interesting project. I might be fun to co-author a book.
Katie Hill The Reconnection & reiki Healing Get yur personalized numerology chart Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kasondra Payne Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 6:14 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Mainstreaming
Laura,
I have thought of doing something similar. This would be a good project.
Kasondra Payne
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