[bksvol-discuss] Re: life stories of blind people
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:28:30 -0500
Oh, another one.
An Iranian Odyssey
About the first blind woman to graduate from a Iranian University, despite
not getting any formal schooling till she was twelve, and living in a
abusive and impoverished background.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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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
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From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:49 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: life stories of blind people
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 -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 11:07 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: life stories of blind people
>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.
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> Assistive Technology Trainer
> http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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> From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 10:30 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: life stories of blind people
>
>
>> 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
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>> From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 1:58 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] life stories of blind people
>>
>>
>> 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
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>> Laura,
>>
>> I have thought of doing something similar. This would be a good project.
>>
>> Kasondra Payne
>>
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