Coping with Vision Loss: Understanding the Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Effects
Dr. Cheri Langdell, a professor of English, and Dr. Tim
Langdell, a clinical psychologist and digital media expert, take us
through personal, psychological, sociological, and cultural perspectives
on blindness, and—perhaps surprisingly—show us some of the benefits
nearly blind and blind people have found after vision loss. These
benefits include what some describe as heightening of the other senses,
deepening spiritual sight, and stronger insights into the human
condition. Through literature, media, and cinema across the ages, the authors focus attention on how the masses worldwide who are sighted view, and treat, the blind and legally blind. Coping with Vision Loss: Understanding the Psychological, Social, and Spiritual Effects also includes non-fiction written about and by the blind that gives great insight into their condition. The text explains what the visually impaired and blind can do to stay strong and live their lives to the fullest, as well as what family members and friends can do to help when needed, or to back off when one wants to be as independent as possible. Technological advances to assist the blind and legally blind are reviewed, as are websites for a host of organizations created to assist people with vision loss.
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