[AERNet] AERNet Digest, Vol 10, Issue 37

[Robertson, Meg (MCB)]

I also include a list of professions who work with children or adults
with vision loss & where to get more information on them.  Here is a
list I have put together.  I always bring braille alphabet handouts
(usually get the free from National Braille Press.)

Reading Resources

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: The Diary of Bess Brennan: The Perkins
School for the Blind 1932.  Barry Denenberg. Dear America Series,
Scholastic Inc. NY.

Do You Remember the Color Blue? And Other Questions Kids Ask about
Blindness: Sally Hobart Alexander 2000. Penguin Putnam Books NY

Books on Long Cane Travel

A Cane in Her Hand. Ada B. Litchfield/Pictures: Eleanor Mill 1977.
Albert Whitman & Company.
The Family of Owen M. E. Flaherty, A. Hawkins, S.Heaton.  AER
www.aerbvi.org .
My Friend Jodi is Blind.  1997/Booklet: The Lighthouse Inc.
www.lighthouse.org

Books on Dog Guides

Looking Out for Sarah. Glenna Lang 2001. Charlesbridge Imprint,
617-926-0329 www.charlesbridge.com.  National Braille Press Inc.
produces a Print/Braille copy of the book as well.  Contact them at
800-548-7323 www.nbp.org.

Mom's Best Friend. Sally Hobart Alexander. Photographs by George Ancona
1992. MacMillian Publishing Company NY.

Connie's New Eyes.  Bernard Wolf. 1976. J.B. Lippincott Company NY.

Buddy, The First Seeing Eye Dog. Eva Moore, Ill by Don Bolognese
Scholastic 2003.

Books on Helen Keller

The World at her Fingertips: The Story of Helen Keller. Joan Dash. 2001.
Scholastic Inc., NY.

Helen Keller Courage In The Dark.  Joanna Hurwitz, Illustrated by N.
Covington.  Random House www.randomhouse.com A Step into Reading Grades
2-3 Book.

Other Resources

Vision: A School Program for Grades 4-8:
Wild about Healthy Vision: Activity Book for Ages 9-12:
National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health.  www.nei.nih.gov
 
White Cane/Blindness Activities for School

Canadian National Institute for the Blind CNIB School Activity Package:
http://www.cnib.ca/school-package/index.htm   or www.cnib.ca

Information on Eyes

	Eyes and Ears. Seymour Simon, Scholastic Inc. 2003.

Museum of Vision Educational Resource:  "Seeing is Believing" EyeCare
America www.museumofvision.org  415-561-8502

National Eye Institute National Institutes of Health.  www.nei.nih.gov

Kids Health Website: How do kids who can't see, or can't see well, learn
to live without using their eyes? Learn more about visual impairment and
what causes it, go to
www.kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/sight/visual_impaired.html or on
color blindness: http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/color_blind.html

Braille Resources

American Foundation for the Blind: 800-232-5463
http://www.afb.org/braillebug/

Hadley School for the Blind:  800-323-4238 www.hadley-school.org

National Braille Press 800-548-7323 www.nbp.org
 
Meg Robertson COMS
Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Orientation & Mobility Department
48 Boylston St., Boston MA 02116-4718
617-626-7581                 Meg.Robertson at state.ma.us


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