[AERNet] Blind kids

[Kimberly Morrow, PhD.]

Are there any good books out there about successful blind females? I can think of only one: Rose Resnick's autiobiography. Are there others?

Kimberly

Jody W. Ianuzzi wrote: 
> Hi all,
> I am reading Michael May's biography CRASHING THROUGH. He describes how his 
> mom expected him to do everything his brothers and sisters did.  He rode a 
> bike and did his chores around the house.  Erik Weihenmeyer's book TO TOUCH 
> THE TOP OF THE WORLD also describes normal expectations of a blind kid.
> I was lucky too because I was raised as a sighted kid.  I have met too many 
> blind adults who literally get lost crossing a room because they never were 
> expected to do anything when they were growing up.  The really sad thing is 
> that their disability is not blindness, it is lack of normal skills to 
> travel and interact with the real world.
> I would suggest that these over protective moms read the books I mentioned 
> and Tom Sullivan's book IF YOU COULD SE WHAT I HEAR.
> I would ask what they want for their kids when they grow up.  Do they want 
> them to be adults who fully participate in life or do they want them to sit 
> in a chair and have people do things for them.
> JODY
> "WE MUST BE THE CHANGE WE WISH
> TO SEE IN THE WORLD" ~ Gandhi 
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