A direct, good humored, non-threatening reference guide for living in a frightening situation. It is for people affected personally as well as professionally. Dancing in the Dark includes a resource directory and primer to understand the language of visual impairment.
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Neer suffered from low vision throughout her life and eventually became blind. Just as she lost her sight totally, her adult son died and left her his 13-year-old daughter to raise. So Neer's story about coping--how to travel, shop, socialize, read and write, and run a household--has information for people of all ages. Neer talks like an old friend about attending plays, cooking for dinner parties, becoming street savvy, and, literally, dancing in the dark. Her upbeat, practical tone would prove a blessing for anyone dealing with sightlessness. Denise Perry Donavin
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I have found this reading provocative, informative, and compassionate. Professor Neer's personality shines through on every page. Her concern is to help visually impaired persons to lead as full lives as they wish to. Dancing in the Dark is a valuable source book for the visually impaired, for their friends and families, and also for professional workers. -- Dr. Dean Edell, National Radio and Television Medical Journalist
Neer talks like an old friend about attending plays, cooking for dinner parties, becoming street savvy, and literally, dancing in the dark. -- American Library Association
Neer talks like an old friend about attending plays, cooking for dinner parties, becoming street savvy, and literally, dancing in the dark. -- American Library Association
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a great book,
By A Customer
This review is from: Dancing in the Dark: A Guide to Living With Blindness and Visual Impairment (Paperback)
I work with an agency serving visually impaired persons. For years, we have read excerpts aloud from this book to our independent living training classes for persons with vision loss. We have received nothing but rave reviews about this book and numerous complaints that it could not be obtained on cassette tape. It is a very worthwhile and realistic book about one woman's experience of vision loss, which resounds with many visually impaired persons.
4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Save Your Time,
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This review is from: Dancing in the Dark: A Guide to Living With Blindness and Visual Impairment (Paperback)
While there are a few useful suggestions, most of the material in this book is dicouraging and false. Blind people can and do all things sight persons do, without many of the issues discussed in this book. People navigate restrooms without help, eat in restaurants without making a mess of themselves or the table without extra plates and napkins, and so much more. "Touch the Top of the World" by Erik Weihenmayer, is a much more accurate description of blindness.
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