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Dealing With Vision Loss offers information all in one place for people who are experiencing vision loss, family members whose parent, friend or sibling is experiencing vision loss and for parents of children who were born with a significant vision loss. Dealing With Vision Loss will help family members understand how the person who is losing his or her sight is feeling and perhaps explain some of theirown uneasiness with regard to vision loss. Dealing With Vision Loss will provide you, the person who is experiencing vision loss with hope and answers and a path through this sometimes overwhelming challenge of vision loss. Dealing With Vision Loss offers information on: using computers, how to make use of large print or talking software and why; whether to use large print or Braille; and making a decision as to whether to use a cane or to get a dog guide Dealing With Vision Loss offers an extensive resource list which covers everything from where to find: large print address books and playing cards, magnifiers;large print and talking watches and brailled greeting cards. Dealing With Vision Loss will explain to parents what are the most important skills for their children who are blind to acquire before beginning school. Dealing With Vision Loss offers a short course on being a guide for a blind person and can also serve as a training tool for volunteers and individuals who find themselves working with blind people for the first time as a guide or just assisting an individual with reading, shopping or signing papers and is an excellent resource for social workers, nurses, and other professionalswho come in contact with those of us who are blind from time to time.
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The author, blind since birth, presents his own unique perspective on blindness by blending his life experience with his work in and out of the field of blindness Fred Olver was the first blind student to attend, and graduate from, Wayne Memorial High School in an era when most children who were blind were attending schools for the blind. He received his B.S. degree in Communications and Secondary Education and his M.A. in Blind Rehabilitation Teaching both from Western Michigan University. While a member of the Fort Wayne Jaycee's, Fred assisted in many fund-raising events and also relieved many members of their hard-earned money while playing poker with his Braille cards. During the International Year of Disabled Persons Fred was a city liaison for Fort Wayne, Indiana and has also received the American Radio Relay League's highest award for public service during a community emergency. His first job was at the School for the Blind at the age of 16 where he produced multiple copies of Braille books. He says, "If you want me to do something, just tell me I can't." He has also worked in a Library for the Blind, as a Rehabilitation Teacher, offering skills training in cooking, Braille, guiding techniques, teaching people to function in a world where vision has become a secondary rather than a primary sense. Other jobs include tele-marketer, substitute teacher, small-business owner, and snack bar manager and now he has chosen to use his expertise to provide you the reader with never-before presented concepts of thinking about blindness and how to cope with vision loss. Fred now lives in St. Louis Missouri with his daughter, Maggie, age 16 where he spends his time gardening, barbecuing on his gas grill, collecting movies and developing an internet business. For more information go to: http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com
Dealing With Vision Loss offers information all in one place for people who are experiencing vision loss, family members whose parent, friend or sibling is experiencing vision loss and for parents of children who were born with a significant vision loss. Dealing With Vision Loss will help family members understand how the person who is losing his or her sight is feeling and perhaps explain some of theirown uneasiness with regard to vision loss. Dealing With Vision Loss will provide you, the person who is experiencing vision loss with hope and answers and a path through this sometimes overwhelming challenge of vision loss. Dealing With Vision Loss offers information on: using computers, how to make use of large print or talking software and why; whether to use large print or Braille; and making a decision as to whether to use a cane or to get a dog guide Dealing With Vision Loss offers an extensive resource list which covers everything from where to find: large print address books and playing cards, magnifiers;large print and talking watches and brailled greeting cards. Dealing With Vision Loss will explain to parents what are the most important skills for their children who are blind to acquire before beginning school. Dealing With Vision Loss offers a short course on being a guide for a blind person and can also serve as a training tool for volunteers and individuals who find themselves working with blind people for the first time as a guide or just assisting an individual with reading, shopping or signing papers and is an excellent resource for social workers, nurses, and other professionalswho come in contact with those of us who are blind from time to time.
About the Author
The author, blind since birth, presents his own unique perspective on blindness by blending his life experience with his work in and out of the field of blindness Fred Olver was the first blind student to attend, and graduate from, Wayne Memorial High School in an era when most children who were blind were attending schools for the blind. He received his B.S. degree in Communications and Secondary Education and his M.A. in Blind Rehabilitation Teaching both from Western Michigan University. While a member of the Fort Wayne Jaycee's, Fred assisted in many fund-raising events and also relieved many members of their hard-earned money while playing poker with his Braille cards. During the International Year of Disabled Persons Fred was a city liaison for Fort Wayne, Indiana and has also received the American Radio Relay League's highest award for public service during a community emergency. His first job was at the School for the Blind at the age of 16 where he produced multiple copies of Braille books. He says, "If you want me to do something, just tell me I can't." He has also worked in a Library for the Blind, as a Rehabilitation Teacher, offering skills training in cooking, Braille, guiding techniques, teaching people to function in a world where vision has become a secondary rather than a primary sense. Other jobs include tele-marketer, substitute teacher, small-business owner, and snack bar manager and now he has chosen to use his expertise to provide you the reader with never-before presented concepts of thinking about blindness and how to cope with vision loss. Fred now lives in St. Louis Missouri with his daughter, Maggie, age 16 where he spends his time gardening, barbecuing on his gas grill, collecting movies and developing an internet business. For more information go to: http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com
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