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Insights from an Out-of-Sight Guy
In 1972 Larry C. Colbert's life changed suddenly and dramatically when he was diagnosed with retinitus pigmentosa, a degenerative eye disease, and learned he would soon be blind. But, as Larry's eyesight gradually faded, his insight deepened. In this, his first book, Colbert shares the poignant story of his deep personal struggle with blindness, and the fear that kept him from embracing change. With remarkably frank dialog, and powerful and humorous examples, Insights reveals Colbert's intimate 30-year process of coming to "see" self, and provides practical and meaningful help for learning to cope with change, as well as managing the ideas, emotions, and attitudes that affect us all..
Price: $20.00
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Uveitis and Immunological Disorders (Essentials in Ophthalmology)
Uveitis and immunological disorders encompass a wide spectrum of potentially blinding diseases that are seen in daily practice by many ophthalmologists. In recent years enormous progress has been made understanding the principal mechanisms of inflammatory and immunological processes in ocular disorders. The purpose of this volume of Essentials in Ophthalmology is to provide the ophthalmologist with our present understanding of the pathogenesis of the most frequent immune-mediated disorders of the eye and a practical approach to these diseases. Uveitis and Immunological Disorders fits in the series of Essentials in Ophthalmology to fill the gap between textbooks and original research publications. With a broad spectrum of contributions, including diseases affecting the conjunctiva, sclera and cornea as well as intraocular inflammation, this publication will serve not only as a valuable source of up-to-date information for ophthalmologists but also be of interest to pediatricians, specialists in internal medicine and dermatologists confronted with inflammatory eye diseases. Although mainly focused on clinical aspects of inflammatory eye diseases, several contributions address aspects such as immune mechanisms and genetics of these diseases. .
Price: $83.90
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Cockeyed: A Memoir
On his 18th birthday, Ryan Knighton was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP), a congenital, progressive disease marked by night-blindness, tunnel vision and, eventually, total blindness In this penetrating, nervy memoir, which ricochets between meditation and black comedy, Knighton tells the story of his fifteen-year descent into blindness while incidentally revealing the world of the sighted in all its phenomenal peculiarity. Knighton learns to drive while unseeing; has his first significant relationship—with a deaf woman; navigates the punk rock scene and men's washrooms; learns to use a cane; and tries to pass for seeing while teaching English to children in Korea. Stumbling literally and emotionally into darkness, into love, into couch-shopping at Ikea, into adulthood, and into truce if not acceptance of his identity as a blind man, his writerly self uses his disability to provide a window onto the human condition. His experience of blindness offers unexpected insights into sight and the other senses, culture, identity, language, our fears and fantasies. Cockeyed is not a conventional confessional. Knighton is powerful and irreverent in words and thought and impatient with the preciousness we've come to expect from books on disability. Readers will find it hard to put down this wild ride around their everyday world with a wicked, smart, blind guide at the wheel. .
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French Toast, A White Cane And Memories
One early morning, a mother, two brothers, and a family pet leave on vacation to return to their favorite place on earth. French Toast, A White Cane and Memories is more than just a story about a family vacation With the amusing antics of Chase, the seriousness of his older brother, Bo, and the single mother who tries to hold the family together, this important trip to the Pacific Ocean turns into an epiphany for an older brother. Raising a child with a disability requires courage and stamina. Parents of disabled children learn to hope for the best and expect the worst. When a child has a rare and incurable disease, sometimes hope seems elusive and somehow always beyond our grasp. This novel is based on the true story of a young boy (age 9) who is losing his eyesight because of the devastating effects of the rare and incurable disease, retinitis pigmentosa. With hope that this story will help raise awareness of childhood blindness, French Toast, A White Cane and Memories was written not only for the two children in this book, but for the countless other families who were blessed with less than perfect children. Come along with Lucy, Bo, and Chase as they travel from central California to the very depths of the human heart..
Price: $8.19
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Degenerative Diseases of the Retina
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