<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "People with visual disabilities — United States — Biography."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "People with visual disabilities — United States — Biography."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/samepagewcrl/rss/search?query=%22People%20with%20visual%20disabilities%20%E2%80%94%20United%20States%20%E2%80%94%20Biography.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:18:44 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[The Country of the Blind]]></title><description><![CDATA["A witty, winning, and revelatory personal narrative of the author's transition from sightedness to blindness and his quest to learn all he can about blindness as a distinct and rich culture all its own. We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over a period of years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon--but without knowing exactly when--he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, internal debates, politics, and customs. He also negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from sighted to semi-sighted to blind, from his mainstream, "typical" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland's determination not to merely survive this transition, but to grow from it-to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. His story reveals essential lessons for all of us, from accepting uncertainty and embracing change to connecting with others across difference. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is at once a deeply personal journey and an intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider--and from which we have much to learn"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C513370</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C513370</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leland, Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/513370195</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir at the End of Sight</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781984881427/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Country of the Blind]]></title><description><![CDATA["We meet Andrew Leland as he's suspended in the strange liminal state of the soon-to-be blind: He's midway through his life with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition that ushers those who live with it from complete sightedness to complete blindness over a period of years, even decades. He grew up with full vision, but starting in his teenage years, his sight began to degrade from the outside in, such that he now sees the world as if through a narrow tube. Soon--but without knowing exactly when--he will likely have no vision left. Full of apprehension but also dogged curiosity, Leland embarks on a sweeping exploration of the state of being that awaits him: not only the physical experience of blindness but also its language, internal debates, politics, and customs. He also negotiates his changing relationships with his wife and son, and with his own sense of self, as he moves from sighted to semi-sighted to blind, from his mainstream, "typical" life to one with a disability. Part memoir, part historical and cultural investigation, The Country of the Blind represents Leland's determination not to merely survive this transition, but to grow from it--to seek out and revel in that which makes blindness enlightening. His story reveals essential lessons for all of us, from accepting uncertainty and embracing change to connecting with others across difference. Thought-provoking and brimming with warmth and humor, The Country of the Blind is at once a deeply personal journey and an intellectually exhilarating tour of a way of being that most of us have never paused to consider-and from which we have much to learn"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C522791</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C522791</guid><category><![CDATA[LPRINT]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Leland, Andrew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/522791195</comments><format>LPRINT</format><subtitle>A Memoir at the End of Sight</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593793466/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Catching Sight]]></title><description><![CDATA[A memoir of progressive vision loss and the transformative relationship between a woman and her guide dog, exploring themes of disability, independence, and human-animal partnership.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C584486</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C584486</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Elliott, Deni]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/584486195</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How A Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807022542/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Point of Vanishing]]></title><description><![CDATA["On a clear May afternoon at the end of his junior year at Harvard, Howard Axelrod left his dorm-room to play a pick-up game of basketball. In the skirmish for a loose ball, a boy's finger hooked behind Axelrod's eyeball and severed his optic nerve. Permanently blinded in his right eye, Axelrod returned a week later to the same dorm-room, but to a different world. A world where nothing looked solid, where the smooth veneer of reality had been broken, and where the distance between how people saw him and how he saw had widened into a gulf. Five years later, heartbroken from a love affair in Italy and still desperate for a sense of orientation he could trust, Axelrod retreated to a jerry-rigged house in the Vermont woods. Miles from the nearest neighbor, at the dead-end of an unmaintained dirt road, he lived without a computer, without a television, and largely without human contact for two years. Whether tending to the woodstove, or snow-shoeing through the trees, he devoted his energies to learning to see again--to paying attention. He needed to find, with society's pressures and rush now removed, what really mattered. He needed to dig down to a sense of meaning that couldn't be changed in an instant. What followed was a strange and beautiful series of sensory adventures, shadowed by a haunting descent into the dangers of solitude. A gorgeous search into the profoundly human questions of perception, time, and identity, The Point of Vanishing announces the arrival of a major new literary voice of the timeless--which is to say, a major new voice for our harried times"--From publisher.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C92103</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C92103</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Axelrod, Howard]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/92103195</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>[a Memoir of Two Years in Solitude]</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780807075463/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Annie Sullivan and the Trials of Helen Keller]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of Annie Sullivan and Helen Keller presented in graphic format.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C18756</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C18756</guid><category><![CDATA[GRAPHIC_NOVEL]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lambert, Joseph]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/18756195</comments><format>GRAPHIC_NOVEL</format><subtitle></subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781423113362/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whale Eyes]]></title><description><![CDATA["From Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson comes a breathtaking illustrated memoir for middle-grade readers (and adults, too)-inspired by the viral, Emmy-nominated short film Whale Eyes. Told through an experimental mix of intimate anecdotes and interactive visuals, this book immerses readers in James's point of view, allowing them to see the world through his disabling eye conditions. Readers will get lost as they chase words. They'll stare into this book while taking a vision test. They'll hold it upside down as they practice "pretend-reading" -- and they'll follow an unlikely trail toward discovering the power of words. With poignant illustrations by Eisner Award-nominated artist Brian Rea, James's story equips readers of all ages with the tools to confront their discomfort with disability and turn confused, blank stares into powerful connections"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C589062</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C589062</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robinson, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/589062195</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217144587/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whale Eyes]]></title><description><![CDATA["From Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson comes a breathtaking illustrated memoir for middle-grade readers (and adults, too)-inspired by the viral, Emmy-nominated short film Whale Eyes. Told through an experimental mix of intimate anecdotes and interactive visuals, this book immerses readers in James's point of view, allowing them to see the world through his disabling eye conditions. Readers will get lost as they chase words. They'll stare into this book while taking a vision test. They'll hold it upside down as they practice "pretend-reading" -- and they'll follow an unlikely trail toward discovering the power of words. With poignant illustrations by Eisner Award-nominated artist Brian Rea, James's story equips readers of all ages with the tools to confront their discomfort with disability and turn confused, blank stares into powerful connections"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C589046</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C589046</guid><category><![CDATA[AB]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robinson, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/589046195</comments><format>AB</format><subtitle>A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9798217018246/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Whale Eyes]]></title><description><![CDATA["From Emmy Award-winning documentary filmmaker James Robinson comes a breathtaking illustrated memoir for middle-grade readers (and adults, too)-inspired by the viral, Emmy-nominated short film Whale Eyes. Told through an experimental mix of intimate anecdotes and interactive visuals, this book immerses readers in James's point of view, allowing them to see the world through his disabling eye conditions. Readers will get lost as they chase words. They'll stare into this book while taking a vision test. They'll hold it upside down as they practice "pretend-reading" -- and they'll follow an unlikely trail toward discovering the power of words. With poignant illustrations by Eisner Award-nominated artist Brian Rea, James's story equips readers of all ages with the tools to confront their discomfort with disability and turn confused, blank stares into powerful connections"-- Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C548620</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C548620</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Robinson, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/548620195</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Memoir About Seeing and Being Seen</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780593523957/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Helen's Eyes]]></title><link>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C417949</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S195C417949</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Delano, Marfe Ferguson]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://samepagewcrl.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/417949195</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Photobiography of Annie Sullivan, Helen Keller&apos;s Teacher</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781426302091/MC.GIF&amp;client=parlns&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>