Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Personal and Professionals Perspectives on Age-Related Macular Degeneration - Softcover

Bergman, Lindy; The Chicago Lighthouse

 
9780891284857: Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind: Personal and Professionals Perspectives on Age-Related Macular Degeneration
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0891284850 ISBN 13: 9780891284857
Verlag: American Printing House for the Blind, 2011

Inhaltsangabe

Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind presents a personal account of living successfully with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), combined with powerful new information on effective service delivery. Ninety-three-year old Lindy Bergman illustrates the ways in which life with low vision can be lived with independence, dignity, and personal satisfaction. Also included are highly informative chapters, written by the world-renowned experts from The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, encompassing the latest information about the causes and treatment of AMD; a concise, informative overviews of the effects of aging on vision, the emotional and psychological components of vision loss and the integration of the individual's psychological recovery into low vision service delivery; and a cutting-edge model of rehabilitation that meets the challenges of service provision today. Foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer, award-winning author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

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Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind presents a personal account of living successfully with age-related macular degeneration (AMD), combined with powerful new information on effective service delivery. Ninety-three-year old Lindy Bergman illustrates the ways in which life with low vision can be lived with independence, dignity, and personal satisfaction. Also included are highly informative chapters, written by the world-renowned experts from The Chicago Lighthouse for People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired, encompassing the latest information about the causes and treatment of AMD; a concise, informative overviews of the effects of aging on vision, the emotional and psychological components of vision loss and the integration of the individual's psychological recovery into low vision service delivery; and a cutting-edge model of rehabilitation that meets the challenges of service provision today. Foreword by Jonathan Safran Foer, award-winning author of Everything Is Illuminated and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.

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Verlag
American Printing House for the Blind
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0891284850
ISBN 13 
9780891284857
Einband
Tapa blanda
Anzahl der Seiten
226
Herausgeber
Miller Jennifer E.
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