Title Social and cultural perspectives on blindness : barriers to community integration / by C. Edwin Vaughan

Published Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, [1998] ©1998

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Description xi, 208 pages ; 26 cm Contents 1. Introduction - Why Study Rehabilitation and Blindness from a Cross-Cultural Perspective? -- 2. Social and Cultural Perspectives on Blindness -- 3. Manufacturing Ideas about Blindness -- 4. Blindness in the United States: From Isolation to Full Inclusion / JoAn Vaughan and C. Edwin Vaughan -- 5. Blindness in Africa / Aubrey Webson and C. Edwin Vaughan -- 6. Blind People in the Middle Kingdom and the People's Republic of China -- 7. Spain's Unique Organization - The Organizacion Nacional De Ciegnos Espanoles (ONCE) Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-200) and index Subject Blind -- Cross-cultural studies. Blind -- Education. Blind -- Rehabilitation. Blindness -- Public opinion. Blindness -- Social aspects. LC no. 97052371 ISBN 0398068542 (cloth) 0398068550 (paperback)

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