blind children

Presents a story that provides insights into the challenges faced by children suffering with visual impairments and blindness, and the impact of the disability on family members and friends, and features facts about different types of vision problems, their diagnosis, treatment, and the adjustments that are required to live with them.

Davey, a blind student, refuses all help from his new classmates, even while playing kickball at recess, until they find a way to help without doing everything for him.

Continues: Daddyji. 1972 and Mamaji. 1979. An autobiographical account of the author's childhood memories in India.

Interviews with a group of blind and partially sighted children in Sweden reveal their feelings about their disability and the ways they use their other senses to help them "see.".

A photographic exploration of the lives of students in three Boston-area schools, ranging from the profoundly challenged to the most gifted; featuring comments by or about the children, and an essay that explores the children's inner thoughts and feelings.

A nine-year-old boy who has been blind from birth describes various aspects of his life, including his reading in Braille, his use of a cane, and the games he plays with his friends.

Explains what it is like to be blind and how blind people can use Braille, guide dogs, canes, and other aids to live independent lives.