Five Lectures on Blindness

A blind educator presents five concise lectures that blend lived experience with practical instruction on sensory loss: the psychological effects of blindness; the developmental needs of blind children and methods for early detection and schooling; techniques for re-educating blind adults, including tactile reading and home teaching; the influence of public attitudes and how they compound disability; and measures for preventing blindness and conserving vision. Grounded in decades of hands-on work and library outreach, the talks stress rehabilitation, community responsibility, vocational training, and public education as concrete means to expand opportunities for blind people, including those blinded in war.