Diversity and Visual Impairment The Individual's Experience of Race, Gender, Religion and Ethnicity

Name: Diversity and Visual Impairment The Individual's Experience of Race, Gender, Religion and Ethnicity
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ISBN: 9780891283836

ISBN-10: 0891283838

ISBN-13: 9780891283836

Edition: 2001

Authors: Madeline Milian, Jane N. Erin

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Discusses how cultural, social, and religious factors play an important role in the way an individual perceives and copes with a visual impairment, and how it can affect their self-esteem and social relationships.

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 453
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword



About the Contributors


Introduction



Diversity and Visual Impairment



Individual and Societal Responses to Diversity and Visual Impairment




Multiple Dimensions of Identity: Individuals with Visual Impairments




Ethnic and Racial Diversity



African Americans with Visual Impairments




Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders with Visual Impairments




Latinos with Visual Impairments




Native Americans with Visual Impairments




Religious Variations and Visual Impairment



Religions and Their Views of Blindness and Visual Impairment




Blindness and Visual Impairment and the Religious Community




Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Visual Impairment



Women with Visual Impairments




Men with Visual Impairments




Gays, Lesbians, and Bisexuals with Visual Impairments




Professional Practices and Diversity



Providing Professional Services to Individuals Who Speak English as a Second Language




Professionals and Diversity



Resources Related to Disability and Diversity


Index