To See or Not to See
eBook - ePub

To See or Not to See

My Recovery from Blindness

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  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

To See or Not to See

My Recovery from Blindness

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About this book

Inez De Florio, born blind, tells us the moving, fascinating, and true story of her recovery from blindness at the age of 48 and how she coped with learning to see. Eyesight seems to be completely effortless for us, but for persons blind since birth these processes of adaptation are overwhelmingly demanding. For that reason, more than half of the patients commit suicide within the first years after successful surgery. De Florio, whose late recovery from blindness did not stop her from making a brilliant academic career as a professor in didactics, foreign languages, and intercultural communication, not only reveals astounding insights into the world of the visually impaired and their interactions with sighted people. Based on newest scientific findings, she also offers an illuminating report on how to learn to see and how to appreciate visual perception without over-emphasizing the importance of eyesight.

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Information

Publisher
ibidem
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9783838274874
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. 1 It is only with the heart that one can see rightly 
 (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
  3. 2 Best of Elvis
  4. 3 Blind is the one who refuses to see
  5. 4 Communication serves the proper self (Jens Wildenhain)
  6. 5 Love at first sight
  7. 6 Learning on the model
  8. 7 Colors, shapes and optical illusions
  9. 8 A crossing is a crossing is a crossing
  10. 9 The slightly different alphabetization
  11. 10 ‘Wrapping artist’
  12. 11 Jazz dance with open eyes
  13. 12 TV-listening with pictures
  14. 13 From the Eye Confusion Book to the Yearbook
  15. 14 Summary: seeing with all senses
  16. View to the sky
  17. Notes