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For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind
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For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind
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For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind

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"In this intelligent and humane book, Rosemary Mahoney writes of people who are blind....She reports on their courage and gives voice, time and again, to their miraculous dignity."--Andrew Solomon, author of Far From the Tree
In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's The Island of the Colorblind, Rosemary Mahoney tells the story of Braille Without Borders, the first school for the blind in Tibet, and of Sabriye Tenberken, the remarkable blind woman who founded the school. Fascinated and impressed by what she learned from the blind children of Tibet, Mahoney was moved to investigate further the cultural history of blindness. As part of her research, she spent three months teaching at Tenberken's international training center for blind adults in Kerala, India, an experience that reveals both the shocking oppression endured by the world's blind, as well as their great resilience, integrity, ingenuity, and strength. By living among the blind, Rosemary Mahoney enables us to see them in fascinating close up, revealing their particular "quality of ease that seems to broadcast a fundamental connection to the world." Having read FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE WHO SEE, you will never see the world in quite the same way again.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 14, 2014
ISBN9781478925279
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For the Benefit of Those Who See: Dispatches from the World of the Blind

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Excellent insights about the world of low vision around the world.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    An enlightening & informative book that provides a glimpse into the lives of the visually impaired. It shows both their great potential in achieving self-dependence and the discrimination they faced historically and still face today in many parts of the world.
    I loved the book because I do believe that most of the people with special needs are able to live a fulfilling life if they are being accepted and given the needed support.
    The author did great research and talks from her experience traveling different parts of the world. Ironically the most annoying thing about this book is the author's narration. Her voice is very sad, in the beginning, it gave me an impending sense of doom! Which is strange for me because I think this book holds a very positive message.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    (I'm sighted, though I am physically disabled)

    This book is absolutely phenomenal. Like, I can't even. I know more than the average person about blindness and being blind, as I am a huge advocate for disabled equity and accessibility and destigmatising it all.

    The book begins from the author's pov when the research for the book began, so it is ableist, but it gets way better as the book goes on, in terms of how they feel about blindness and blind folks. Towards the end they do say other ableist things, but this is definitely worth the time to read or listen to.

    I think this is the perfect way to get folks to see that, hey, blindness isn't nearly as bad as I thought it was, and literally the only differences between me and blind folks is that they can't see [well]!
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Sensitive portrayal bringing hope to many. The author conveyed a depth of understanding of how the blind go about their day to day lives. More importantly, it highlights what they need in terms of encouragement and support to keep going on their own.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    Provides revelatory insights into the world of those who do not depend upon their eyes to shape their view of themselves, others and their world. The historical context is rich and well-placed but the personal stories are what give this book texture and delight. it starts a but slow but the middle and end made me grateful I had not dismissed it.
  • Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    5/5
    A remarkable journey revealing things of which we might never otherwise become aware. The blind among us have been done a great service toward raising our consciousness and removing bias and ignorance of a hidden world to which we might otherwise have little access. Readers will never regret having completed this book—a unique treasure.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Insightful perspective on the lives of blind individuals. They are not mentally lacking like ignorance would guide us to believe but they just occupy a diffrent world of awarness. A world of sound, touch, and reason described in great detail through the authors stories.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    it's a good book, I love reading this book a lot.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    I almost gave up on this about 2/3rds of the way in just because the author's constant, condescending amazement ("Blind people knew I was in the room! By my smell! Like the can adapt to blindness!") grew wearisome. However, the last bit of the book, when she is teaching English in a school for blind adults focused on social change, redeemed it a bit. Once she stops filtering everything through her condescension, the amazing stories of these blind people, mostly from developing countries with severe prejudice against the blind, really come through.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    I had no idea how life was to be blind, and after reading this book, I have a new awareness of what to do and not to do. I am a helper type, and would jump in to help a blind person. Don't do it, I have learned, as they have their world in their head, and anything I do to help only gets in their way. this is a marvelous book and I commend Ms. Mahoney, the author, for a job well done. Her research and living with and as a blind person gives her much research that is believable. I heartily recommend this book to all readers, to not only appreciate your sight, but to enter a world that is so unknown to all of us with sight.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    4/5
    Excellent book written by a woman who worked for Braille Without Boundaries in both Tibet and India. Her description of the people with whom she worked brings them springing from the pages. She is continually surprised by how they are able to navigate the world where we assume sighted people have and advantage. In between her recollections of her work in BWB, she gives a history of the blind. One of the most surprising things I found in this "history book" section was that most blindness in third world countries could be cured with cataract surgery. This is an educating, entertaining book I'd recommend to anyone interested in people with "disabilities". The people she met didn't see themselves disabled although society does.