ADJUSTMENT TO BLINDNESS AND VISUAL IMPAIRMENT

by
Robert Leslie Newman

2008 Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award Recipient

  • I was awarded one of the first ever Dr. Jacob Bolotin Awards for my work with THOUGHT PROVOKER. These awards are given to recognize outstanding individual and organizational achievements in the blindness field. The awards are to be presented annually by the National Federation of the Blind with support from the Alfred and Rosalind Perlman Trust. Follow this link to read the full article as it appeared in the award brochure.
  •      This web site is devoted to changing what it means to be blind through the promotion of the human potential to successfully adjust to and live with blindness and visual impairment. It is meant for the blind, the visually impaired, professionals involved with this population such as vocational rehabilitation counselors or therapists, teachers and educators of the blind and visually impaired, families and friends interested in adjustment to vision loss, all those interested in peer counseling and blindness, individuals looking for blindness related information or guidance or suggestions or materials or adaptive equipment or consumer groups or etc.

         Toward this goal, THOUGHT PROVOKER, a web based discussion forum on blindness and visual impairment is presented and available for reading and being responded too.

         Additionally featured are short stories highlighting the successful adjustment to blindness through the development of a positive attitude and philosophical foundation, to the acquisition of alternative techniques in order to function independently.

         Finally, there are links to other sites that also promote a positive approach to blindness and visual impairment.

         If you have any comments or requests, write me at the following address.

    Robert Leslie Newman
    Author and Moderator
    email: Newmanrl@cox.net"
    Voice: (402) 556-3216


    To visit the rest of this site, follow the links provided below.

    TOP OF PAGE

  • THOUGHT PROVOKER
  • SHORT STORIES
  • LINKS PAGE
  • I AM SEEKING GRANTS
  • ABOUT ROBERT LESLIE NEWMAN
  • BLIND CORPS- A link to Blind Corps home page. A not-for-profit organization of which I am a member and links to articles that I have written about the work we have done.


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