Books About Coping With Vision Loss

Books on living with a visual impairment.

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The eye care revolution: prevent and reverse common vision problems by Robert Abel Jr. DB91511

Self-Esteem and Adjusting With Blindness: The Process of Responding to Life’s Demands by Dean W. Tuttle and Naomi R. Tuttle  DB066055

Macular Degeneration: The complete guide to saving and maximizing your sight  by Lylas G. Mogk, M.D. DB060826

Coping with Vision Loss: Maximizing What You Can See and Do by Bill Chapman DB055481

A guide to independence for the visually impaired and their families by Vivian Younger DB042674

Overcoming Macular Degeneration by Yale Soloman, M.D. DB51826 

Living with Vision Problems by Jill Sardegna  DB055327

Seeing Beyond Blindness by Shelley Kinash DB065093

Coping with macular degeneration: a guide for patients and families to understanding and living with degenerative vision disorder by Price, Ira Marc; Comac, Linda DB56630

For the Benefit of Those Who See:Dispatches from the World of the Blind by Rosemary Mahoney DB077851

No End in Sight: My Life as a Blind Iditarod Racer by Rachael Scdoris DB061948 

The First Year: Age-Related Macular Degeneration: An Essential Guide For The Newly Diagnosed by Daniel L. Roberts DB63206

Freedom by Marc Maurer  DB063799

Cockeyed by Ryan Knighton DB062851

Planet of the Blind by Steven Kausisto  DB045500

Making Life More Livable: Simple Adaptations for Living at Home After Vision Loss by Maureen Duffy and Irving R. Dickman  DB022319

Coping with Low Vision (Coping with Aging Series) by Marshall J. Flax, Don J. Golembiewski and Bette L McCaulley  RC038113

My Path Leads to Tibetby Sabriye Tenberken DB055975 

Touch the Top of The World: A Blind Man's Journey To Climb Farther Than The Eye Can See  by Erik Weihenmayer  DB51505

Learning To Cope With Sight Loss: Six Weeks At A VA Blind Rehabilitation Center by William LMcGee, Sandra V. McGee DB71922

The Mind’s Eye by Oliver Sacks DB071931

Blind courage by Bill Irwin, Dave McCasland DB36368

Follow My Leader by James B. Garfield  DB070876

How Do You Kiss a Blind Girl?  by Sally Wagner DB027117

Adventures in Darkness: The Summer Of An Eleven-Year-Old Blind Boy by Tom Sullivan  DB63856

If You Could See What I Hear  by Tom Sullivan, Derek L. T. Gill DB35991

A Sense Of The World: How A Blind Man Became History's Greatest Traveler by Jason Roberts DB62703

Breaking Barriers: Working And Loving While Blind : A Memoir by Peter Altschul  DB76081 

The World At My Fingertips: A Personal Story Of Triumph Over Tragedy by Steve Welker DBC12811

Macular Disease: Practical Strategies For Living With Vision Loss by Peggy Wolfe  DB66823

Invisible: A Memoir by Hugues de Montalembert, DB072571

Invisible: My Journey Through Vision And Hearing Loss by Ruth Silver  DBC04170

The Adversity Advantage: Turning Everyday Struggles Into Everyday Greatness byErik Weihenmayer and Paul Stoltz DB63609

Thunder Dog: The True Story of a Blind Man, His Guide Dog, and the Triumph of Trust at Ground Zero by Michael Hingson  DB073300

Daring Greatly by Brenee Brown DB075619

Binoculars: Masquerading as a Sighted Person by Philip DiMeo DBC04702

Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness by John Hull DB033014 

The Difference That Disability Makes by Rod Michalko DB056208 

Confessions of a Guide Dog: The Blond Leading the Blind DB75126

If Blindness Strikes--Don't Strike Out: A Lively Look at Living with A Visual Impairment by Margaret M. Smith DB21060

Long Time, No See  by Beth Finke  DB56482

Traveling Blind: Adventures in Vision with a Guide Dog by My Side by Susan Krieger  DB71184

Come, Let Me Guide You: A Life Shared with a Guide Dog by Susan Krieger DB82649

Brush With Darkness: Learning To Paint After Losing My Sight by Lisa Fittipaldi DB060724

Almost Like A Song by Ronnie Milsap, Tom Carter  DB32896

But You Can Feel It: A Statement of My Mother When I Returned Empty Handed Saying, "I Can't See It" by Emil B. Fries DB64162

Mobility Matters: Stepping Out in Faith by Amy Bovaird

Cane Confessions: The Lighter Side to Mobility, by Amy Bovaird


A handbook for the prospective guide dog handler DB92557

Guide Dog Users Inc. Reading time: 2 hours, 16 minutes. 

Read by Jill Ferris. 

Animals and Wildlife

Fourth edition of a handbook for those considering working with a guide dog. Sections include asking if a guide dog is for you, teaching old dogs new tricks,

the path of independence, when things go wrong, and helpful resources. 2018.


What every blind person needs you to know: a handbook for friends, family and colleagues of the visually impaired 

By Leanne Hunt

DB116332