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Settlement and Development in the River Blindness Control Zone: Case Study Burkina Faso (World Bank Technical Paper) by Della E. McMillan, Jean-Baptiste Nana, et all 1994-06
My Life in Rhymes: Touched by Blindness by Liam Midwood, 2008-01-15
Out of sight: Ten stories of victory over blindness by Al Sperber, 1976
The Psychology of Blindness by Donald D. Kirtley, 1975-04
Blindness and the Electrical Activity of the Brain: Electroencephalographic Studies of the Effects of Sensory Impairment by Liubov Novikova, 1974-07
Blindness; Or, the Second Sense Restored and Lost. a Poem, in Three Parts, With Descriptive and Physiological Notes by Andrew Park, 2009-12-28
Nightglow: Borges' Poetics of Blindness by Florence L. Yudin, 1997
The Social Sources of Adjustment to Blindness by irving lukoff, 1970
Notes of a Racial Caste Baby: Color Blindness and the End of Affirmative Action (Critical America Series) by Bryan Fair, 1999-01-01
Years of blindness by H. G. Quaritch Wales, 1943
The Hunterian Lectures on Colour-Vision and Colour-Blindness by Frederick William Edridge-Green, 2010-07-24
Columbus' Blindness, and Other Essays (Uqp Paperbacks)
Race Color and Partial Blindness: Affirmative Action Under the Law by OLE O. Moen, 2001-12-31
Living with Blindness by Steve Parker, 1989-10-19

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Cortical Blindness
Cortical blindness bar3.gif (4740 bytes). Bullet Cortical blindness Alternativepage for non-JavaScript browsers A presentation on visual field loss based
http://www.lowvision.org/cortical_blindness.htm

Extractions: Cortical blindness - Alternative page for non-JavaScript browsers A presentation on visual field loss based on location of the injury in the brain Overcoming cortical blindness and brain-injury We have been blessed with a very special child, our son Sterling, 19 years old. Sterling was born blind and brain- injured due to a massive cerebral hemorrhaging (stroke) he sustained in utero or at birth. Doctors had told us that cortical blindness pertaining to the cortex area of the brain) is irreversible. Their prognosis was that our son would remain blind and a vegetable for the rest of his life. BLINDSIGHT ALSO OCCURS IN MONKEYS Discussion on blindsight and studies in Monkeys
Casey Eye Institute
Oregon Health Science University An academic regional eye center dedicated to preventing blindness through research, and to bringing advanced technology through continuing education of physicians.
http://www.ohsuhealth.com/cei/
BBC NEWS | Health | Viagra Linked To Blindness Risk
Antiimpotence drug Viagra increases the risk of blindness, doctors believe.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/4400241.stm

Extractions: Talk ... Newswatch Last Updated: Friday, 1 April, 2005, 14:25 GMT 15:25 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Viagra linked to blindness risk More than 20m men have used Viagra in the last seven years Anti-impotence drug Viagra increases the risk of blindness, doctors believe. Researchers at the University of Minnesota Medical School in the US identified seven men who developed vision problems after taking Viagra. The team, writing in the Journal of Neuro-ophthalmology,said it brought the total number of reported cases to 14. But Pfizer, the makers of the drug which has been used by more than 20m men since its launch in 1998, said the cases were a coincidence. The seven men, aged between 50 and 69 years old, had all suffered from a swelling of the optic nerve within 36 hours of taking Viagra for erectile dysfunction. Pfizer takes these reports very seriously, as we do anything concerning the safety of patients
ScienCentral: Blindness Gene
Researchers have found that a mutation in a single gene may cause about half ofthe cases of agerelated macular degeneration the leading cause br of
http://www.sciencentral.com/articles/view.php3?type=article&article_id=218392597
Color Blindness
Many links.
http://www.mark.melnick.name/color/color.htm
Saramago, José Blindness
The author reminds us that there are many forms of blindness and multiple ways In the catastrophic world of blindness, to live each fragile day is the
http://endeavor.med.nyu.edu/lit-med/lit-med-db/webdocs/webdescrips/saramago1537-

Extractions: Comments/Inquiries Genre Novel (294 pp.) Keywords Abandonment Blindness Caregivers Catastrophe ... Survival Summary A sudden epidemic of blindness spreads throughout an unidentified country. When those who have lost their sight are examined, however, no evidence of pathology or damage can be found. The afflicted all describe "seeing" not darkness but rather a dense, impenetrable whiteness. Because the government believes the disease is contagious, those people initially affected are quickly quarantined in a former mental hospital that is guarded by soldiers. There, the blind are treated like lepers and live like animals. Enigmatically, the wife of a sightless ophthalmologist has been spared from going blind. She functions as both protector and caregiver of a small group of blind people. They escape their imprisonment only when their captors (and presumably everyone except the ophthalmologist's wife) lose their sight. Life is reduced to a constant search for food. As the situation grows even more grisly, vision is not only abruptly restored but perhaps with a clarity greater than ever before. When crowds of people rejoice "I can see," the reader wonders whether their earlier loss of sight was genuine or maybe some form of psychic blindness or spiritual malaise.
Elimination Of River Blindness 'Possible Within Ten Years'
Article from allAfrica.com.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200112150001.html
Blindness - Mesa Veterinary Hospital
blindness. General Information Because we, as people, place such great value on Pets generally adapt well to blindness and remain happy, especially in a
http://www.mesavet.com/library/blindness.htm

Extractions: Mesa Veterinary Hospital is pleased to announce the arrival of Associate Veterinarian Dr. Michelle Moeller . Dr. Moeller comes to Mesa after completing a year-long internship at Animal Referral and Emergency Center of Arizona, where she focused on small animal medicine and surgery. WE HAVE A WINNER! Because we, as people, place such great value on eyesight, we are deeply concerned and saddened when we discover a pet is blind. In people, loss of vision brings a loss of a certain amount of independence. Pets, however, compensate very well and are free of the psychic trauma we associate with blindness. Their senses of smell, hearing and touch allow them to perceive their surroundings much better than a blind person. Cats and dogs do not drive automobiles, read novels, watch movies, or even care how their owners look. Pets are content merely to sense their masters presence, and they do that with their other senses.
Fight For Sight
A nonprofit organization funding fellowships and grants for vision research and children's eye clinics in the U.S. and internationally to prevent blindness and find cures for all eye diseases.
http://fightforsight.com

Extractions: Ex officio Executive Director, Fight for Sight Fight for Sight was founded in 1946 by Mildred Weisenfeld. Faced with the degenerative eye disease, Retinitis Pigmentosa, she was shocked to learn that research into the causes and cures of vision diseases and disorders was virtually nonexistent. Not content to sit back and wait for others to decide that research was the vital link to finding treatments, Mrs. Weisenfeld founded Fight for Sight. Today, Fight for Sight is recognized as an international leader in the battle for the preservation and restoration of sight through research. Since its founding, the Fight for Sight Awards Program has funded 2,600 student fellowships, post-doctoral fellowships and grants-in-aid. These prestigious awards have been made to individuals at more than 165 leading eye centers and universities in the U.S. and internationally. Awards are selected by a prominent scientific panel chosen by the Association for Research and Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO).
Sight Savers International - International Charity Fighting Blindness
A charity that combats blindness globally.
http://www.sightsavers.org.uk/
Cortical Blindness
CORTICAL blindness. DESCRIPTION A term used to describe an apparent lack of Children with cortical blindness do not exhibit nystagmus, however.
http://www.tsbvi.edu/Education/anomalies/cortical_blindness.htm

Extractions: CORTICAL BLINDNESS DESCRIPTION: : A term used to describe an apparent lack of visual functioning, in spite of anatomically and structurally intact eyes. The cause is assumed to be a lack of cortical functioning (i.e., the visual cortex of the brain is non-functionalj. Children with "cortical blindness" do not exhibit nystagmus, however. (Nystagmus may be the way the nervous system responds to bad vision, since it occurs simultaneously with many visual impairments.) Neither a CAT scan nor a VEP can confirm cortical function. In the absence of other abnormalities (e.g., optic atrophy, microcephaly, frequent seizuring), the prognosis is good for regaining some degree of visual functioning in children with "cortical blindness." TREATMENT: Vision stimulation activities of all kinds are appropriate, over a long period of time. However, the potential for improved visual functioning is probably better in the younger child than in the adult. Fibers of the optic tract and their connections (the extrageniculostriate system) may be important in visual recovery, since they are theorized to be 1) important in the maintenance of a stationary optical image on the retina via reflex eye movements; 2) essential for the provision of visual feedback for cerebellar coordination of learned skilled movements; and 3) mediators in visual functioning with the geniculostriate system. IMPLICATIONS: It is currently believed* that the pliability of the young brain may be a factor in this positive prognosis. The recovery pattern is not easily detected by standard ophthalmic tests, since visual behaviors are unique and somewhat unusual (e.g., many children recover the ability to identify single letters of large print when well isolated; most recover the ability to name colors; most can detect moving targets in the peripheral field better than in the central field). Short term evaluations should not determine visual potential, since progress may take time. Dramatic and significant visual recovery can happen over a long term (a decade or more).
The Church And Blindness Charity
News and information on the groups work to make religious materials available to the blind. Based in the UK.
http://www.church4blind.org.uk

Extractions: WITH FURTHER FUNDING we can continue helping 3 million visually impaired people (VIP) + the 36,000 who become registered VIP each year. We can continue a campaign re (i) commercial publishers producing large-print books - especially in the non-fiction genre and (ii) Local bookshops changing their attitude by STOCKING a good selection of LARGE-PRINT. On 31 August 2004, a child of 11 years, about to start Secondary School, needed a large-print dictionary in French. Unavailable. His mother had contacted Collins: they refuse to print any more L-P dictionaries. W H Smith will not stock L-P books. The excuse of these multi million pound companies is that "It's not economically viable". The child wishes to learn German later on. That will not be allowed until he has reached a certain standard in French. Should you encounter difficulties - as a VIP - whether in church or in bookshops, please put your situation in writing and take it up with your church, your local Council, and with your Member of Parliament. Your actions will help to ensure the Disability Discrimination Act really does 'bite' for 3 million VIP.
Web Standards Blindness
Web Standards blindness Its been quite awhile since Ive talked about Webstandards. I think part of the reason is because most of the people who read
http://www.7nights.com/asterisk/archives05/2005/04/web-standards-blindness

Extractions: 43 Comments SEO You can only take a message so far by preaching to the choir! Being a Web designer, developer, or what-have-you is a job. To those people change can be a threat. Benefits can be perceived as liabilities. Lifelong learning can be seen as nothing more than more work. Zeldman I do have one idea. What do you think? Got any ideas? Filed under: Web Standards Keyword Tags: standards lifelong+learning web+best+practice I had heard of table-less design before, but had tried it and found it to be very difficult with very little benefit. It made my job twice as hard and took 3 times longer. I gave up quickly. One of the biggest obstacles was understanding how floats work. After hearing Zeldman, Bowman and Molly H. evangelize us on the benefits of said approach and watching it DEMONSTRATED I started to realize just how important table-less design can be. It also revealed that it was not that difficult to acheive. All that added up to a big wake-up call for me.
OnchoNet Homepage
Offers a range of resources on onchocerciasis, the fourth leading cause of blindness worldwide.
http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/SWILLIAM/OnchoNet/OnchoNet.html

Extractions: in OnchoNET. Please click on the links below to access pages related to the listed topics. The Williams laboratory The Onchocerca volvulus River Blindness genome project is based at the laboratory of Steven A. Williams at Smith College. The River Blindness Genome Project : Resources and databases obtained from the RBGP. Research materials Onchocerca Antigens Database Available genomic or cDNA libraries Onchocerca volvulus Gene Index (OvGI) , a database created and maintained by TIGR , the Institute for Genomic Research.
Vision International Eye Missions, A Public Nonprofit Charity, Combats Unncessar
Nonprofit organization dedicated to fight blindness via building and improving eye centers and providing training to eye doctors in underserved areas and the developing world.
http://www.vision-international.org

Extractions: Mr. Jose Bronfman, Administrator of Lions Sight First read a letter of dedication of the 2 lasers to the people of Madagascar at the University of Madagascar in Antananarivo, Eye Department on Dr. Suslov's behalf. Dr. Suslov was unable to attend due to illness. Video is in French and is 3MB. View Video About our Co-Founder, Dr. Tamara Suslov
Inattentional Blindness: An Overview By Arien Mack & Irvin Rock
Arien Mack Irvin Rock s book Inattentional blindness may be purchased CHAPTER ONE of Arien Mack and Irvin Rock (1998) Inattentional blindness.
http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-03-mack.html

Extractions: http://psyche.cs.monash.edu.au/v5/psyche-5-03-mack.html KEYWORDS: vision, attention, perception, consciousness, inattentional blindness. CHAPTER ONE of Arien Mack and Irvin Rock (1998) Inattentional Blindness. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. What is the relationship between attention and perception? How much, if anything, of our visual world do we perceive when we are not attending to it? Are there only some kinds of things we see when we are not attending? If there are, do they fall into particular categories? Do we see them because they have captured our attention or because our perception of them is independent of our attention? Most people have the impression that they simply see what is there and do so merely by opening their eyes and looking. Of course, we may look more closely at some things than at others, which is what we ordinarily mean by "paying attention," but it probably seems to many people as if we see nearly everything in our field of view. There is an opposite experience that also raises questions about the relation between perception and attention. When we are intently awaiting something, we often see and hear things that are not there. For example, many people have had the experience of hearing footsteps or seeing someone who is anxiously awaited even though theperson is not there, and there are no footsteps. On these occasions, it is as if our intense expectation and riveted attention create or at least distort a perceptual object. Here, instead of not seeing (or hearing) what is there when we are distracted, we are seeing (or hearing) what is not there, or perhaps more accurately, misperceiving what may actually be there, but which we are anxiously awaiting. Both experiences appear to implicate attention in the act of perceiving. This kind of experience was eloquently described by William James.
Illinois Society For The Prevention Of Blindness
Provides public resources for safety and care of eyes, along with eye disease. Includes The Visionary , a publication that explores research projects, issues and news of interest.
http://eyehealthillinois.org/
318. On His Blindness. John Milton. The Oxford Book Of English Verse
Arthur QuillerCouch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse 12501900.John Milton. 16081674. 318. On His blindness
http://www.bartleby.com/101/318.html

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Blindness: Learning In New Dimensions (BLIND Inc.)
We utilize the positive view of blindness of the National Federation of the Blind.We work from the premise that blindness doesn t have to be a tragedy.
http://www.blindinc.org/

Extractions: We are changing what it means to be blind. Programs Capital Campaign Employment Emphasis Audio Brochure ... Contact Us BLIND, Incorporated is an adjustment to blindness training center. We teach the skills that blind people need to become independent and employable such as braille, home management, the use of the white cane, and computers with screen reading software, etc. But just as importantly, we instill in our students the confidence to put these skills into practice. We utilize the positive view of blindness of the National Federation of the Blind . We work from the premise that blindness doesn't have to be a tragedy. We know that, if given training and opportunity, blind people can live full and productive lives. BLIND, Incorporated offers training for adults, children, teenagers, and seniors. The Comprehensive Program is geared toward adults who want to gain the skills and confidence they need to either continue in their present line of work, continue their education, or begin a new career. Life 101 allows teenagers to learn the skills they need to keep up with their peers and prepares them to attend college or join the workforce. The Buddy Program teaches children ages 9 to 13 that being blind is OK and they can have as much fun as anybody else.
BLINDNESS By Jose Saramago
Saramago uses blindness as a metaphor for both personal misfortune and social Both Saramago and Wells use blindness as a sign of limitation because this
http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/personal/reading/saramago-blindness.html

Extractions: December 2001 How are we to imagine a world in which some central part of our meaning system suddenly disappears? I've played with the idea in thinking about having survived an atomic war which destroyed most humans, and all the basic infrastructures of everyday life. The problems one runs into even in such a game of imagination is to be consistent and being able to step far enough away to see what it is that really changes. In my day-dreaming imaginings I never went so far as to even dare to consider the inner changes in my person or the other survivors around me. It was much more than I could do to even anticipate and manage the physical problems of change and how to deal with them. Jose Saramago presents us with exactly such a problematic, yet his masterful analysis deals not only with the physical aspects of change and how his characters deal with them, but he inters into the psychological realm and astounds us with his insights and brilliance. A man is sitting at a traffic light one day waiting for the light to turn green and he suddenly goes blind. This is the "first blind man." Slowly this mysterious form of blindness, the like not known in the literature of modern medicine, spreads to the whole nation. As best we know, there is only one sighted person left in the realm. We follow a cast of fewer than 10 characters in detail. We have no names, only descriptors. After all one character tells us "blind people need no names." There is the first blind man, the first blind man's wife. The blind man had a seeming good semaritan who helps him home and but then steals his car and is thus called the man who had stole the car. There is the doctor whom he consults and the doctor's wife, the girl with dark glasses, the boy with the squint and the man with the black eye patch. There are a few others, but these become our key characters, later on adding the dog of tears.

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