Books

Imagine if the most severe physical pain and sorrow in your life were inflicted by the people you trusted most. In the spring of 2007, Belo Cipriani was beaten and robbed of his sight at the hands of his childhood friends. Blind: A Memoir chronicles the two years immediately following the assault. At the age of twenty-six, Belo found himself learning to walk, cook, and date in the dark. Armed with visual memory and his newly developed senses, Belo shows readers what the blind see. He narrates the little known world of the blind, where microwaves, watches, and computers talk, and where guide dogs guard as well as lead.

Managing Digital Inclusion: A Case Study examines the misconceptions other companies have about the true meaning of digital inclusion and the barriers some small companies face when it comes to wanting to comply with the law. It also provides recommendations for small business owners, technology companies, designers, policy makers, and research institutions on how to do a better job serving people with disabilities.

In nine poignant essays, from nine varied perspectives, Accessing Parenthood confronts how disability changes the act of parenting. The essayists write of pushing their bodies to keep up with their children, of coming to understand their parents’ disabilities, or of grappling with the decision to have children at all. These essays examine the universally heart-wrenching challenges of watching your children grow up, worried that you’ll ruin them, as well as barriers unique to the experience of parenting with a disability.

“A beautiful read. Written with courage and brutal honesty about the challenges of living with a disability.”

Paul Sanchez, Diversity Rules Magazine