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Book

Connecting dots : a blind life

Call Number

  • 921 M631 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York, NY : Grand Central Publishing, [2025]

Physical Description

xix, 280 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

"At the age of four, Joshua Miele was blinded and badly burned when a neighbor poured sulfuric acid over his head. It could have ended his life, but instead, Miele--naturally curious, and a born problem solver--not only recovered, but thrived. Throughout his life, Miele has found increasingly inventive ways to succeed in a world built for the sighted, and to help others to do the same. At first reluctant to even think of himself as blind, he eventually embraced his blindness and became a committed advocate for disability and accessibility. Along the way, he grappled with drugs and addiction, played bass in a rock band, worked for NASA, became a guerilla activist, and married the love of his life and had two children. He chronicles the evolution of a number of revolutionary accessible technologies and his role in shaping them, including screen readers, tactile maps, and audio description."--

Contents

  • City of sounds
  • Rocking the suburbs
  • City of the blind
  • Connecting dots.

Subjects

Added Authors

Wendell Jamieson