[Nfbkabs] FW: [humanser] Fw: NEW BOOK ON VISION LOSS!!!

[Shannon Caldwell]

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 Subject: NEW BOOK ON VISION LOSS!!

**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
>> For details contact:  Fred Olver
>>
>> Phone: 314-226-9699
>>
>> Email: goodfolks at charter.net
>>
>> (Media) to request a review copy contact the book order dept @:
>>
>> Tel: 888-280-7715 x 5020.
>>
>> Fax: 812-961-3133
>>
>> Email: pressreleases at authorhouse.com
>>
>> When requesting a review copy, please provide a street address.)
>>
>>
>> Is America Going Blind in the 21st Century?
>> New Guidebook Leads the Visually Impaired and Others Through a World 
>> Without Sight
>>
>>
>>
>> ST. LOUIS - Blind since birth, Fred Olver has devoted his life to 
>> demolishing stereotypes and breaking down barriers, and as a 
>> rehabilitation teacher, he has taught others facing vision loss to do the

>> same. Now Olver presents a comprehensive guide for anyone directly or 
>> indirectly affected by vision loss in his new book, Dealing With Vision 
>> Loss (published by AuthorHouse).
>>
>>      Leading readers through the fears and uncertainties of vision loss, 
>> Olver offers answers and hope for individuals losing their vision, family

>> members of those individuals, parents of visually impaired children, 
>> those who interact with the visually impaired on a regular basis and 
>> people interested in pursuing a degree to work with the visually 
>> impaired. Dealing With Vision Loss is also a vast resource of practical 
>> information, explaining how to find everything from talking watches to 
>> Braille playing cards to magnifiers.
>>
>>      Fueled by aging baby boomers, between 10 and 15 million Americans 
>> will suffer significant vision loss over the next 30 years, according to 
>> Olver's research. How will the social services network accommodate this 
>> influx, and how will these individuals continue to function on their own?

>> Where will they learn the necessary skills not only to function, but also

>> to cope?
>>
>>      Dealing With Vision Loss outlines training options for the visually 
>> impaired, explaining what skills are needed and why, and how and where 
>> those skills can be acquired. Large print and Braille, talking computer 
>> software, canes and guide dogs, bill paying, TV watching, newspaper 
>> reading and organizations that support the visually impaired are among 
>> the topics discussed. Parents will learn "absolutely the most important 
>> skill," according to Olver, that blind children should acquire before 
>> entering the school system. He also explains the effects public schools 
>> and schools for the blind can have on a child's development.
>>
>> Dealing With Vision Loss clears a path to a fulfilling life for those 
>> confronted with the unfamiliar and sometimes overwhelming challenges 
>> associated with vision loss.
>>
>> Olver received a bachelor's degree in communications and secondary 
>> education and a master's degree in blind rehabilitation teaching, both 
>> from Western Michigan University. He hopes Dealing With Vision Loss will 
>> be used as a classroom aid in teaching the philosophy necessary to 
>> develop positive training programs for the visually impaired. He lives 
>> with his daughter, Maggie, in St. Louis.
>>
>> For more information go to: http://www.dealingwithvisionloss.com
>>
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