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First edition: September 2000.
Printed in the USA.
ISBN: 0-942364-34-1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Niemann, Sandy.
Helping children who are blind : family and community support for children with vision
problems / written by Sandy Niemann and Namita Jacob; illustrated by Heidi Broner -- 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-942364-34-1 (paper)
1. Children, Blind--Family relationships. 2. Visually handicapped children -- Family
relationships. 3. Children, Blind -- Services for. 4. Visually handicapped
children -- Services for. 5. Child development. I. Jacob, Namita. II. Title.
HV1596.4.N54 2000
362.4’18’083-dc21
00-058209
Cover photograph by Namita
Jacob of a blind boy and
his sister in Vagash,Gujarat,
India.
Cover art: anonymous tribal
design, Orissa, India
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