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" We can all be heroes. That's the inspiring message of this New York Times Bestselling picture book biography series from historian and author Brad Meltzer When Helen Keller was very young, she got a rare disease that made her deaf and blind. Suddenly, she couldn't see or hear at all, and it was hard for her to communicate with anyone. But when she was six years old, she met someone who would change her life forever: her teacher, Annie Sullivan....
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Autobiography of Father Cyril Axelrod. Born deaf to a Jewish family in South Africa, he converted to Catholicism and became a priest. Although he grew up under apartheid, he did pioneering multiracial work. In later life he lost his sight. He continues to minister to the deafblind in places all over the world.
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Walk in My Shoes is the collaborative effort of 28 people affected by Usher syndrome, an incurable, genetically transmitted disease causing combined deafness and blindness. These authors write with both humor and compassion, sharing their journeys in their new "normal," knowing that the destination at the end of the long, dark tunnel is predetermined... regarding Usher syndrome by showing that it is possible -- not easy, but possible -- to have a...
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