The blindness revolution : Jernigan in his own words

• Main Author: Omvig, Jim H. (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Publishing, 2005.
• Series: Critical concerns in blindness.
• Subjects: Jernigan, Kenneth.; Iowa Commission for the Blind > History.; Blind > Services for > Iowa > History.; Blind > Civil rights.; Social Science > Disability.; Relating to people with visual disabilities or impairments.; Disability: social aspects.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781918116625
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-60752-473-1
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxiv, 477 pages) : illustrations

This book recounts the dramatic story of the transformation of the Iowa Commission for the Blind from a verifiably ineffective service agency to perhaps the most outstanding and effective adult service program in the nation in the span of 10 short years. What happened in Iowa was revolutionary, and...