Once Upon a Challenge: Hearing is Believing (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781440154096)

It was the late 1940s when a tall, skinny sixth-grader picked up a shiny object off the ground in her small Missouri town and became the victim of a tragic circumstance-an explosive left carelessly behind took away her vision and changed her forever.

With a quietly inspirational style, Nancy Burns shares her poignant life experiences as a blind woman with the hope of educating and enlightening others about certain societal misconceptions and attitudes regarding those who are disabled. Beginning with the moment when she woke up in the hospital-both eyes bandaged-and realized she would not receive the emotional comfort and guidance she so desperately needed, Burns offers a compelling glimpse into the fulfilling world she created for herself, despite her disability. Her personal story chronicles her struggles as a young girl learning to live with her vision loss, her family's inability to acknowledge her disability, and her determined journey to acquire the skills that led her to eventually become a vocational counselor who worked with disabled clients.

In Once Upon a Challenge: Hearing is Believing Burns offers an important message-the way one chooses to live with challenges becomes the key to success in life.

Author: Nancy L. Burns
ISBN-10: 1440154090
ISBN-13: 9781440154096
Publisher: iUniverse
Language: English
Published: 07/22/2009
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.44lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.30d