Explains how the blind read and write by using a system of raised dots created by Louis Braille and named after him.

A biography of the nineteenth-century Frenchman who, having been blinded himself at the age of three, went on to develop a system of raised dots

Profiles the life of Helen Keller who lost her sight and hearing at the age of two and still learned to read and write despite her handicap.

Focuses on the early life of a woman who is well known for overcoming her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.

Presents the life and career of the blind pianist who toured the country after the Civil War, bringing ragtime and other African American music t

A biography, told using excerpts from her own writings, of the woman who successfully dealt with her own disabilities while trying to better the

A biography of the blind and deaf woman who rose above her physical disabilities to international renown and who helped other handicapped persons

A brief biography of the woman who overcame her handicaps of being both blind and deaf.