Final Project

For the final project I have chosen to focus on literature that represents people who are visually impaired or blind. I am especially interested in this topic because it occurred to me that I don't know of many books with characters who experience visual impairments. I am a special education major who hopes to have a vast amount of diversity in my collection someday, this would be a great dynamic to add to any classroom.

Prior to taking this children's diversity literature course I have never considered a visual impairment a disability. Now that I give it some thought, without the tools to help me see better I would be at a major disadvantage. I can't even imagine not being able to see clearly all the time, I would definitely be hindered by that reality. But since I've been blessed with the money to buy instruments that can fix my visual impairments for me, such as my glasses and my contacts, I am no longer at a disadvantage.

I plan to have lasik eye surgery eventually which will completely fix my visual impairment, or my "disability" so to speak. It's amazing how much technology has influenced our society that I can have an eye surgery that will repair my vision and allow me to see perfectly again.