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A sense of exile and belonging dominates the poems, following the journey of a blind man whose life in his new land has been hampered by prejudice and barriers to communication. Exposing the rich and surprising possibilities of a life that has undergone a frightening transformation, Blindfold relates feelings of loss, displacement, and disorientation experienced not only by the disabled but by everyone who finds themselves separated from the norm. Silver Threads He recalls the absence of sound, the impossible silence the disappearance of light. He is only aware of the movement of his mother's hand inside her purse, looking for her handkerchief. He recalls her warning not to play with unknown objects the type that explode on impact. Later, he lies in the dark remembering how she pointed out the silver threads of the morning light just the day before and he sparkles with guilt.

Blindness --- Amaurosis --- Vision disorders

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Vision --- Medical screening. --- Vision disorders in children --- Testing. --- Testing.

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Vision disorders in children --- Children with visual disabilities --- Children with visual disabilities --- Children with visual disabilities --- Pediatric ophthalmology

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Eye --- Eye movement disorders --- Ocular motility disorders --- Oculomotor disorders --- Movement disorders --- Neuroophthalmology --- Binocular vision disorders --- Eye movements --- Ocular motility --- Oculomotor system --- Biomechanics --- Rapid eye movement sleep --- Movements. --- Movement disorders. --- Diseases

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The majority of research and writing about visual impairment is influenced by medical models of understanding, and is usually undertaken by sighted experts about those who are visually impaired. Songs at Twilight takes a different stance and uses a collaborative narrative methodology to enable the author, who is visually impaired, and thirty contributors, who are also visually impaired, to explore their experiences of living with a visual impairment and the effect this has had on their claims...

People with visual disabilities --- Vision disorders --- Depersonalization. --- Depersonalization disorder --- Identity (Psychology), Loss of --- Loss of identity --- Dissociative disorders --- Defective vision --- Disorders of vision --- Impaired vision --- Visual disorders --- Visual function disorders --- Visual handicaps --- Visual impairments --- Communicative disorders --- Disabilities --- Eye --- Sensory disorders --- Partially seeing persons --- Partially sighted persons --- Visually disabled persons --- Visually handicapped --- Visually impaired persons --- People with disabilities --- Psychology. --- Attitudes. --- Psychological aspects. --- Diseases --- Patients