02679cim a2200361 i 4500 2745756677 TxAuBib 20240506120000.0 260505s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781668647134 1668647133 avd1dz89 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib rda Miele, Joshua A.; Jamieson. Connecting Dots [CloudLibrary (E-Read Texas)] : A Blind Life / Miele, Joshua A.; Jamieson, Wendell. Unabridged. [S.l. : Hachette Audio, 2025. 1 online resource(1 sound file (9hr.,32min.,24sec.).) spw rdacontent rdamedia rdacarrier Audio book. Barnett, Greg D. In this extraordinary memoir, a scientist who became blind at a young age shares how he navigates the world around him, and how his contributions led to cutting-edge work in accessibility—packed with humor, adventure, and insights on life and disability. At the age of four, Joshua Miele was blinded and badly burned when a neighbor poured sulfuric acid over his head. It could have ended his life, but instead, Miele—naturally curious, and a born problem solver—not only recovered, but thrived. Throughout his life, Miele has found increasingly inventive ways to succeed in a world built for the sighted, and to help others to do the same. At first reluctant to even think of himself as blind, he eventually embraced his blindness and became a committed advocate for disability and accessibility. Along the way, he grappled with drugs and addiction, played bass in a rock band, worked for NASA, became a guerilla activist, and married the love of his life and had two children. He chronicles the evolution of a number of revolutionary accessible technologies and his role in shaping them, including screen readers, tactile maps, and audio description. Connecting Dots delivers a captivating first-person perspective on blindness and disability as incisive as it is entertaining, and ultimately triumphant. Joshua Miele's story is one of one ordinary blind life with an indelible impact. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Hachette Audio 2025 Available via World Wide Web. Format: MP3. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 262.0 MB.) BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|Personal Memoirs. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY|People with Disabilities. Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-avd1dz89 CloudLibrary BSBPL