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Jernigan, Kenneth – 1991
This publication recounts the childhood experiences of one boy at the Tennessee School for the Blind and his use of braille and talking book library services. It also describes his frustration at the rationing of braille reading materials at the school, and how his enormous appetite for reading material led him to "beat" the school's…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Childhood Interests, Elementary Education