Abstract
Examines the autobiographies of 25 blind and visually impaired women and men and assesses the influence of gender upon disability. The authors examine how these authors’ lives exemplify the roles of ideal woman or man and disabled person in society and how their views about themselves and the world compare with those of other marginal people who have revealed themselves in autobiographical form.
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