Connecting Dots
A Blind Life
Joshua A. Miele
- 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.
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