Preface

Part I Deafblind People and Their Inner World
Chapter 1 Deafblind People and Their Inner World
Chapter 2 The Author’s Approach to the Study of Deafblindness

Part II Losing Sight and Hearing, Finding Finger Braille
Chapter 3 From Birth until the Loss of Sight
Chapter 4 Losing Hearing
Chapter 5 Becoming Deaf
Chapter 6 Sinking Inward
Chapter 7 The Invention of Finger Braille
Chapter 8 Back to School: Early Use of Finger Braille
Chapter 9 Return to Despair: Alone in a Group
Chapter 10 Reconstructing Finger Braille Communication

Part III Analysis and Reflection
Chapter 11 From Great Loss to Contextual Understanding
Chapter 12 Isolation, Coexistence, and Living with Others

Appendices 1–14 My Mother’s Diary and My Early Wrings
Appendices 15–24 School Records
Appendices 25–40 Writings as a Youth