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This is a book about a young Canadian girl, Mae Brown, who exhibited intelligence, stamina, commitment and courage under the exceptionally incapacitating condition of being both deaf and blind. Born in 1935, the third child of a bushworker on a homestead west of Thunder Bay, she walked the six miles to and from school as long as she was able to do so. She then received teaching at home from her devoted and determined mother through correspondence courses as her sight steadily decreased. She would lose her hearing later.

Disability and Social Policy in Canada, 2e is the most comprehensive source of information on the present state of the disability policy in Canada. This new edition, edited by Dr. Mary Ann McColl and Dr. Lyn Jongbloed, moves beyond existing programs and history and focuses more on issues affecting policy and policy analysis. It analyzes the current state and future prospects of disability policy at the beginning of the 21st century, and attempts to identify directions for development and investment to ensure the best possible policy environment for disabled Canadians.