The real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight. the real problem is in the misunderstanding and lack of information which exist. If a blind person has proper training and if he has opportunity, blindness is only a physical nuisance. ~Kenneth Jernigan

The author is grateful to Dr. Wallace and Mrs. Ruth Schroeder, Shirley Lansing, and Doris M. Willoughby for their wise counsel and careful reading of the manuscript. A great deal is owed to the scores of blind persons, young and old, who became her friends during her service with the Iowa Commission for the Blind.