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Connecting Dots

A Blind Life

by Joshua A. Miele
Wendell Jamieson
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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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  • Release date

    March 4, 2025

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      • ISBN: 9781668647134
      • File size: 274780 KB
      • Duration: 09:32:26

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Joshua Miele tells his life's story from age 4, when a neighbor poured sulfuric acid over his head, blinding and disfiguring him. Today this MacArthur Fellowship recipient is involved in research and innovations to make the sighted world accessible to the blind. Greg D. Barnett narrates the tremendous hurdles Miele overcame in order to live a normal life in a challenging sighted world. Barnett's voice does not vary as he goes into minute detail about injuries, treatments, home life, education, relationships, and inventions. The many quotes from friends, family, mentors, and associates have the same detached voice, except for those of Klaus, Miele's German-American stepfather, who retains his accent as he encourages and mentors Miele. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine

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