Credits and Thanks
Field Test Sites
This book was developed in collaboration with grassroots organizations and parents groups around
the world. We gratefully acknowledge the contribution of those involved in the field-testing process:
Arthur Blaxall School, South Africa
Association of Early Intervention, Czech Republic
Belize Council for the Visually Impaired, Belize
Blind Babies Foundation, USA
Blind People’s Association, India
Community Disability Program, Institute of Child
Health, UK
Development Partners, Bangladesh
Hilton/Perkins Program, Thailand
Jamaica Society for the Blind, Jamaica
KAMPI (National Federation of Organizations of
Persons with Disabilities), Philippines
Institute for the Blind, South Africa
Laramara, Brazil
National Association of the Blind, India
Nepal Association for the Welfare of the
Blind, Nepal
St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association,
St. Lucia
Sight Savers International, Kenya
Special Education Organization, Islamic
Republic of Iran
Uganda National Institute of Special
Education, Uganda
Uganda Society for Disabled Children,
Uganda
Wa School for the Blind, Ghana
Advisors and reviewers
This book was written with the guidance of many people around the world. We wish to express our
thanks to the many advisors and reviewers who shared their knowledge and expertise:
Tayyab Afghani, Al-Shifa Trust
Hospital, Pakistan
Nancy Akeson
Carolina Arnold, Save the
Children, Nepal
Pam Bondy
Jonathan Brakarsh
Freda Briggs
Ellen vor der Bruegge
Joan Carey, Save the Children, UK
Mike Collins, Hilton/Perkins
Program, USA
Tara Dikeman
Birgit Dyssegaard, DANIDA
Marvin Efron
Roxanna Pastor Fasquelle
Suzanne Gilbert, SEVA
Teresa Glass
Srila Kshmi Guruja
Gulbadan Habibi, UNICEF
Tessa Hamblin
Marci Hanson, San
Francisco State University
Sally Hartley
Ralf Hotchkiss
Khairul Islam, Plan
International
Penny May Kaman
Amanda Luek
David Morley
Dan Perlman
Julie Bernas Pierce, Blind
Babies Foundation, USA
Sherry Raynor, Blind
Children’s Fund, USA
Sandra Rosen
Lesley Sternin and
A.E. Tong-Summerford,
Parental Stress Services
Aminuzzaman
Talukder, Helen
Keller International,
Bangladesh
Catherine Thomas
Marigold Thorburn
Sheila Wirz, Centre for
International Child
Health, UK
Irene Yen
Medical reviewers
Davida Coady
Gustavo González
Lesli Handmacher
Brian Linde
John Pratt-Johnson
We would like to thank the participants in the South Asian translators meeting (New Delhi, August,
2000), for their comments on “Chapter 12: Preventing Sexual Abuse.” Thanks also to the Voluntary
Health Association of India for permission to adapt the story on page 117 from their book, Child
Abuse: A Growing Concern (1993).
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