The Blind Advantage by William Henderson

The Blind Advantage by William Henderson

The Blind Advantage provides insight into the challenges, possibilities, and practicalities of including students with disabilities—and into the mind and heart of an inspired and determined leader.

“You should get out of education.”

That was the advice first-year teacher Bill Henderson received when he discovered he was gradually losing his vision. Instead, Henderson persevered and became principal of the Patrick O’Hearn Elementary School in Boston, an ethnically and economically diverse school where about a third of the students have mild, moderate, or significant disabilities.

In The Blind Advantage, Henderson describes how the journey into blindness helped him develop key qualities—determination, vision, sensitivity, organization, collaboration, and humor—that made him a more effective principal. At the same time, he shows how the inclusionary policies and practices at the O’Hearn School (now renamed the William W. Henderson Inclusion Elementary School) elicited and developed these qualities in others.

An audio version of this book is available for purchase. This audio version was created in collaboration with the Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library.

Bill Henderson was an educator in the Boston Public Schools for 36 years. He was appointed principal of the Patrick O'Hearn Elementary School in 1989 with a mandate to develop an inclusive program, and he remained its leader for 20 years.

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ISBN 13	9781612501093
ISBN 10	1612501095
Title	The Blind Advantage
Author	William Henderson
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Harvard Educational Publishing Group
Year published	2011-09-30
Number of pages	200
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.