Invisible: My Journey through Vision and Hearing Loss

Ruth Silver’s young life was challenged in ways most of us will never know. A silent, frightened child with undiagnosed vision loss, her world was one of limited vision that ultimately became one of total darkness. Once the situation had a name—retinitis pigmentosa (RP), a progressive eye disease—she at least knew what she was dealing with. As she grew, her other contact with the world—sound—was also taken from her. Where others might have given up, Ruth refused to surrender to the darkness...