Kika & Me: How One Extraordinary Guide Dog Changed My World - Couverture souple

Patel, Amit

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1529021235 ISBN 13 : 9781529021233

Editeur : Pan Books, 2021

Synopsis

The moving true story of Dr Amit Patel, who lost his sight in just thirty-six hours, and Kika, the guide dog who changed his world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Dr Amit Patel is a disability rights campaigner, fundraiser, motivational speaker and independent diversity and accessibility consultant. Amit studied medicine at Cambridge University and qualified as a trauma doctor, specializing in emergency medicine and major incidents. During med school Amit was diagnosed with keratoconus, which is usually easily treated with a corneal transplant. However, Amit was one of the rare individuals for whom the transplants rejected and he was registered severely sight impaired (blind) just one year after getting married in 2013. After coming to terms with his own sight loss, Amit set out to help others who were new to sight loss, through volunteering with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and Guide Dogs for the Blind. Amit is married to Seema and together they have a two children. Kika & Me is his first book.

Kika is a white Labrador who has been matched to Amit since September 2015.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pan Books
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1529021235
• ISBN 13: 9781529021233
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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