The Resource Born at the right time, Professor Ron McCallum
Born at the right time, Professor Ron McCallum
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The item Born at the right time, Professor Ron McCallum represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Blind since birth, Ron regards himself as fortunate to have been born at a time when ever improving technology has enabled him to live a rich and full life, and to become a professor of law at one of Australia's most prestigious universities. Ron McCallum has been blind from birth. When he was a child, many blind people spent their lives making baskets in sheltered workshops, but Ron's mother had other ideas for her son. She insisted on treating him as normally as possible. In this endearing memoir, Ron recounts his social awkwardness and physical mishaps, and shares his early fears that he might never manage to have a proper career, find love or become a parent. He has achieved all this and more, becoming a professor of law at a prestigious university, and chairing a committee at the United Nations. Ron's glass is always half full. He has taken advantage of every new assistive technology and is in awe of what is now available to allow him and other blind people to realise their potential. His is a life richly lived, by a man who remains open to all people from all walks of life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- A memoir -- On cover
- Isbn
- 9781760875015
- Label
- Born at the right time
- Title
- Born at the right time
- Statement of responsibility
- Professor Ron McCallum
- Subject
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- Law teachers -- Australia -- Biography
- Law teachers -- Sydney | New South Wales -- Biography
- Lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
- Blind -- Australia -- Biography
- McCallum, R. C., (Ronald Clive), 1948-
- People with disabilities -- Australia -- Biography
- Lawyers -- People with disabilities -- Biography
- Blind lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Blind since birth, Ron regards himself as fortunate to have been born at a time when ever improving technology has enabled him to live a rich and full life, and to become a professor of law at one of Australia's most prestigious universities. Ron McCallum has been blind from birth. When he was a child, many blind people spent their lives making baskets in sheltered workshops, but Ron's mother had other ideas for her son. She insisted on treating him as normally as possible. In this endearing memoir, Ron recounts his social awkwardness and physical mishaps, and shares his early fears that he might never manage to have a proper career, find love or become a parent. He has achieved all this and more, becoming a professor of law at a prestigious university, and chairing a committee at the United Nations. Ron's glass is always half full. He has taken advantage of every new assistive technology and is in awe of what is now available to allow him and other blind people to realise their potential. His is a life richly lived, by a man who remains open to all people from all walks of life
- Biography type
- autobiography
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- McCallum, R. C.
- Dewey number
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- McCallum, R. C.
- Law teachers
- Law teachers
- Blind lawyers
- People with disabilities
- Blind
- Lawyers
- Lawyers
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Born at the right time, Professor Ron McCallum
- Note
- A memoir -- On cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000065335113
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781760875015
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1096463781
- Label
- Born at the right time, Professor Ron McCallum
- Note
- A memoir -- On cover
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000065335113
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 226 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Form of item
- regular print reproduction
- Isbn
- 9781760875015
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1096463781
Subject
- Law teachers -- Australia -- Biography
- Law teachers -- Sydney | New South Wales -- Biography
- Lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
- Blind -- Australia -- Biography
- McCallum, R. C., (Ronald Clive), 1948-
- People with disabilities -- Australia -- Biography
- Lawyers -- People with disabilities -- Biography
- Blind lawyers -- Australia -- Biography
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