Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: Charting the Course 1
4. I GETTING UNDERWAY
5. Introduction 7
6. 1 Rolling to Freedom 11
7. 2 Regaining Control 19
8. 3 Changing Tides: What Does It Mean to Be Blind? 27
9. 4 Dear Cassy 35
10. 5 Sea Legs: Working Around Motion Sickness 41
11. II BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
12. Introduction 49
13. 6 A Safe Space 53
14. 7 When Fieldwork Doesn’t Work: A Broken Bildungsroman 61
15. 8 Birds, Bees, and Anxieties 69
16. 9 My Brown Waterproof Boots 77
17. 10 Hope Is My Anchor 83
18. III RALLYING THE CREW
19. Introduction 89
20. 11 The Place I Rest 93
21. 12 Sometimes It Doesn’t Get Better, but That’s OK, Too 105
22. 13 Christmas on Rangatira Island 115
23. 14 Living with a Rare Condition 123
24. 15 Planning the Journey of a Lifetime 131
25. IV IN THE HEART OF THE MAELSTROM
26. Introduction 139
27. 16 The Butt Balloon 143
28. 17 This Is Wallace Alfred Russel Simonis 149
29. 18 The Day That Changed Everything 159
30. 19 Being the First and Only to Ask 169
31. 20 Lost in New Orleans 177
32. 21 Ascending the Cinder Cone 185
33. V REFLECTIONS IN THE WATER
34. Introduction 191
35. 22 Thinking Beyond the “Social Model of Disability” 195
36. 23 Suffer in Silence or Leave 205
37. 24 (In)Visibly Eroding Bones, Bodies, and Landscapes 215
38. 25 The Abyss 223
39. 26 Navigating the Curve 231
40. 27 Tidy Columns 237
41. VI I AM THE CAPTAIN OF MY SHIP
42. Introduction 243
43. 28 Broader Impacts 247
44. 29 Doo hwił hóyéeda . . . A Lesson Lost in Translation . . . 253
45. 30 The Ridge 259
46. 31 Who I Am 265
47. 32 The Best Place for My Hearing Aids Is on My Desk 273
48. Conclusion: Aid to Navigation 279
49. Acknowledgments 283
50. Reflection and Discussion Questions 287
51. Further Reading and Resources 291
52. Glossary 297
53. Bibliography 301
54. About the Contributors 303