Archive for January, 2010

The Cure & me on public radio

January 20, 20107 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, Braille, radio, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized, visiting schools, writing

After reading that article about Braille in last week’s New York Times, a senior producer at Chicago Public radio asked if I’d be interested in writing an essay about Braille. I sent one their way, and while I was at it, I sent along another essay as well. The second one was about that fifth […]

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Blindness is more than "just a minor impairment"

January 10, 201017 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized, visiting schools, writing

The most interesting question asked at one of our school presentations came from a fifth-grader on Long Island. “If you could see for just one day, and you knew that at the end of the day you wouldn’t be able to see anymore, what would you do that day?” ”I try not to think about […]

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