Archive for August, 2012

War wounds

August 16, 20126 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, Uncategorized

Whitney and I sure met a lot of motivated athletes last weekend at the Summer Military Sport Camp, and as is so often the case when it comes to volunteering, we got far more out of it than we put in. Out of respect for privacy, I won’t be sharing any specifics here about the […]

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Let's ask Miss Manners

August 11, 201226 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, Uncategorized

The orientation packet they sent out for the Summer Military Sport Camp I’m volunteering at includes a primer on disability etiquette. Among other things, the two-page document suggests that if the situation is appropriate, we should “strike up a conversation and include the person in whatever is going on, just as you would do for […]

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Putting life back together

August 6, 201215 CommentsPosted in blindness, Blogroll, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, Seeing Eye dogs, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized

A screen reader called JAWS lets me use a computer to read and write, and when power user Sue Martin generously donated a series of her JAWS refresher classes to this year’s auction benefitting the Seeing Eye, , I bid on it – and won! Sue lost her sight when she was 26, and she […]

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