Archive for the “Beth Finke” Category

When Pick met Henry. And Mike met Beth. And Mike and Beth met Henry and Pick…

December 8, 201220 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, guest blog, Mike Knezovich, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools

Whitney and I are giving a presentation at the Waldorf School of New Orleans this Wednesday, and I’ve asked a few guest bloggers to fill in for me while we’re away. This first guest post is by my husband Mike Knezovich, who’ll be coming along with us to NOLA with some other dear friends, too. I lived […]

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Help! I can't see the ballot!

November 6, 20129 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized

I’ve researched the issues. I’ve studied the candidates. I’m ready to vote. Now I’m just hoping the talking voting machine works when Whitney leads me to my voting booth. The Help America Vote Act of 2002 requires voting systems to provide independent and private voting for all voters — including those of us with disabilities. […]

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From Halsted to Diversity

October 15, 201236 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, memoir writing, Uncategorized, visiting schools, writing

Every semester Janie Isackson shepherds the DePaul students enrolled in her Explore Chicago: From Halsted to Diversity class onto the Red line in Lincoln Park so they can all come visit me down here in Printers Row. Long Time, No See is required reading for the course, which involves trips to neighborhoods all over Chicago to […]

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Designed by Kayla

October 8, 201225 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs, parenting a child with special needs, public speaking, Seeing Eye dogs, Uncategorized, visiting schools, Writing for Children

Whitney and I had a ball at the Youth Literature Festival in Champaign last week, and the highlight of the entire event was meeting Kayla, a delightful second grader at Westview Elementary School. I usually don’t let kids pet Whitney when she has her harness on, but this was an exception. Kayla is blind, and she’d […]

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