My Seeing Eye dog Whitney and I spent yesterday afternoon answering questions from third-graders who attend Goudy Elementary, a Public school in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The third graders are part of a Friday “reading buddies” program at Admiral At the Lake, a retirement community where I lead weekly memoir-writing classes. Goudy is so close to […]

This post I wrote was published at the Easterseals National blog earlier this week (I work part-time moderating that blog). It occurred to me later that some of you Safe & Sound blog followers might find it worth a read, too, so here it is. When sidewalks are covered in snow and ice, walking to […]

Here’s why I like being in focus groups: I am sometimes the only person with a disability in the group, and I feel strongly about people with disabilities being included in decision-making People ask you questions about what you think about things. Your response is important to the person asking the question. Even if they […]

Last Spring we published a post here listing questions my young friend Ali, who is blind, had while planning a trip with her boyfriend Joe from her college campus to a Chicago jazz club to celebrate their anniversary. Since then Ali has become so adept at using technology to help her get around on her […]

We’re back home in Chicago now, and the magnificent Mondays with Mike post Mike wrote about New Orleans sparked a lot of questions from friends here. What prompted the trip? Do you have family there? What is an herbsaint? Answer to that first question? Kismet. Our friends Steven and Nancy and their dog Doug are […]