Archive for the “blindness” Category

Our Senator Earned her Seat in Congress

November 17, 20224 CommentsPosted in blindness, Blogroll, Mike Knezovich, politics, technology for people who are blind

I was delighted when Tammy Duckworth won last week’s election: it means she’ll  serve as senator here in Illinois for six more years. Senator Duckworth has a long career serving her country, and when it comes to disability access, she is an expert: she served in Iraq and lost both legs when a rocket-propelled grenade […]

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Highland Park

July 6, 202212 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, visiting schools

You know those “Questions Kids Ask” lists I post here after visiting third-grade classrooms with Luna? Those visits are arranged by a disability awareness program called “Educating Outside the Lines,” and every one of the schools they have me visit is located in…Highland Park, Illinois. ”Is your dog blind, too?” they ask. “Is it scary […]

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Questions Kids Ask: He Can Play Football, Basketball and Fortnight, but…

April 22, 202212 CommentsPosted in blindness, public speaking, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, technology for people who are blind

Yesterday our friend Ruth drove Luna and me to Highwood, Illinois to visit third graders at Oak Terrace Elementary, a school that participates in an Educating Outside the Lines Disability Awareness Week program. Every day that week someone with a disability comes to talk with them about their disability and the “helper tools” that let […]

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