Archive for the “blindness” Category

What? Me Worry? Getting Back to Normal

April 14, 202123 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, Seeing Eye dogs, teaching memoir, travel, writing prompts

Happy Immunity Day! It’s been 14 days since Mike and I got our second Pfizer vaccine, and I’m celebrating by leading a memoir-writing class in person this afternoon. The last memoir-writing class I taught in person met 13 months ago. It is downright amazing how quickly we all adjusted to using Zoom and meeting online. […]

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Is it Safe to Cross?

April 9, 202110 CommentsPosted in blindness, guide dogs, politics, Seeing Eye dogs

I just got word that the Justice Department has moved to intervene in a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by private plaintiffs with visual disabilities alleging the City of Chicago fails to provide people who are blind, have low vision, or are deaf-blind with equal access to pedestrian signal information at intersections. Sighted pedestrians can see […]

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Questions Kids Ask: Do You Ever Go Anywhere by Yourself?

April 1, 202116 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, parenting a child with special needs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, technology for people who are blind, visiting schools

The photo above on the right is one of then-new Seeing Eye dog Luna’s first and last in-person school visits in early March, 2020–before you-know-what happened. And now…we’re back! Well, sort of. Black Lab Luna and I made four school visits this past month and will be doing more in April — all of them […]

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90 Years of Books for the Blind

March 3, 20213 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, Seeing Eye dogs

I’ve written before about how much I appreciate the free audio book program the Library of Congress provides for people who are blind or have physical disabilities that prevent them from reading print. This year marks the 90th anniversary of the Pratt-Smoot Act, the legislation for the “Books for the Blind” program, and to celebrate, […]

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