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It’s here! Free audio version of Writing Out Loud now available to people who are blind or visually impaired

February 23, 20182 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, teaching memoir, technology for people who are blind

February is Love Your Library month, and I’m celebrating in style: The Library of Congress Talking Book Service just released an audio version of my new book Writing Out Loud free of charge to Americans who are blind or visually impaired. The Library of Congress administers the National Library Service (NLS) a talking-book and Braille […]

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A love letter to Chicago’s cultural arts

January 14, 201813 CommentsPosted in blindness, public speaking, technology for people who are blind

This Tuesday afternoon I’ll be sitting on a panel at Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium with a theater director, a mother of three school-aged children, and a lawyer. Theater director Brian Balcom uses a wheelchair, one of Laurie Viets’ children is on the autism spectrum, attorney Rachel Arfa is profoundly deaf and uses bilateral cochlear implants to […]

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Part Two of Ali Krage’s Movie Post: “I’d never done that on my own before, and neither had Joe”

January 5, 201811 CommentsPosted in blindness, guest blog, technology for people who are blind

Wednesday’s guest post by Ali Krage explained how she and her boyfriend make their way to their favorite movie theater, now she’s back to tell you how they liked the show! by Alicia Krage We’d arrived very early at the theater, so we had time to sit in our seats, talk for a while and […]

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