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Questions Kids Ask: Does it Hurt to be Blind?

November 22, 202216 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, visiting schools, writing, Writing for Children

One week ago today I was at Sterling Park Elementary, a dual-language school in Casselberry, Florida giving a presentation to third graders. My eight-year-old great-niece Toots goes to that school, and my sister Cheryl and I had flown from Chicago to Florida a few days earlier to see Toots in a children’s theater performance of […]

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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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