Archive for the “careers/jobs for people who are blind” Category

In the spirit of Frida Kahlo

November 9, 20183 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, parenting a child with special needs, questions kids ask

My part-time job moderating the blog for Easterseals national headquarters keeps me in touch with a lot of important people: people with disabilities and their friends and family members who write guest posts. This morning Easterseals published a post written by Bernhard Walke. Bernhard and his wife Rosa are the proud parents of seven-year-old Elena, […]

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Benefits of Teaching Memoir: It Can Be Good for a Laugh

November 7, 20183 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, teaching memoir, writing prompts

All five of the weekly memoir-writing classes I lead in Chicago are back in full swing now, and Michael Graff, a writer in one of the Village Chicago classes I lead, generously agreed to let us share a deadpan “Back to School” essay he read out loud Monday for the first meeting of the current […]

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Benefits of Teaching Memoir: Providing an antidote to loneliness

October 3, 201812 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, Mike Knezovich, public speaking, teaching memoir, travel

Writers join the memoir-writing classes I lead for all sorts of reasons. Some tell me they want to hone their writing skills, some hope it will improve their memory, others want to publish their work. And so on. None of the writers in my classes have told me they signed up for their first class […]

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Can’t speak for Texas, but 3rd graders I visit love learning about Helen Keller

September 26, 201810 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, politics, visiting schools

You may have heard earlier this month that the Texas School Board recommended the removal of Helen Keller from its required Grade 3 social studies curriculum. The story of Helen Keller’s childhood is well-known. She lost both her hearing and her sight after a childhood illness, and after the breakthrough moment when teacher Anne Sullivan […]

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