Archive for the “guest blog” Category

This Halloween He’ll be Eating Tacos Made with Brain

October 30, 20195 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, parenting a child with special needs

I have a part-time job moderating the blog for Easterseals national headquarters, and we published a post there this week that I’m sharing here, too. Some of you might remember Bernhard Walke from previous guest poasts – he and his wife Rosa are the proud parents of nine-year-old Elena, and every year he comes up […]

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Celebrate Sweetest Day Today — it’s Sweet Wanda’s 98th Birthday!

October 19, 201910 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, writing prompts

If you’ve followed our Safe & Sound blog for a while, you know who Wanda Bridgeforth is: she has been attending the memoir-writing class I lead in downtown Chicago for over a decade. She’s witty and talented, and today, October 19, not only is Sweetest Day, it’s Wanda’s 98th birthday! When our “Me, Myself and […]

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Guest post by Ali: “I love the job, and I love the people I work with”

October 16, 20193 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, technology for people who are blind

As promised, here’s the happy ending to Ali Krage’s post about applying for a part-time job at Northern Illinois University. Before reading this one, though, be sure to catch Part 1. by Alicia Krage The interview questions were precisely the ones my parents had asked when we were practicing. I had a question I wanted […]

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Guest Post by Ali Krage: “A Sense of Belonging”

October 9, 20193 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, technology for people who are blind

You might recall a post our guest blogger Ali Krage wrote in 2016 explaining how college students who are blind can figure out how to get around a new campus without being able to see. Well, she figured it out! Three years later, Ali is in her final semester at Northern Illinois University and landed a […]

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