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A museum true to its heart

April 9, 20234 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, parenting a child with special needs, public speaking, visiting libraries

This Tuesday, April 11, I’ll be one of a group of people with different disabilities doing an accessibility review and walk-through of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois. It’s going to be a long day: the review and walk-through starts with an orientation at 9 a.m. followed by an explanation of the Accessibility Advisory […]

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Happy to Live Another Day

June 30, 202110 CommentsPosted in blindness, Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike, parenting a child with special needs, travel

This week I learned that one of the 16 identified victims of the Surfside collapse was only 26 years old. From the Miami Herald: Luis Bermúdez, a 26-year-old man from Puerto Rico and 7th floor resident of Champlain Towers South, was killed in the collapse, according to family members who announced his death on social […]

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Mondays with Mike: Scene from an Italian restaurant

May 10, 20216 CommentsPosted in blindness, Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike, parenting a child with special needs

Awhile back I posted about receiving and giving soup as a gift. A few weeks ago, the company we received and ordered from, Spoonful of Comfort, sent me an email—nothing unusual, as I had opted into their promotional emails. What was unusual was the subject—it wasn’t a special offer, it was an opportunity to opt […]

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