Archive for the “parenting a child with special needs” Category

Full, creative, and pleasurable

October 16, 201517 CommentsPosted in baseball, blindness, book tour, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, Mike Knezovich, parenting a child with special needs, public speaking, travel, Uncategorized, visiting schools, Writing for Children

It’s been a very happy week here in Chicago. Ours started last Friday, when Mike and I took an el to Schaller’s Pump on the South Side to watch a playoff game. Schaller’s Pump has been at 37th and Halsted since 1876, and from Mike’s description it hasn’t changed much since then. The bar is […]

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One step at a time

July 2, 20157 CommentsPosted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, parenting a child with special needs, politics, radio, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized

Twenty-five short years ago, the United States Capitol had no wheelchair ramps. You read that right. The monument that pretty much defines American equality and justice was inaccessible to people using wheelchairs. In 1990, activists in Washington, D.C. struggled out of their wheelchairs and crawled up the Capitol steps to urge lawmakers to pass the […]

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Mondays with Mike: All the world's a stage

May 25, 20158 CommentsPosted in Mike Knezovich, Mondays with Mike, parenting a child with special needs, Uncategorized

Live theater is a marvelous thing. Witnessing actual people up there on stage in real time creates a tension and energy that, for my money, makes even middling plays worth the time. And then there are those times when live theater is magical, powerful and unforgettable. That’s how it was yesterday, when Beth and I […]

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Book review: Anthony Doerr's "All the Light We Cannot See"

January 17, 201524 CommentsPosted in blindness, memoir writing, parenting a child with special needs, Uncategorized, writing

I usually avoid reading novels and short stories with characters who are blind. Too many fiction writers portray blind characters one-dimensionally — we’re either heroic or tragic, bumbling or, particularly lately, blessed with super-powers. But Anthony Doerr isn’t like other authors. One of the main characters in Doerr’s current best-selling novel All the Light We Cannot See is […]

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