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Hot Off the Press: Sharon Kramer’s “Time for Bubbe” Book is Published Today

March 10, 202114 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, questions kids ask, teaching memoir, writing, Writing for Children, writing prompts

Over the years, many writers in the memoir classes I lead have self-published their work. Until now, only three had found independent publishers: Hanna Bratman’s collection What’s In My Head was published by Blue Marlin Publications in 2011 Anna Perlberg’s The House in Prague was published by Golden Alley Press in 2016 Regan Burke’s long-awaited […]

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Why Learn to Use a White Cane before You Get a Seeing Eye Dog?

October 15, 20209 CommentsPosted in Beth Finke, blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, public speaking, questions kids ask, technology for people who are blind, visiting schools

Did you know that today, October 15, is National White Cane Safety Day? Me, neither. Not until the supervisor at my job moderating the National Easterseals blog pointed it out to me. I was glad she did, because it got me reminiscing about a school visit I especially enjoyed at Eastview Elementary School in Algonquin, […]

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Questions Kids Ask: Do You Get Sad Sometimes?

March 8, 202019 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs, Mike Knezovich, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, visiting schools

This past Friday my friend Jamie drove WhitneyLuna and me to the western suburbs of Chicago to visit six groups of third graders at four different schools. we were in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton as part of Educating Outside The Lines, a disability awareness program that uses a hands-on approach to help kids discover how […]

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Wednesdays with Whitney: Happy New Year!

January 1, 20203 CommentsPosted in blindness, Blogroll, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, visiting schools

Thank you for all your thoughtful responses to our posts about Whitney’s happy retirement in rural Pennsylvania. Thought you might like a quick update from an email message her new/old family sent yesterday. “Having Whitney is giving me the motivation to take walks again, so that’s been good,” reports Elisse, who walks with Whitney every […]

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