Archive for the “blindness” Category

What a Teenage Expert is Teaching Me About Ableism

July 16, 2021 • 10 Comments • Posted in blindness, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, Uncategorized, writing

I’m pretty sure ableism wasn’t even a word when I lost my sight in 1986. Don’t get me wrong here: ableism existed 35 years ago, but back then we just called it discrimination. The 31st anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act is coming on July 26, so now seems a good time to acknowledge […]

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Happy to Live Another Day

June 30, 2021 • 10 Comments • Posted 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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True Confessions

June 17, 2021 • 17 Comments • Posted in blindness

This past Sunday morning our book club met in-person for the first time since you-know-what. It happened to be my turn to host, many of our members are Jewish, so to celebrate I baked a loaf of challah. I learned to bake bread shortly after losing my sight. We lived in central Illinois, I was […]

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Questions Kids Ask: What Was Your Favorite Activity When You Could See?

May 27, 2021 • 9 Comments • Posted in blindness, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, travel, visiting schools, Writing for Children

During our disability awareness presentations, one thing I like to get across to the school kids is that people with disabilities enjoy — and engage in — a lot of the same things they do. We just develop different skills (and sometimes use different “helping tools”) to achieve our goals. Two days ago Luna and […]

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Mondays with Mike: Scene from an Italian restaurant

May 10, 2021 • 6 Comments • Posted 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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