Archive for the “careers/jobs for people who are blind” Category

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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Questions Kids Ask: “Is your dog your pet and your employee, too?”

October 2, 201913 CommentsPosted in blindness, Braille, careers/jobs for people who are blind, guide dogs, questions kids ask, Seeing Eye dogs, technology for people who are blind, visiting schools, Writing for Children

Happy October! The school year is back in full swing, and yesterday morning my friend Jamie drove Seeing Eye dog Whitney and me to Deerfield, a suburb of Chicago, to talk with third graders at Kipling Elementary School. We were there as part of Educating Outside The Lines, a disability awareness program that uses a […]

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Author Series at a Jewish Deli: A Delicious Idea

September 18, 20197 CommentsPosted in book tour, careers/jobs for people who are blind, memoir writing, teaching memoir, travel

What an honor it was to have Richard Reeder ask me to give an Author Night Presentation last Monday at the Chicago Jewish Author Literary Series! Richard is the creator and coordinator of the series, and I’d been hearing about it for years. A well-respected (yet casual) gathering, the literary series meets monthly at Max […]

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