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Wednesday with Wanda: She's 95 today

October 19, 201614 CommentsPosted in careers/jobs for people who are blind, guest blog, memoir writing, politics, Uncategorized

If you’ve followed our Safe & Sound blog for a while, you know who Wanda Bridgeforth is: she has been attending the memoir-writing class I lead in downtown Chicago for a decade now. She’s witty and talented, and today is her 95th birthday! When Wanda was growing up on the South Side of Chicago, her […]

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How can college students who are blind get to class without being able to see the campus?

October 15, 201610 CommentsPosted in blindness, guest blog, Uncategorized

My young friend Alicia Krage was born blind. The guest post she wrote last week about going to a movie with her boyfriend Joe, who also is blind, got so much positive attention that I invited her to write another post for us. Ali’s new post is about transferring from a community college, moving from […]

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A blind date at the movies

October 9, 20166 CommentsPosted in blindness, guest blog, technology for people who are blind, Uncategorized

Loyal Safe & Sound blog readers will likely remember the guest post 23-year-old Alicia Krage wrote last April about some of the challenges and joys of being — and dating — someone who’s blind. Ali’s boyfriend Joe is a junior at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, and Ali transferred there from her local community […]

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