This Tuesday, April 11, I’ll be one of a group of people with different disabilities doing an accessibility review and walk-through of the Illinois Holocaust Museum in Skokie, Illinois. It’s going to be a long day: the review and walk-through starts with an orientation at 9 a.m. followed by an explanation of the Accessibility Advisory […]

Check out this free online presentation I’m giving next week: Unlocking Memories and Uncovering Stories< Sponsored by the Oak Park Public Library and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) Oak Park Illinois Network DATE: Thursday, May 12 TIME: 7 to 8:30 pm central time, Author, journalist and teacher Beth Finke will lead […]

Remember that Self-Advocacy and the ADA panel Skokie Public Library presented via Zoom last November?I was on that panel along with Deirdre Keane (a teacher/librarian who was born with a hearing loss and got a cochlear implant during her freshman year in college), Michele Lee (an experienced finance professional who uses a wheelchair) and Tina […]

When the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) selected Hanni and Beth: Safe & Sound as the winner of its Henry Bergh Children’s Book Award back in 2008, my sisters accompanied my second Seeing Eye dog Hanni and me to the American Library Association convention in Anaheim to receive the award. […]

Tomorrow night, Thursday, November 18, 2021, I will be one of four women with disabilities on an hourlong free Zoom panel sponsored by the Skokie Public Library: Self Advocacy and the ADA–Online Event: Personal Perspectives, Challenges, and Success Stories Thursday, November 18, 2021 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Zoom Event What does self-advocacy look like […]