I do a couple of volunteer gigs around my small town. It is important to me to serve the community that I belong to, in addition to being a visible blind member of my community. As a result, one of the projects I participate in involves tutoring 3rd graders in how to read. Yesterday was my first day. On my… Read more →
I’m not a Chris Christie fan. On Monday, he signed a bill that makes me dislike him a little less. Bill S1760 is a bill which requires high schools in the state of New Jersey to allow students to take American Sign Language (ASL) as their foreign language requirement. This is a big deal because it means that more students… Read more →
This is going to be a long form series, as I think about and interrogate my graduate school experience. To be brief, it took me almost five years to complete a two year degree, in large part due to issues revolving around academic accessibility for students with disabilities. As my rage has cooled over the last month, as I have… Read more →
I do not have the emotional energy to talk about Boston today. But Boston is in my thoughts and I hope for all civillians’ to be safe and for all law enforcement officers to be safe. In lieu of more thoughts, I’m sharing a post by a blind woman who lives in Boston, whose story sounds a lot like when… Read more →
