Introducing Guess Writer: Trevor Attenberg There was a wee commentary piece on National Public Radio a week or two ago, where a man discussed the prospects of technology geared towards providing sight for the blind. The typical business was reverently alluded to, including implanted telescopes in the eye; digitally processed electronic optic technology, some kind of echo-location sensory enhancement, and neuro-muscular regeneration. Nothing...
By Jeff Thompson Writing and posting tidbits and sound-bites of my interests and experiences through social networking is what I found fills some kind of part of me with a gratification that I never thought I would really experience. I mean, it’s Twitter, right? And, it has become a window to a part of me that wants to be a part of something. Something that seems to be a wave of experiences drifting about an ocean of tweets, tweeters, and yes,...
The American’s with Disabilities Act (ADA) may have opened the doors a bit wider for those with disabilities creating opportunity and access by leveling the playing field. But with computer software making processes seamless and efficient for businesses the inaccessibility to operate the software keeps the blind from accessing the same opportunities given to those without disabilities While travel for the blind may impress those ignorant to...
This post is from George Wurtzel, a former camp Tuhsmeheta leader and board member. Serenity; Webster defines it as: The absence of mental stress or anxiety. I define it as: Night watch aboard the schooner, Inland Seas. Twenty-four folks from Camp T also experienced this during our July 2007 Adventure Sailing Trip on Lake Michigan. A week of hard work, exercise, and careful planning made us all anxious. Our anxieties turned to joy the moment...
By Robin L. Ennis, MSW, LSW Be careful of what you say; be careful of what you do… For every word spoken and action taken, has the potential to shape my day. I recently read an article that peaked my interest and caused me to think more about how one kind gesture from someone can mean the world to another. How many times have you been told to believe in yourself and/or others? To some, they may have never been told or taught to believe in...
Scientist are finding ways to bypass portions of a defective eye component and sight is being created where no sight was before. Is this coming down the pipeline for me and you? Is this a barbaric form of stimulation of contrasting figments that are decipherable to the person or is this the grand jewel of technology to the blind? I am not sure. I have no clue. But hey, go for it. Make them eyes in the shop and send them my way. Will this change...
A blog post created for BeautifullyBlind.com Accepting My Blindness As I pass through so many worlds, so many lives each day, I wish my Scarlet Letter was not my defining impression. My blindness does not define me. And to those who don’t understand I begin to write… If I never accepted my blindness I would join you in a notion of pity and share a tear of sadness with you. And, yet, there would come a day when we would cry no more, no more...
Shoes I will never know what it is like to wear the shoes of a black man in a small white town. To wear the shoes of a Japanese in California in 1941, that too, I’ll never know. I’ll never really know what different shoes would bring me nor different times would show me but I do know my own shoes I fill and I fill them well. Being blind or Visually Impaired comes with it something I never ever knew and I could never ever compare it to some...
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life.
One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education.
He argued, 'What's a kid going to learn from
someone who decided his best option in life was to become
a teacher?'
He reminded the other dinner guests what they say about teachers:
'Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.'
To emphasize his point he said to another guest;
'You're a teacher, Bonnie.
Be honest.. What do...