Personal reflections

Going Blind and Learning How to Deal with It

Did you know blindness is the “ailment” people fear most? That’s not my choice of word. It comes from the…

My problem with holidays is not that we observe them. Christ, mothers, fathers, veterans, our great country and many others…

It’s a cold Saturday in February. I’m taking the dogs out to do their business, and across the street there’s…

When you come across homeless people asking for money, do you give them some or keep walking? As of January…

Why do conversations about diversity generally include every minority except people with disabilities? I originally wrote the article below in…

Have you ever had someone do something nice for you? Very likely, but, how many times did they later hold…

There’s never been a better time to be blind, or so I’ve heard. And I have to ask: How low…

Tomorrow marks eight years since I lost my first guide dog to cancer. The original post acknowledging his passing was…

Have you ever read something and thought to yourself: What the hell persuaded this moron to write that? There’s a…

Sometimes people do a fair job of hiding their special nature. Other times they can’t wait to put it on…

What if what you thought you wanted to be is not what you were cut out to be? One afternoon…

From time to time I’m going to share articles that resonated with me. The first is from my usual source…

Not long after the KNFB Reader app, an OCR app, came out, someone posted to a blindness technology forum asking…

In the battle between touch screens and tactile buttons, the touch screen is quickly becoming the reigning champion. It’s not…

The other day I was arguing politics with a coworker, never a good idea under the best of circumstances but…