Of all the sites on the internet, this is one.
I think I understand what the seemingly well intentioned folks behind the BrailleWise public bathroom system are trying to do, but I’m not sure who they’ve been talking to if this is their view of us. Just as the Braille inventor, people with visual disability work hard to adjust to a life without sight. In …
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James, AKA the guy who makes sure the server this thing sits on stays alive so it can keep sitting on it, has put together a handy dandy guide for cab drivers that explains what and what not to do when you’re driving a blind person around. A lot of this stuff is obvious, or …
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Holy crap I’m discovering I have a lot to say. Twice I set out to write *1* post about moving. Twice I’ve had to stooooop…so it didn’t overflow into miles and miles and miles and miles of writing. Hmmm. How far will I get in this post? So while all this is going on, Rogers …
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So yeah…Bell…sheesh. Now I can get on with the rest of my thoughts. If that wasn’t enough to go wrong, we didn’t have a TV for about a week and a half (this will all make sense when we write about our dirt poor movers). So we couldn’t really feel like we were truly moved …
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You’re not gonna believe this, you guys! Apparently, and this is seriously insane, blind people meet, date, fall in love and get married even though they have little to know idea what the person they’re with looks like! Really, I shit you not! check it out, it’s in the news! That’s right, the news! Somebody’s …
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I’ve never had the chance to hold a samurai sword, but if that day should ever come, I imagine there is little to no chance of me confusing it for my white cane. The previous sentence is part of the cover letter I’m writing to attach to my application for a job as a member …
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Over the weekend, people on Twitter and probably other places I don’t frequent started getting all up in arms about this RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) fundraising ad. Yes, that acronym looks weird to me, too. “It makes blindness out to be pathetic,” they said! “This commercial is garbage!” “Makes us seem like …
Whether I bother watching a little or a lot of the Olympics has still not been decided, but what I know for sure is that this is about the handiest thing I could have found. Here Is Your Handy Olympic Master Schedule A list of when everything is going to take place, with the added …
So…sure has been a while, eh? Seems that last time either of us wrote something it was July 11th. It’s now July 21st. I’d say I was sorry for the quiet time, but honestly, I’d be lying if I were to do that. Carin still exists but not around here so much, and to be …
Dear Sighted World: It’s me, a blind fellow. My blind girlfriend and I would like you to answer a question for us, if it’s not too much trouble. This idea that all blind people count every step we take as one of the primary ways of knowing where we are at all times…where did that …
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