by Kevin Burton Happy 79th birthday to the personable multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter John Sebastian. Both his music and his personality seem accessible, based on how he comes off in interviews on You Tube. I mean, here’s a rock and roller who plays the auto harp of all things. He said he learned the instrument …
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Old Times, Springtime And Baseball Cards
by Kevin Burton Mid-March, this time of year. In the old days, when it wasn’t quite time for baseball, it was time for baseball cards. Growing up at the school for the blind in Ohio in the 70s, with the gloom and chill of February fading, with temperatures perhaps in the high 40s …
A New Take On Taxis And Guide Dogs
If you are blind and use a guide dog for travel, this story is all too familiar to you. This comes from Calgary, Alberta, courtesy CBC News. “A Calgary cab company has fined and temporarily suspended one of its drivers for refusing to give a ride this week to a blind woman …
The Abacus Is Still A Low-Tech Wonder
by Kevin Burton Do you remember any of the gifts you received in fourth grade? Do you have any of them still? Are they in working order? I have one. In fourth grade our teachers at the Ohio State School for the Blind sat us down and introduced us to Mrs. Davidow. …
Suit Alleges Discrimination By Blind Agency
by Kevin Burton Some of the government and non-profit agencies which ostensibly serve the blind, really don’t. If I said these agencies had “blind spots” that would be a clever play on words. But many of them are willfully blind, no blind spot about it. What you often see is an agency …
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Buddy Holly’s Visual And Musical Acuity
by Kevin Burton I have never seen a picture of Buddy Holly without his thick glasses, but I never have pondered whether he was legally blind until now. He probably was not, by the way, though he had poor vision. More about that in a bit. This comes up today on the …
Blind BBC Reporter Gets Best Of Mugger
by Kevin Burton A blind BBC reporter, retrieved his cell phone from a mugger and restrained the assailant until help arrived, multiple sources reported in late December. “Wrong blind person, wrong day,” said Sean Dilley, a blind news reporter and project lead for the BBC’s Reframing Disability program. Dilley was taking a …
My Newest Venture: Screenwriting Class
by Kevin Burton This is not exactly a call for people to get their popcorn ready, but I am now taking a screenwriting class. If I’m not a fish out of water altogether, maybe I am a saltwater fish in freshwater. Or maybe I’m an old dog learning new tricks, to mix the …
More Discrimination Against The Blind
by Kevin Burton Today, two stories about blind people standing up for their rights, one of a pending lawsuit, one of a successful suit in Ohio. I’m happy to see blind people demanding their rights, but sad that we should have to go to such lengths to get the right to lead basic, …
When Thumbs Up Doesn’t Come, Then What?
by Kevin Burton When I was a sort of young beep baseball player, I had a team mate who always talked about heart guards. Beep baseball is baseball for blind players. The ball is slightly bigger than a softball and depending on who made the ball, it can be quite hard. When …
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