Mom Gave Me Birth, Gave Back My Birthday

by Kevin Burton    Today we talk birthdays on what would have been my mother’s 92nd. She died May 4, leaving an unfillable hole in my heart and life.    She is gone from this life but far, far from forgotten. There were many special days while mom was with us. Birthdays were among the …

Students Take Action To Save Bus Drivers

by Andy Corbley Good News Network    When an Ohio school bus driver began to suffer a medical event, a brother and sister took action that may have saved her life.    Footage taken from a surveillance camera inside the bus shows 8-year-old Catrina sitting in the seat nearest the driver, who began to have …

Blind Businessman Changing Minds

by Katie Oborn Plymouth Herald (UK)    A young Plymouth man who has been blind since birth has been making the world a better place for visually-impaired people.    After feeling judged and at times discriminated against, Brandon Hulcoop came up with an idea that has made a huge difference to so many lives.    …

Thoughts About Disability Pride Month

by Stephen Kuusisto     (Nationally-known poet and disability advocate Stephen Kuusisto writes the “Planet of the Blind” blog on WordPress. The following is his post there from July 2.)    Because this is “Disability Pride Month” and owing to my own disability I must reveal I’m not “feeling it” as they say.    Don’t get …