by Kevin Burton For blind people, being a second-class citizen would represent an upgrade. The following provides another example that proves, when it comes down to it, blind people aren’t treated as citizens at all. This story was widely reported. My information comes from Insider. “Two blind passengers who were ordered to …
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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 …
Seeing The World As A Blind Newsman
by Kevin Burton I’ve heard some speeches, I’ve made some speeches. In the end, I am speechless. For years I was a self-styled superhero, defending the blind from the ignorant and the arrogant. I had logic on my side. I had passion. But that metaphorical cape I wore on the job, I …
Stephen Kuusisto, A Voice Worth Hearing
by Kevin Burton If you’re interested in disability rights, the name of Stephen Kuusisto is one you need to know if you don’t already. The latest honor to come his way: He has been awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship in Poetry. Syracuse University, where Kuusisto works, made the announcement in a press release …
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