Deaf, Blind, Limitless Conference * Keynote * Greenville, SC

I’m honored to be the keynote speaker at DBL on March 13, 2023! The Deaf. Blind. Limitless. Conference hosted by AIDB will take place in Greenville, SC on these dates: March 13th-16th.  This event is for teachers and administrators serving Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Blind, Visually Impaired, or DeafBlind students.  CEU’s, ACVREP, and RID credits will be offered to participants accordingly.… Read more

Blindness and Insight from ‘King Lear’ to ‘Jane Eyre’ – First Day of Class!

For the first time, I’m designing my own course for NYU: “Blindness and Insight from King Lear to Jane Eyre”! Those who’ve read There Plant Eyes may guess some of the subject matter, but I’ll go a little more deep theory in the classroom. This link is to the current course offerings, in the English dept, but you have to… Read more

Contemplating the Many Things Worse than Being Blind at the Helen Keller Forest Hills Tribute Mural

Thanks to a wonderful writer friend, Jess DeCourcy Hinds, I learned about The Helen Keller Forest Hills Tribute Mural in Queens, New York, where Keller lived for many years. Sadly, Keller’s home no longer exists. In its place stands the Reform Temple of Forest Hills at 71-11 112th Street, which was formerly 93 Seminole Avenue. That’s “where Helen Keller resided… Read more