Category: Entertainment
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Audio Described Movies and the Oscars
Besides diving into a great book another of my favorite pastimes is watching an audio described movie. If you are not familiar an audio describe movie provides extra verbal narration of visual elements happening in the film. It could be hand gestures, facial expressions, physical movements or a description of clothing and action happening in…
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Blind Tom a Georgia Slave Never Emancipated
This month is Black History Month. To start things off I am posting a story that I previously published at the Center for the Visually Impaired and VisionAware. Later in the month I will share about another interesting blind African American. So stay tuned! Martin Luther King, Jr., Harriett Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Washington Carver, Rosa…
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My Reflections on Life After Deaf
I was intrigued when I read the announcement at the DeKalb County Library for the reading and discussion on the book Life After Deaf: My Misadventures in Hearing Loss and Recovery by Noel Holston. I am not deaf but do have a sensory disability and because of people’s lack of understanding sometimes get lumped into…
Empish J. Thomas 