Category: Literature
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Recognizing Juneteenth and Curious About Disabled Slaves
Today is Juneteenth; the day slaves were freed in Texas. Although I live in Georgia, I am very familiar with this holiday because I am a native of the Lone Star State. I grew up hearing the story of how slaves were notified they were free two years after the fact. Each year there would…
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Zoom Videoconferencing Helps Me Live Work and Play During COVID-19
I don’t know about you but I have seen an increase in the request to join a meeting through Zoom videoconferencing. I would dare to say that almost daily if not weekly I get an email invite to a webinar, meeting, seminar, townhall or chat. If you have not gotten an invite for Zoom in…
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How I Manage Anxiety Around the coronavirus
Each day more and more info comes out about the coronavirus. I am sure you have heard and read the reports so I won’t go over it here on my blog. As a result, I could allow this constant bombardment of news and information to sweep me away causing me severe stress and anxiety. But…
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Haban Girma First Deafblind Black Woman to Graduate From Harvard
Black History Month is quickly coming to a close and as promised I wanted to share about one more black person with a visual impairment. This person is not a historical figure from the past like Blind Tom but rather made recent history by being the first black, deafblind woman to graduate from Harvard Law…
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The Voice Dream Reader Makes Reading Bookshare Books a Dream
February is National Library Lovers Month where the focus is on reading and the institutions that provide books. It is a time to honor and recognize the important role that libraries play in the community. Although I grew up reading and patronizing the library since losing my vision traditional, brick and mortar libraries don’t completely…
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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…
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Ten Ways I Use Braille Everyday
Happy New Year everybody! I am kicking off the year on the Triple E Blog with a post about braille and how I use it every day. January is the month that those of us in the blind and visually impaired community observe Braille Literacy Month. Braille is a code created for reading and writing.…
Empish J. Thomas 