Helen Keller Day-June 19th

Virtual Helping Hands and a coalition of community volunteers are proud to announce Helen Keller Day in Second Life. Named for a true innovator in accessibility, Helen Keller Day is a community-event that explores how and why to employ, educate, entertain, and engage everyone through virtual...

How do you see yourself? Glee!

What’s it like to be a geek, nerd, well, any walk of life in High School? Nay, what’s it like to be different? What is it like to walk in someone else’s shoes? Glee, a fictional TV show (just wanted to put that out there first), is a show that explores many different things that teens go...

Job Security In Growing Industries

Better start putting more handicap parking spaces, more spots in movie theatres for people with disabilities, more ramps instead of stairs, and well, just more. The disability population is growing. Not only from more accidents due to inattentive driving (texting or talking on a cell phone), but from lack...

Banning Easter

It’s that time of year again. Well, depending what date it is on the calendar this year. It’s the ever floating holiday. What’s worse is everything that goes into this holiday. First, they load up a whole bunch of hens with extra stuff to help them lay more eggs. Then a special group of...

Priorities

I’m all for keeping a positive attitude and going for what you want. Having said that, I also believe someone’s talent or desires should be put to good use. Two points to consider. 1. A grass roots group, or a media team, are spending a lot of effort in trying to get Betty White on Saturday Night...

Speed Bumps Bring Importance Of Seat Belt Safety

OK, I’ve heard of speed bumps to slow down speeding cars. But speed bumps on a sidewalk? - Hope a baby in a stroller isn’t drinking from their baby bottle while going over these. - Or hope a person in a wheelchair has a seat belt on, so they don’t get ejected. - Or that the paperboy has...

I Can Not Read, Sam I Am

Audio version of this blog: I Can Not Read, Sam I Am March 2, is Dr. Seuss’ birthday, yet 14% of the population could not even read this sentence. 774 million people worldwide can not read or write. Only 12% of legally blind children in the United States can read braille. This is down amazingly from...

Self Esteem Major Cause Of Teen Suicide

The heading actually says a lot. Growing up with a disability and being mainstreamed in 4th grade I found out first hand what happens when you mix a lot of different people in a building and forget to tell them about the many differences people have. Unfortunately, there is a big trend of not explaining...

By The Numbers-Teen Suicide

The following is just a quick glance at a few numbers. I myself am not big into stats. I like to look past them and find the solution to these troubling stats. Why these numbers are important is that they are rising. They are also important because many may not realize that a large number of these teens have...

Taking Yourself For Granted

Part of our self-esteem has to be remembering what we do well. It is very easy to take them for granted because we do them all the time. Cherishing what we do well and keeping that in mind will keep positive thoughts going. For example, I take for granted my writing and speaking abilities, yet am told by...