Stories

Kay Chase’s Trail to Braille

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

I will never be able to thank my Mom enough for learning braille. She knew braille before I did. When I...

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

This is part of our series on the importance of braille literacy. We asked braille readers about their introduction to...

By Dave Wilkinson As a blind person, my immediate world consists of what I can touch, with ancillary information provided...

By Dave Wilkinson I have never aspired to be a role model. The very idea makes me uncomfortable. Part of...

by Angela Theriault I am deaf and have Usher syndrome and am currently the director of the Deafblind Service Center...

A deafblind speed skater skates as fast as he can to his dream. by Kevin Frost Like every little boy...

by Jason Corning I am hard-of-hearing and have acromatopsia, which means I have difficulty seeing in bright light. I use...

Sarah K. McMillen Ice Hockey I grew up in Albany, New York, and attended a mainstream school in Albany; I...

by Rachel Weeks When I was growing up, the question would often arise: ‘if given a choice, would you rather...

by Maricar Marquez My first triathlon was the Seacrest-TOBAY Triathlon in Oyster Bay, New York. It consisted of three events:...

by Kristine D’Arbelles When Maricar brought up the notion of participating in a triathlon, I thought it was a terrific...