There was nothing in the beautiful Summer day in August of 1997 that would have predicted sometime around 2:00 I would almost die with a friend in a high-speed motorcycle crash. We all have a few events in our lives that have changed us, for better or worse, and that…

Why the new touchless, physically-distant world sucks for people with visual impairment — As a congenitally blind person, it has become obvious to me that my reliance on touch as a primary mode of experiencing the world puts me at odds with current best practices for avoiding the coronavirus. The principle guidance for safeguarding against COVID-19 is to (1) curtail physical contact with…