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What No One Tells You About Having a Disability
Warning: this post is not full of the sunshine and rainbows you may be used to on Safe Space. That being said, it is not meant to depress, or weigh down, or upset anyone into feelings of woe. It is merely a reality check, an […]
Top Ten Blindy Gift Ideas
Ho, ho, ho! My favorite time of year is just around the corner. Eggnog lattes, laughing children, the smell of cookies and evergreens everywhere. I have already started listening to Christmas music. I hope you have, as well! If you’re like me, it’s about this […]
Traveling with a Guide Dog. Plus a Bonus Surprise!
Nouveau and I recently traveled from Vancouver to San Francisco to visit her puppy raisers and a group of friends I have down there. The trip was an absolute blast, and the journey there is a perfect example of what it’s like to travel with […]
Blind Bumbles are Sighted Stumbles
A few weeks ago, a woman named Jasmine Chen wrote a sensational post about spilling her drink in a restaurant and instantly overhearing murmurs about how she was blind. The strangers around her automatically assumed she had spilled her drink because she couldn’t see it […]
Dining in the Dark: An Insider Scoop
Dining in the Dark is a unique blind dining experience where patrons eat a meal, usually dinner, in a pitch dark restaurant. There are no lights, all phones are turned off. You use your senses, minus sight, to enjoy your meal. But while you are […]
Seven Years in School
Last week, I wrote about what it’s like to go through college with a disability. Today, I share why it took me seven years to complete my degree. Every September through April, and many summers between 2012 – 2019, I was 100% devoted to earning […]
College with a Disability
A lot of blind people flunk out of college. A lot of others with physical disabilities and mental health issues flunk out of college. A lot of affluent able-bodied people flunk out or drop out, because college is crazy hard. Often times, the blame is […]
What Blind People Dream About
What do blind people dream about? Do they dream at all? Do their dreams have color? Is their vision the same as when they’re awake? I’m so excited to be doing a post on a direct question from a follower. Emma contacted me a few […]
The $100,000 Dog
It costs approximately $100,000 to train one guide dog puppy. It takes an average of 251 volunteers to help a single puppy become a guide dog (guidedogs.com). A guide dog puppy is in training for eighteen to twenty-four months before they are able to graduate. […]
Transitioning to a Successor Guide Dog
“No matter how perfect the next dog is, transitioning to a successor guide still breaks your heart.” I met my first guide dog, Susie, when I was sixteen years old. She bounded into the room and immediately decided to love me. The feeling was mutual. […]