Broken Clay

Infant Returned to Blind Parents

Via Haddayr. I, too, am speechless. When will this sort of thing stop? “I needed help as a new parent, but not as a blind parent,” Johnson said. She recalled the social worker saying: “‘Look, because you guys are blind, I don’t...

Published Sun, Aug 01 2010 5:14 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability, current events

Millions of books get digitized for the disabled

Via WHEELIE cATHOLIC: For those who are blind, dyslexic or have diseases like multiple sclerosis and have difficulty turning book pages, reading the latest best seller just got easier. Brewster Kahle, a digital librarian and founder of a virtual library...

Published Thu, Jul 15 2010 12:35 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility, computers, disability

Digital Sheet Music Resources

A grab bag of stuff that I’m finding on using a tablet for sheet music. The King’s Singers: The iPad Project Elisa Koehler: Sheet Music on the iPad Pro Technology for the Classical Singer Going Digital for Musicians Technology, Music,... Read...

Published Sat, Nov 17 2018 2:41 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Tech

Digital Music in Rehearsal

The iPad is working well in rehearsal! I brought all of my paper music with me for 3 rehearsals in a row, but have stopped doing that. The first rehearsal I discovered that for one piece, I only had the... Read more Read More...

Published Fri, Sep 14 2018 4:39 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Tech

Universal Homes: Accessibility is Beautiful

The Cerebral Palsy Foundation has created a series of videos showcasing accessible homes: For more information about the campaign: Accessibility is Beautiful. Read More...

Published Tue, Sep 03 2019 3:18 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: Life with a Disability

Honey

My cousin stopped by today on his way from Bismarck, North Dakota to his home in Bullhead City, Arizona. He’s been working with his cousin, who is a commercial beekeeper. He brought us 5 pounds of raw honey. I’m going... Read more Read More...

Published Sun, Nov 26 2017 2:19 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: family

Disability Blogs—My Feed List

Once upon a time, blogs had blogrolls. If you had a blog, you would include a list of blogs you thought would be interesting to your readers in a sidebar on her page. After a while, if you had a lot of blogs to keep track of, you learned about feed readers...

Published Sat, Mar 30 2013 11:09 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability, blogging

Seattle Center Rep Parking

Steven J Patrick provides two excellent posts on the proposed changes in accessible parking at The Seattle Center: We Hold This Crap to be Self-Evident and The Seattle Center/Seattle Rep Parking Grab: Proving That Crap DOES Flow UPhill… Patrick...

Published Sat, Sep 12 2009 12:08 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility

Jessica Galli Explains Wheelchair Racing

A nice introduction to wheelchair racing from Paralympian Jessica Galli: Read More...

Published Mon, May 14 2012 7:53 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports, disability

Cycling the Dordogne 2011: The Things We Saw (Sunday)

Last day of the tour. Sunday was another short riding day for me, but very fun. The intent was to ride from the hotel to Vitrac, about 9 km, where we would would canoe down the Dordogne to La Roque Gageac. Once again I skipped the steep climb out of Sarlat...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2011 1:28 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: disability, travel

Disabled? Want Sports Equipment?

The Challenged Athletes Foundation is now accepting grant applications. If you’re disabled and want to get into sports, check out what CAF funded last year, and apply for a grant. Grant applications are due on December 1st. Read More...

Published Fri, Nov 25 2011 7:02 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports, disability

Accessibility is Not Inclusion

Check out Scott Rains’ article in New Mobility – the first sentence will reel you in: What if the first question we asked was, “What is so unique about this situation that it justifies exclusion?” instead of, “How much does...

Published Mon, Feb 07 2011 9:07 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: accessibility

About that Mountain: MS, Everest, Metaphor and Reality

Wendy Booker is back at sea level after her second attempt to summit Everest last month. After being diagnosed with MS in 1998, in her early 40s, Wendy says she was scared – scared of winding up in a wheelchair, scared of the unknown, in uncharted...

Published Fri, Jun 25 2010 7:54 AM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: multiple sclerosis

Wouldn’t Want to be Passed by a Wheelchair

I go to the gym to lift weights twice a week. My gym is not a fancy expensive health club with espresso machines and Jacuzzis and lots of Spandex; it’s also not a black iron gym filled with big men, lots of weights, and chalk dust. It’s a...

Published Wed, Apr 10 2013 6:04 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: exercise/sports

Rough Waters

This weekend, we took a trip to Bainbridge Island, an island in the Puget Sound near Seattle. I was driving the rental car, and my husband was in the passenger seat. The wheelchair and the luggage were in the trunk. As we pulled up to the ticket booth...

Published Mon, Aug 20 2012 5:45 PM by brokenclay.org/journal

Filed under: wheelchair use, travel

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