Saturday, January 8, 2011

Happy New Year from the Blindness Blog

Hello and happy new year to everyone. I want to use this blog entry on the Blindness Blog to remind everyone that the blog is about how we, as blind people, can do various types of things by using alternative techniques and just how to implement those alternative techniques in such situations. In addition, the blog is about topics dealing with blindness.
When I began the blog, I did so with the intension of doing it for at least one year. I still plan to continue, but for 2011, I would like to ask for your help with coming up with topics and maybe even with writing entries if you are interested. Of course, your comments are always welcome as they help motivate me, but most of all, can help all of us discover a different method for accomplishing the same task. For example, one reader recently posted a wonderful tip on the draining blog that I would have never thought of on my own.
I began this blog because of a friend’s suggestion to do so. My original idea was to write a book sharing some techniques about how to do certain things as a blind person. Because I do not know everything and because there is more than one right way to get the job done, I am happy she did. I hope that everyone will share with us how they do things, even if it is something I have not written yet for a blog.
Another new idea this year is for me to post web addresses to the blogs of others at the end of my posts this year. I am not sure if I will do this every time or every other time. If you are interested, please send me the direct web address and one to two sentences telling readers what your blog is about. In order for me to include your blog, you must be blind. In this case, you can write about anything from how to do things as a blind person to the blog you have up to sell things for your company and so on. The blog does not have to be about blindness if you are blind. However, if you are sighted, I will include your blog only if it relates in some way to blindness, whether it is a blindness education site, a site that offers games for the blind, etc. Please send those to my email address with Blindness Blog/blind in the subject line of the email. My address is aadkins7@verizon.net
This year, the blog’s will be posted on Saturdays. Doing so will enable me to devote more time to it as well as allow me to obtain Internet access. I am heading off to student teach this year, and I will be away from my Internet connection for that time, which is one reason for the switch.
I hope all of you have a wonderful year, and I hope to hear from all of you. Anita

2 comments:

Doug said...

Anita - My daughter is the mother of a 3 year old survivor of retno blastoma. She recently began a blog about her reflections on raising a child who is totally blind. Her blog can be found at katie.matthias.blogspot.com if you are interested. I have been scanning the history of your posts and find many interesting.

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