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An Oral History Experience

July 16, 2015 Tags: disability, memoir

Last week I recorded a version of my life story for a New York Public Library oral history project, an experience that caused me to think about how we communicate who we are. (The recordings are being posted here, and I assume mine will be sometime

The Social Dilemma of Metaphor

July 9, 2015 Tags: censorship, disability, journalism and reporting, word usage

Here are two headlines from the New York Times in the past two months:   “Kids Can’t Learn Who Can’t See” (May 15, 2015, an opinion piece promoting early vision care)   “Blind to a Child’s Obesity” (June 16, 2015, about parents who

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A lawyer can hardly resist an opportunity for a disclaimer or two. No statement on this website constitutes or is intended as legal advice. Also, resemblance of any person, living or otherwise, to any of my fictional characters is strictly coincidental. Even in my nonfiction, names have been changed and biographical details altered, and often traits of several people are combined into a single character. The exceptions, apart from myself, are inescapably my parents and brother, and I can only hope I’ve done them justice. Any other exceptions are noted.
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