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FASHION SENSE WITHOUT THE SENSE OF SIGHT

By Cheryl Wade, BCF Consultant I am totally blind and I love, love clothes! I get them everywhere. I have two closets full of clothes for every possible season and

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EYE-PRESSING: HOW ONE FAMILY (ALMOST) WON

By Gwen and Jim Botting. This article originally appeared in Family Connections. Used with permission of Michigan Parents of Visually Impaired and the Bottings. As parents of a child with

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“DISABLED” VS. “HANDICAPPED”

By Cheryl Wade, BCF consultant I’m going way, way out on a limb by saying what I’m about to say. I’m about to (partially) defy current language trends and perhaps

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“CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE” SYNDROME

By Gwen Botting. MPVI article, July 2007, reprinted with permission of Michigan Parents of Visually Impaired Children As parents, most of us remember how our babies took up all available space

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“BLIND” IS FINE

By Cheryl Wade, BCF Consultant I get a little nervous when a stranger walks up and asks, “Have you been, uh, sightless all your life?” I’m not nervous because of

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