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Halifaxgate Continued: The Public Responds
Monday, February 16th, 2009Filed under: Themes, Blind Visionaries
Our discussion on the implications of Halifax, Nova Scotia’s recent decision to stop providing free bus passes to blind people has lead to international conversation. Below are some of the responses we’ve received from the Halifax community and the global community. Respected and gifted people, with and without visual impairment, with and without disability, with and without agenda, have come together to express themselves on this highly complex issue. Scroll down to read opinions from Lee Stringer, Sara Miles, Jeff Moyer, Jackson Hunsicker, an editor from the BBC, and more…
Stairwell Standoff, by Lee Stringer
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008Filed under: Themes, Bum Deal
There is at least one consolation to be had in “living rough,” as the Brits call being homeless: life on the streets will certainly grow you.
Those who go through it will know things the rest of us don’t even know we don’t know.
I realized this one hairy night, over thirty years ago, when I was living in Detroit and working Click to continue »
