by Belo Cipriani | Oct 15, 2015 | Interviews
The Disability Tribune welcomes Javier De Paz, Assistant Director at the Center for Social Justice and Civic Engagement at Holy Names University. I asked him a few questions about the current fundraiser that’s happening to help send a group of HNU students to...
by Belo Cipriani | Jul 22, 2015 | Adaptive Technology, Blind Technology, Interviews, Mobility/ Disability, Visually Impaired
Today on The Disability Tribune, we welcome the first blind realtor in the Bay Area, Jim Blacksten. Belo Cipriani: Where are you from and where do you live now? Jim Blacksten: I was born in Oroville, California. I attended junior high and senior high school in Chico...
by Belo Cipriani | Jun 24, 2015 | GLBT, Interviews
The Disability Tribune welcomes Patrick Carney, one of the founders of The Pink Triangle, a group that’s placed a giant pink triangle atop Twin Peaks in San Francisco for each Pride weekend since 1996. Belo Cipriani: Where are you from and what brought you to...
by Belo Cipriani | May 20, 2015 | Visually Impaired
Today on The Disability Tribune we are featuring a guest blog from visually impaired PhD candidate Jo Grove. How does a 74-year-old, legally blind, African American woman living in Wisconsin hook up with the man voted the Best Disability Advocate of 2015 in the Bay...
by Belo Cipriani | Apr 8, 2015 | Accessibility, Visually Impaired
The Disability Tribune welcomes Stuart Holland, station manager of the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network. The Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network (RTB) was the world’s first radio reading service for the blind when it was established in 1969. At that time, there...
