by Belo Cipriani | Jul 23, 2014 | Belo Cipriani, Writing
Most of my recent writing has happened in the city due to travel, teaching, and other time constraints. When I told my students, they struggled to believe that I got the ideas for my essays and fiction from a metropolitan area. They assumed that I — like many writers...
by Belo Cipriani | Jul 9, 2014 | Mobility/ Disability, Service Animal Disability
I hate my white cane and although I had given it a name to help me bond with it, Raising Cane was getting on my nerves. He refused to walk a straight line and insisted on greeting all the cracks and bumps along 14th Street. However, I reminded myself about how much my...
by Belo Cipriani | Jun 25, 2014 | Interviews, Mobility/ Disability, Theatre
This week on The Disability Tribune, we’re pleased to feature an interview with Fritz Lambandrake, executive director of San Francisco’s Circle of Life Theatre. From their website: Circle of Life Theatre is the West Coast’s ONLY theatre company...
by Belo Cipriani | Jun 18, 2014 | Adaptive Technology, Employment, Mobility/ Disability, Writing
Today on The Disability Tribune, we are excited to share a guest post written by disability journalist Robert Kingett. The paratransit driver lurches to a stop outside the Tribune Towers in downtown Chicago, but I don’t hear the driver bark my name because I am...
by Belo Cipriani | Jun 4, 2014 | Belo Cipriani, Mobility/ Disability
As a child, one of my most frustrating moments came when Mario froze mid-jump. Just as I was about to avoid the last fiery ball in the concrete castle to save Princess Peach, the game suspended, and no amount of punishing to the red and black buttons made the action...
