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When he lost his vision, Erik at first refused to use a cane or learn Braille, insisting he could somehow muddle on as normal. "I was so afraid I would seem like a freak," he recalls. But after a few embarrassing stumbles--he couldn't even find the school rest rooms anymore--he admitted he needed help. For Erik, the key was acceptance--not to fight his disability but to learn to work within it; not to transcend it but to understand fully what he was capable of achieving within it; not to pretend he had sight but to build...
...Geographic photographer before founding Walkable in 1996--sets people at ease. He knows that slimmer roads are "leaner, safer and more efficient," and that they take some of the stress off drivers too. "We tend not to like open, scary places, and we try to get through them quicker. Somehow the canopy effect of tree-lined streets slows traffic." Burden can't eliminate road rage. But for some drivers, riders and pedestrians across the country, he can create road repose...
...teenager, I spent three years training in classical piano until I realized I didn't have the talent to pursue music professionally. Then I wanted to become a stenographer so I could count on making money. My mother thought I should be a music teacher; that was somehow more acceptable. What happened in reality was I fell in love with someone at Bluffton College and got married. We had five kids. After that, it took me a few years to realize that my husband couldn't make a living. He was very bright but emotionally crippled. In one year...
...When he lost his vision, Erik at first refused to use a cane or learn Braille, insisting he could somehow muddle on as normal. "I was so afraid I would seem like a freak," he recalls. But after a few embarrassing stumbles?he couldn't even find the school rest rooms anymore?he admitted he needed help. For Erik, the key was acceptance?not to fight his disability but to learn to work within it; not to transcend it but to understand fully what he was capable of achieving within it; not to pretend he had sight but to build...
...aisle in the supermarket, alongside dairy, paper products and pet supplies. Clearly, some female shoppers respond to food designed with their nutritional needs in mind. But do they really need to buy special oatmeal just because they were born with an extra X chromosome instead of a Y? "Somehow as a gender we've done fine for thousands of years without our own breakfast cereal," says Alice Lichtenstein, a professor of nutrition at Tufts University...