My Mother, the Wind Beneath My Wings Posted on May 10, 2023 - 6:18 am by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega Editor’s note: It is fitting that for Mother’s Day, we revisit a post that Peer Advisor DeAnna Quietwater Noriega wrote in May, 2013, as a tribute to her mother. This […]
Tools You Can Use to Find Employment Posted on October 19, 2022 - 1:17 pm by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega Editor’s note: In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), DeAnna Quietwater Noriega shares tools she has used to find employment as a person who is blind. Any person […]
Getting a Dog Guide at Over the Age of 70 Posted on August 23, 2022 - 12:50 pm by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega I was 19 when I boarded a flight for the first time to fly to The Seeing Eye Inc. a dog guide school, located in Morristown, New Jersey. I had […]
More Lessons My Guide Dogs Have Taught Me Posted on April 15, 2021 - 6:16 pm by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega In 2015 I wrote a series for VisionAware for National Service Dog Month. This is a sequel to that series. I am currently working with my ninth guide from The Seeing Eye Inc. Each […]
New Friend and Program to Teach Sewing and Crafting to People with Vision Loss Posted on March 29, 2021 - 12:26 pm by DeAnna Quietwater Noriega Over the past year during the pandemic, the American Council of the Blind (ACB), a national consumer group for people who are blind or visually impaired, has held Community Calls […]