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Pros and Cons of Mainstreaming Blind Athletes
Dialogue Magazine Spring 2000 issue Sports - Mainstreamed or Special Events? by David Block Ardmore, Pennsylvania One obvious goal for people with visual disabilities is to be mainstreamed into everyday society. Mainstreaming visually impaired athletes into...
Thank you, Kobe Bryant
I had the honor of interviewing Kobe Bryant four different times. He was a great human being, and all four times he was really nice. I will NEVER forget Kobe Bryant. Here are my articles about him.
Pease Brothers Go the Extra Mile for the Community
March 2014 Pease Brothers Go the Extra Mile for the Community By David Block Kyle and Brent Pease will present the workshop, Walking with Kpeasey & The Kyle Pease Foundation on racing today!, on Saturday, March 15 at Abilities Expo Atlanta. The 44th...
Blind People Find Creative ways to Earn Money
By David Block• Wed, Mar 23, 2016 Some adults who are blind or visually impaired get help from state agencies to find employment; others, like John Sutton and Agnes Dutill, create their own jobs. If you walk through Suburban Station in Philadelphia and pass the Penn...
Achilles Runs Annual Hope & Possibility Race by David Block
A terrible experience can bring about a positive outcome. Such is the case of “Central Park Jogger,” Trisha Meili who was assaulted while jogging through Central Park in 1989. “I couldn’t walk, I had trouble talking, I couldn’t even feed myself, so I had to learn to...
A Writer Repays a Debt of Gratitude to Bill Cosby
Regardless of the circumstances surrounding Bill Cosby today, regardless of peoples’ opinions about him, I would be a complete ingrate if I did not publicly thank him for the way that he helped me by advancing my journalism career and made me feel better about myself....
Former Sixers’ Head Coach Brett Brown Takes Special Pride in His Daughter’s Work by David Block
Former Philadelphia 76ers coach Brett Brown’s face lights up when he talks about his oldest daughter, Julia, who works at the GET Cafe in Narberth where she helps make coffee, works the cash register, and washes the dishes. Julia Brown, 24, has a developmental...
Three-Time Olympic Swimmer Brendan Hansen profiled
Main Line Media News Monday, December 10, 2012 Three-time Olympian Brendan Hansen reflects on his swimming career By David Block For mainlinemedianews.com http://mainlinemedianews.com/articles/2012/12/10/sports/doc50c60a789fe58080521361.txt After...
Sex Workers are Human Resources by David Block
Wed, Jan 09, 2019 By David Block Special to the Press/Review Like all days on the calendar, December 17 has its share of momentous historical occurrences. On December 17, 1821, Kentucky abolished its debtors’ prisons. On December 17, 1944, Major Gen. Henry C. Pratt...
Blind Athlete Killed
The Bulletin Friday, June 15, 2007 Family, Friends Mourn Tragic Death of Local Blind Goalball Athlete By David Block Mourners gathered at the Zion Baptist Church on Wednesday to pay their last respects to Darryl Devon Green, 24, of Kensington, who died in a...