Over 40% of homeless in U.S. have a disability

Posted by Beth Finke on July 21st, 2009

Every morning when I take my Seeing Eye dog out for her “constitutional” we pass the same homeless man sitting on a crate. “StreetWise!” he calls out. “Can you give a little help today?” StreetWise is a newspaper sold by homeless people in Chicago. The concept is that by selling StreetWise, people down on their luck might get back on …Read More » »

Change in the autism blog world, too

Posted by Beth Finke on January 21st, 2009

With so many other things in the country changing these days, I guess it should be no surprise to hear of changes in the autism blog world, too.

Last November, Change.org advertised a part-time blogger position to manage its autism portal. Important note here: Change.org has no relation to the Obama-Biden transition team or the website Change.gov. In fact, …Read More » »

Autismvox in Newsweek

Posted by Beth Finke on October 23rd, 2008

When you get a chance, check out this article in Newsweek about Kristina Chew’s reaction to Sen. John McCain’s mention of autism in last week’s debate. You might recognize Kristina Chew’s name — she writes the Autismvox blog. I read that blog almost every day and have referred to it many times in my posts here.

Kristina Chew is …Read More » »

Divorce and disability: is it all a lie?

Posted by Beth Finke on August 13th, 2007

My husband Mike and I have a 20-year-old son with severe and profound mental and physical disabilities. When I was trying to get my first book “Long Time, No See”  published, I said something in the cover letter to potential publishers about the divorce rate among couples who have …Read More » »