When my office was in the Department of Human Services building in Bangor, Maine, an amazing thing happened. At the time I had been blind for about seven years. Having had vision until I was in my mid-twenties I have always visualized the world around me, even when I couldn’t see it. Doctors had long…

A brown and white stuffed animal, a pony, was beneath the Christmas tree. It had a red ribbon tied around its neck. I was seven years old. Puzzled, I hurried to the tree where I knelt and took the stuffed pony in my hands. There was a gaily colored card tied to the red ribbon….

And Gavin always had an answer. For almost four years I shared an office with Gavin Wiggins. While neither of us rates a private office this semi-private office was a compromise. For Gavin it was to ensure the privacy of his work and for me it was a reasonable accommodation.       Gavin is…