As I’ve been thinking about what I want to write this week, one truth keeps hitting me: people usually mean well. They really do. But meaning well isn’t the same as getting it right. And in the world of disability, that gap between intention and understanding? That’s exactly where cultural competency lives-or doesn’t.

I named this blog Blind People Don’t Mingle after noticing a pattern in my own life and naming it honestly in my first post, you can read it here: First Blog Post. It wasn’t meant to be literal-it was meant to capture a disconnect.

I went to vote this week. That sentence should feel simple, ordinary, almost boring. It should not come with a story. But here we are.

a ger toshav was someone who lived among the Jewish people, followed their moral laws, and was protected and respected, but was not fully part of the covenantal community. They lived with the people, but not entirely of them—inside and outside at the same time, present and accepted but still set apart.

In a world that is increasingly digital, technology has promised connection, independence, and equal access to opportunities.