Andrew Leibs
Andrew Leibs is Suite101’s Feature Writer for Accessible Recreation. He is a longtime chronicler of the disability movement with particular interests in adaptive sports, blind literacy, and perceptions of the disabled in culture.
He is the award-winning author of two books and over 2,800 articles. He’s written on adaptive sports and recreation for numerous publications, including The Boston Globe, Dialogue, The Ragged Edge, Sports, Etc., and UniversalSports.com.
He’s the author of Sports and Games of the Renaissance, and edits Greenwood Press’s Sports and Games Through History series. His Outward Bound essay “Life Cycles” appeared in the 2004 collection Wilderlust: Blindness and Nature. He won a New England Press Association feature-writing award and was named 1997 New Hampshire Sportswriter of the Year (for the New Hampshire Union Leader) by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
His first book, A Field Guide for the Sight-Impaired Reader (Greenwood Press) appeared in 1999; his writings on blind literacy have appeared in Disability Studies Quarterly, Careers and the Disabled, and RFB&D Teacher's Aide.
Leibs is also an authority on the cultural portrayals of the genetic condition of albinism. His essays have appeared in Kaleidoscope, The San Francisco Examiner, and NOAH News, and he has presented at national conferences. In 1997, he wrote a declaration on albinism in culture for Johnny and Edgar Winter’s defamation lawsuit against DC Comics.
He holds a BA in English from St. John's University and an MA in writing from the University of New Hampshire.
Latest Articles
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Airport Navigation Tips for Disabled Travelers
"Know Before You Go" is sound advice for all travelers. For persons with disabilities, the motto is even more essential to safe, stress-free air travel.
May 31, 2011
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Blind Surf Event Making Waves 15 Years After Launch
The toughest obstacle to making San Diego's surf accessible to the blind was convincing Swamis Surfing Association legend Bruce King that it could be done.
Feb 3, 2011
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Outdoor Recreation Enriches Lives of Blind People
Arthur O'Neill began the Carroll Center for the Blind's Outdoor Enrichment program to make recreation accessible, challenging, and social.
Feb 2, 2011
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Blind Sailor Charts Competitive Course by Feel
The wind and waves buffeting boats in Boston Harbor are felt more than seen and make sail racing accessible to blind athletes like Duane Farrar.
Dec 29, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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Recreational, Competitive Sailing for the Blind
Each summer in Boston Harbor, SailBlind teaches blind and visually impaired children and adults adaptive sailing and sail racing techniques.
Dec 15, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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Scuba Diving Expands Sensory World for Blind Teacher
Diving's sensory joys - weightlessness, the shifting shapes of sea-life, or the stillness of a shipwreck - are as sublime to those without sight.
Dec 13, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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Reusable Water Bottles Easy to Clean
Seattle Sports and Bamboo Bottle Company promote sustainability with stylish, dishwasher safe bottles.
Dec 4, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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Hypnotherapy Now Integral to Holistic Healing
Once dismissed as a parlor trick or feared as a truth serum, hypnosis is becoming an increasingly popular health and wellness treatment.
Oct 27, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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Blindness No Barrier to Ice Skating for Toronto Writer
Donna Jodhan calls learning to skate one of the best things she ever did and a recreational activity that is accessible to every blind child.
Oct 20, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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Beep Baseball Helps Blind Woman Access Inner Athlete
Kae Rausch had given up on sports till discovering she could crush a beep baseball and contribute as the lone female player on the Boston Renegades.
Jul 27, 2010
- Andrew Leibs
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