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Blind Abilities Presents Daniel Bernstrom Author, Diversity Officer, Learning Resource Coordinator, Father, and Blind, Inc. graduate. Join Jeff Thompson as he interviews Daniel about his first published book, “One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree” now available on Amazon. How his vision loss challenged his fears and how he wrestled with the realities he had to face head on. Daniel shares his deepest thoughts, struggles and talks about his new book and the 2 more on the way.

Blind Abilities presents Erica Turner: Mom And Daughter, Persevering: An interview by Pete Lane. Erica has suffered her entire life with Albinism, hearing loss, and eventually total blindness. Listen as Erica tells of how Albinism and blindness impacted her childhood and how she overcame these obstacles, gained her college degree and how she is currently pursuing her Masters. Erica will inspire you with her perseverance and willing spirit, and her love for her family: her three children and her Mom. Don't miss this totally entertaining interview. This podcast is broken into chapters for ease in listening. #BlindAbilities #Albinism #Hearing Loss

Pete shares Garth Humphries' suggestions for cool, time saving IOS Gestures, that he made in response to Pete's original episode entitled: Fast Five IOS Gestures. Pete demonstrates Garth's recommendations and determines whether or not they actually work! Be sure to tune to see if Garth is correct or totally wrong! #BlindAbilities #iAccessDemo #iBlindTech

In the interviews with Bradley Snyder conducted by Jeff and Pete, the focus was on his present and his future. This short video summarizes Brad's story: his injury, his winning Gold in London and how he rose above the tragic events to thrive as a blind person. It also outlines the story of the Bradley Time Piece: a stylish and artistic time piece inspired by Brad Snyder. Enjoy this video, and stay tuned as Blind Abilities follows Brad to the Paralympic Trials in late June, and Paralympic gold in Rio in september!

George is a blind artisan and teacher working at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa - a 300 acre summer camp for the visually impaired that’s nestled in the red wood forest above Napa Valley. Here George teaches others, through example, how to use the tools necessary to become artisans. Currently, George is converting an old grape crushing barn into a Tactile Art Center. The top floor of the building is his 1900 sq. ft. woodworking shop. The bottom floor will be a tactile gallery space where visually impaired can experience and sell artwork. We fell in love with George and his mission and wanted to support his new tactile art gallery. Working with Andrew Myers, we surprised George with a tactile portrait of himself - the first portrait he was able to feel and recognize. This sculpture took about 2 months to complete. It has roughly 4,000 screws in it. We carefully packed the sculpture and started the long drive from Andrew's studio up to the mountains above Napa. Then, we snuck into George's future gallery and hun

Pete does a very quick review of five gestures that save him time and increase his efficiency on his iPhone. check out these Fast Five, and then share a few of your own! The fast Five gestures covered in this Demo are: Two Finger Double tap - AKA The Magic tap Three Finger Swipe Left/Right Three Finger Quadruple tap Three Finger Swipe Up/Down Four Finger Single tap

Here is a Bio of Stephen Guerra: Stephen Guerra President, Guerra Access Technology Training LLC Stephen Guerra is a New Yorker who moved to Minnesota in 2008 to start a family. He is the president of Guerra Access Technology Training LLC, and provides training across the state of Minnesota to individuals with vision and/or hearing loss. An avid sports fan, Stephen has played beep baseball (an adapted version of softball) since 1988. He currently plays with the Minnesota Millers. In his free time, he loves spending time with his daughter, Kaylee. to find out more about State Services for the Blind of Minnesota and the services they provide, you can find them on the web at www.MNSSB.org

Blind Abilities team member Jeff Thompson was invited to the 2016 Career Expo and took up some conversations with a variety of people who Transition age students could chat with about careers, jobs, and the tools they used to do their job or complete college. Minnesota State Services for the Blind hosted the Career Expo and the turnout was fantastic. Meet Bobby, a package handler from FedEx. Robert Binns Package Handler, Fed Ex Smart Post Robert was walking to a college class when he lost his sight in 2012. He fell into a depressed stage, believing that the only thing left for him was channel surfing and listening to television shows. One day he realized that he didn’t want to just sit at home for the next 40 years. He wanted to live. Because he was a new United States citizen, however, Robert had to wait for an extended time before receiving services. He ended up in a homeless shelter. All he has accomplished since then shows how high expectations and adjustment to blindness training can open many door

Blind Abilities Presents Trevor Thomas, the only professional hiker and has a guide dog named Tennille as his partner on some of the longest hiking trails in the states. From the Appellation Trail (AT) to the pacific Crest Trail (PCT) Trevor and Tennille have done it all. And yet, there is so much more to come from this hiking team. Mount Whitney is up ahead and Colorado is just a warm up for this record setting attempt. Join Blind Abilities Team member Jeff Thompson as he talks with Trevor Thomas about his journey and the trails to come for this dynamic duo hiking team. Trevor’s foundation, Team Far Sight Foundation can be found on the web at http://www.farsightfoundation.org         Team FarSight Foundation's Mission is to empower blind and visually impaired young adults while challenging the misconceptions the sighted community has toward the blind. We are doing this by developing partnerships between service organizations, Boy Scout troops, and youth groups with schools for the blind, their outreach pr

See Bios for Randy and Ryan below. State Services for the Blind of Minn esota put on a Career Expo at a local college in Minneapolis with over 25 representatives from companies who themselves are Blind or visually Impaired. They shared their experiences from transitioning from high school to college and to the work place. Be sure to check with your State Services for a Career Expo as this is a great opportunity to learn, network and meet some really interesting people. Randi Strunk Lead Accessibility Consultant, Target Randi has worked for target for nearly 5 years, helping to ensure the accessibility of target.com and other digital assets. She works closely with project managers, developers, designers, and user experience professionals. She also helps to oversee the testing of Target products using assistive technologies. Randi is an athlete who has competed in both the Twin Cities Marathon and St. Croix Valley Triathlon. Ryan Strunk Accessibility Consultant, Target Ryan holds a bachelor’s degre

Pete offers another iAccess Demo, this time on the native Apple Clock app. This deceiving simple app really consists of four separate and powerful apps within its confines. Check out the features hidden inside this seemingly simplistic clock app. #iAccess #Lane7625 #BlindAbilities

Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson bring us more podcasts with a Blindness perspective. Listeners sent in lists and we put together another cast of content providers that we feel you will enjoy and learn from their productions. Below is a list of the podcasts, their web link and the feed to subscribe to the podcasts using your pod-catcher of choice. We hope you enjoy. The blind Abilities Team Maccessibility » Podcast: http://maccessibility.net Touching the Future… Subscribe: feed://maccessibility.net/category/podcast/feed/1 Maccessibility provides news and commentary, podcasts, and online communities, and more to low and no vision users of Apple products. Cool Blind Tech: https://www.coolblindtech.com Latest In Assistive Tech! News, Reviews and Interviews Subscribe: feed://www.coolblindtech.com/feed/podcast?format=rss Cool Blind Tech endeavors in maximizing the independence, productivity and participation of the blind and low vision community, to empower the blindness community through the acquisition

#blindabilities #fitness Lisa reads BlindAlive blog for this week.

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. (music) Blind medical student earns M.D. 'Things are only impossible until they’re done' 4/5/2005 MADISON, Wis. — The young medical student was nervous as he slid the soft, thin tube down into the patient’s windpipe. It was a delicate maneuver — and he knew he had to get it right. Tim Cordes leaned over the patient as his professor and a team of others closely monitored his every step. Carefully, he positioned the tube, waiting for the special signal that oxygen was flowing. The anesthesia machine was set to emit musical tones to confirm the tube was in the trachea and carbon dioxide was present. Soon, Cordes heard the sounds. He double-checked with a stethoscope. All was OK. He had completed the intubation. Several times over two weeks, Cordes performed this difficu

The following podcast was recorded for use by customers of Minnesota’s State Services for the Blind. You can get more information about State Services for the Blind and the services it offers by going to www (dot) mnssb (dot) org. (music) The Hiker and Tennille: Trevor Thomas on The Trail Deborah Kendrick, for AFB Access World Magazine When Trevor Thomas lost his sight 10 years ago, he heard a lot about all the things he could no longer do. Most of those "can'ts" involved the activities he had loved best all his life. Since boyhood, Thomas had immersed himself in what he calls extreme sports. At age 3, he started skiing. Over time, his activity dance card included hiking, mountain biking, racing Porsches, sky diving, and more. Sometimes, he pursued the sports he loved in the company of others, sometimes not. The constant was his love of risk-taking and testing limits, particularly the limit of his own physical endurance. Then, a rare autoimmune disease changed the game. Overnight, he was significan

As part of the Podcast: series “What are you… Listening to?” Lucie puts fourth a few of her own. Not so Techie, however, great content makes for a great listen. Lucie starts out with correcting the background music and then into her list of casts. The Story Core Podcast from NPR, Embedded also from NPR, The Planet Money Podcast, and Somebody Knows Something. Join Lucie as she brings her picks to life. What Podcasts are you listening to? Send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com or leave a message in the comments on the web page Http://www.BlindAbilities.com

Jeff Thompson from the Blind Abilities team talks to us about the Facebook new feature, Automated Alt Text, and what it means as a start to something big coming down the road. Included is the audio from the Facebook Live Video Mark Zuckerberg posted on Facebook talking to Matt, who happens to be Blind, and is an engineer in the Artificial Intelligence department at Facebook.

Blind Abilities offers another in its series From The Pocket, using thePocket app and Voice Dream Reader to share articles from the web. This article comes from medium.com Enjoy!

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Blind Abilities presents the second installment in its series, Brad Snyder - On The Road To Rio, the 2016 Paralympics. In this episode, Brad shares more about his swimming training routine, his technology, and his passion around his commitment to excellence, not only in his sport, but with everything he does. Learn about his speaking techniques, his room mate and his imminent movie. Stay tuned for our next installment, a chat about the Bradley Watch, an artistic time piece. Join Jeff and Pete, along with their guests, Brad and Hyunsoo Kim, the creator of the watch. This promises to be an interesting discussion!