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Speaking Out for the Blind

Brian McCallen

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00:24:01

Speaking out for the Blind Episode 215 - APEX

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2020/05/10

We’re going to be talking with visually impaired man Vladimir Goncharov about how he beat the odds and became both an Oracle Database Administrator and an Oracle Application Express Platform, or APEX developer. We’ll also learn more about the platform.

00:24:37

Speaking out for the Blind Episode 214 - Industries...

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2020/05/07

Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired grows and creates employment opportunities for the blind and visually impaired and is the leading voice for teaching businesses on designing, creating, and building accessible workplaces. Industries for the Blind and Visually Impaired President and CEO CJ Lange, Director of Customer Success Deborah Ambro-Crandell, and employee Matt Baumeister will tell us about this unique organization.

00:25:38

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 213 - ACB Friends...

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2020/04/30

There’s an ACB organization that advances the opportunity and accessibility for all blind and visually impaired professional artists or you audience members who do music and art for fun. That organization is known as Friends In Art, or FIA. And former Friends In Art President Lynn Hedl will tell us all about it.

00:27:05

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 212 - Audio...

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2020/04/13

Because of the coronavirus, many blind and visually impaired folks have to stay away from large social gatherings. But that hasn’t stopped them from enjoying their favorite audio described TV shows at home. To talk about some of these offerings along with the latest happenings in the industry is the American Council of the Blind’s Audio Description Project’s very own Joel Snyder.

00:25:33

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 211 - Coronavirus

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2020/03/29

How does the Coronavirus affect the blind and visually impaired? And how does COVID-19 affect the American Council of the Blind and its day-to-day business? Joining me to talk about this are American Council of the Blind President Dan Spoone, California Council of the Blind President Judy Wilkinson, and ACB Membership Services Coordinator Cindy Van Winkle.

00:25:20

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 210 - Children's...

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2020/03/29

The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation just opened the State’s first blind and visually impaired school in Henderson. Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation CEO Emily Smith will join us to talk about that school.

00:23:15

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 209 - Mariah Maryman

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2020/03/15

KTVT-TV in Dallas reports that Mariah Maryman is visually impaired. This Kennedale, Texas high school student will explain how she’s accomplishing a lot both on and off the field.

00:23:33

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 208 - Robotics

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2020/03/08

Spectrum News reports that the Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired in San Antonio, Texas offers a robotics program for kids. Joining us to talk about the program are the Lighthouse’s Children’s Program Manager Cindy Miller, robotics coach Kathleeen Gately and mentor Paul Flores, along with blind robotics team members and students Leonard Santos, Madison Oliver, and Hameed Wilson.

00:25:12

Speaking out for the Blind Episode 207 - A Playground...

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2020/02/21

West Philadelphia’s Overbrook Educational Center (OEC) Principal Meredith Foote joins us to talk about her school’s new inclusive playground for the blind.

00:26:31

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 201 - IrisVision

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2020/02/16

Pleasanton, California based IrisVision has invented a user-friendly headset that helps low vision individuals regain or more fully utilize their sight. IrisVision founder Dr. Frank Werblin and CEO Ammad Khan tell us more about the headset.

00:26:49

Speaking out for the Blind Episode 206 - The Seeing Eye

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2020/02/12

The Seeing Eye President and Chief Executive Officer Glenn Hoagland and Advocacy Specialist and former Seeing Eye student Melissa Allman join us to talk about this special guide dog school and answer your questions about guide dogs.

00:25:30

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 205 - Cindy Van...

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2020/01/19

Cindy Van Winkle, the American Council of the Blind’s new Membership Services Coordinator, joins us to talk about what she’s doing in this role and her very full life supporting the blind community.

00:25:26

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 186 - A Global...

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2019/12/25

There’s a special internationally recognized organization for the blind. This organization represents over 250 million blind and visually impaired people in 190 member countries. The organization is called the World Blind Union, or WBU. World Blind Union President Dr. Fredric Schroeder joins us to explain how the organization helps the blind around the globe.

00:25:50

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 204 - ACB...

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2019/12/14

Newly-elected ACB President Dan Spoone will join us. He’ll explain how he’s improving ACB now and in the years to come.

00:27:08

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 183 - Pedestrian...

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2019/12/10

John McGaffey, the President of Polara, joins us to talk about some special kind of pedestrian signals. He’ll tell us how they’re actually accessible for the blind.

00:25:45

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 203 - SailBlind

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2019/11/25

SailBlind’s Katherine Kern and Tom Rowen join us. They’ll talk about this specifically structured program for blind sailors.

00:26:03

Speaking out for the Blind Episode 189 - A...

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2019/11/16

WBZ-TV in Boston says that the Talking Information Center, or TIC Network, is a special non-profit radio station for the blind and visually impaired in Marshfield, Massachusetts. TIC Executive Director Anna Dunbar, blind listener Richard Chapman, and new volunteer reader Paul Pesa join us to talk about the station and how it’s a special reading resource for the visually impaired.

00:26:52

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 202 - Joey Stuckey

Speaking Out for the Blind ·

2019/11/10

Blind musician Joey Stuckey joins us. He’ll talk about his huge and award-winning musical talent.

00:26:31

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 201 - IrisVision

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2019/11/01

00:25:50

Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 190 - Braille Magnets

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2019/10/26

We’re going to talk with eight-year-old visually impaired Leilani (Leila) Gonzales, her mom Vanessa, Ceres, California School District Inclusion Support Specialist Stephanie Alvarez, and high school sophomore Nathan Pethyon. We’ll learn how some special 3D-Printed Braille magnets are helping Leila read letters, words, and sentences.

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