Wellness Wednesday – Thoughts on Positivity, Mental Health and Well Being: Keep moving forward – by Robin Ennis

Podcast Summary: Wellness Wednesday is a positive movement to help people through their journey, the week, day  or moment. Take from it what you want, what you need and share the positivity with your family, friends and acquaintances.  Today Wellness Wednesday’s message comes from Robin Ennis, a licensed Social Worker in Colorado. Hope you enjoy! we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com...

You can make excuses, or make it happen – Dan Parker sets Guinness World Speed record at nearly 212 Miles Per Hour! 10 years to the date racing took his sight  and nearly took his life.

Podcast Summery: Full Transcript below Joining Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane in the Blind Abilities studio once again today is Dan Parker. This is Dan's third visit to the Blind Abilities studio, this time to share his ultimate achievement: winning the Guinness world land-speed record for a car with a blind folded driver. Dan tells his most recent, remarkable story about how he designed and built a state of the art race car which he took to...

Blind Piano Lessons: With nearly 20 years of teaching through distance learning, meet Mark Miller and begin playing today!

Podcast Summary: Full Transcript below Mark Miller has been teaching Blind and Visually Impaired students to play piano for nearly 20 years. Distance learning is nothing new to Mark Miller and his students as he began teaching through just audio phone calls using his ears. Now with Skype and Video calls, Mark has brought his teaching abilities around the world. Through chord patterns and  minimum movement Mark’s students learn songs...

Tech Abilities: Oh Twitter, how have you grown. Jaws in the System Tray Alt Text is worth a thousand words, sorta. Air Pods 3? Yes, Really!

Podcast Summary: the crew gathered in the Blind Abilities studio and covered a lot of ground in the tech tidbits and news from around the accessibility community and more. Jeff does 3 demos on Twitter Blue, Twitter Alt Text and Twitter Shortcut keys. Callie changes her ID, or did she really? And working from home, or not? Join us for this episode of Tech Abilities and be sure to give us some feedback and suggestions by calling 612-367-6093 or...

iPhone101: Updating Apps Automatically or Take Control of What Apps Update When and Where

Podcast Summary: iPhone101: Updating Apps Automatically or Take Control of What Apps Update When and Where Blind Abilities presents another episode in their iPhone101 Series. Today, Pete Lane walks us through the process used to arrange our iOS Settings to allow for the “manual" updates of apps in the App Store. Why manual updates you might ask? Every once in a while, we encounter an update that present some kind of a problem, either...

Summer Opportunities Fair for Pre-ETS! Attention Students, Parents and Teachers!

Podcast Summary: Eager to think about plans for summer? Are you between the ages of 14-21? There are so many opportunities for youth to connect, learn, and have fun!  Learn about summer student programs and the opportunities available for in-person and virtual experiences. In this podcast your will hear from: Michell Gip, Youth Services coordinator at Blind Inc., Minneapolis.Chris Correia, Youth Program Manager at Lighthouse...

American Foundation for the Blind’s Workplace Technology Survey: A Survey on  the Workplace Technology Barriers Faced by Blind and Low Vision Individuals

Full Transcript Podcast Summary: April 6 , 2022 is Assistive Technology Awareness Day, and on this day we have Arielle Silverman, Research Specialist from the American Foundation for the Blind, in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about AFB’s Workplace Technology Survey that completed in January of 2022. You can find out more about AFB and the Workplace Technology Survey on the web at AFB.org and AFB.org/WTS Full Transcript...

The ReVision Fitness App: Let’s change the way we look at it! Tyler Merren’s new app is ready for your workout!

Full Transcript Below Podcast Summary: Creator of the ReVision Fitness App, Tyler Merren, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to celebrate the release of his multi-platform ReVision Fitness App. Available on the App Store, Google Play Store, and on the web at ReVisionFitness.com. Tyler talks about what inspired the app and how he went about configuring the complexities surrounding an audio based application to...

Braille is Thriving and Learners are On-Line with the Braillists Foundation. Meet Braillists and Advocate, Mathew Horspool.

Podcast Summary: Matthew Horspool from the Braillists Foundation joins Callie Gray and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to share Callie’s experience from the Beginners Course for Braille and Matthew gives us an overview about the opportunities available from the Braillists Foundation. From how Braille is taught, to the importance of learning Braille early on and how to get involved in the Braillists community. You can find out...

CareerConnect: You’ll Get Connected, You will Learn, You’ll Engage, You’ll Grow – Resources for Navigating the Transition from High School to College and the Workplace.

FULL TRANSCRIPT Podcast Summary: Richard Rueda, Digital Content Manager at the American Printing House for the Blind’s (APH ConnectCenter), and LisaMaria Martinez, Assistant to CareerConnect, join Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the opportunities available at the APH ConnectCenter. From the vast resources to the Job Seekers Toolkit and the  Transition Hub, the CareerConnect experience has never been so...