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Minnesota Honors White Cane Day: Safety, Freedom, and a Future Without Limits

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/WhiteCaneDay2025.mp3Podcast Summary: White Cane Day 2025 at the Minnesota State Capitol was a celebration of pride, freedom, and possibility. Leaders, students, families, and blind, low vision, and deafblind Minnesotans gathered to affirm…

The Blind Drive: Beyond Compliance: Why Accessibility Must Be Usable to Be Real – Compliance Is for Lawyers—Usability Is for Humans

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/BlindDrive4.mp3Podcast Summary: In this episode of The Blind Drive, Jeff Thompson and Tim Schwartz dig into the heart of something far bigger than a news headline—it’s about access, equity, and the right…

From Screen Readers to Self-Reliance: Cheryl’s Journey to Becoming a Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/CherylMc.mp3Podcast Summary: In this Blind Abilities conversation, Cheryl McIntosh shares her journey toward becoming a Certified Assistive Technology Instructional Specialist, or CATIS, and how she empowers others to build independence through technology….

Social Security, Medicare, and Medical Assistance A Parent’s Roadmap to Understanding Benefits

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/SocialSecuritySSB.mp3Podcast Summary: This parent-focused webinar demystifies benefits so you can plan with confidence. Benefits Navigator Marcy LaCroix explains how SSI and SSDI work, why “logic” often feels missing, and how to use…

Unscripted: Apple Store Tripping, CoPilot Be Gone, Straps and Tethers, and Microphones, Interfaces and the Studio Sound

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/Unscripted3.mp3Podcast Summary: In this episode of Unscripted, Jeff Thompson and Sree Roy dive into the everyday mix of tech talk and personal takes, all in the natural flow of conversation. Sree kicks…

Canoes, Confidence, and Connections: Students Paddle the Mississippi with SSB

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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/blindabilities/MississippiRiverSSB.mp3Podcast Summary: Adventure, laughter, and teamwork filled the day as 18 students who are blind or low vision joined State Services for the Blind and Wilderness Inquiry for a canoe trip on the Mississippi River. For…