Marana Vradenberg is a certified personal fitness trainer and a nutrition specialist working on bringing her expertise to Veterans and others who are overcoming life changing situations. Marana has found that her journey through diabetes and blindness gives her what it takes to demonstrate and assist others in overcoming adversity. She lost her sight and nearly lost everything to diabetes and has accepted the challenges by asserting herself into...
Rachel Hastings is back from the Boston Marathon and is excited to share her success. Her first podcast on Blind Abilities was equally exciting as she talked about her transition from high school to college and the workplace and she did mention that she was getting into running more and more. Well, if the Boston Marathon isn’t more then I don’t know what is. Join Rachel on this well paced podcast as she goes through the marathon and all the...
Blind Abilities presents a discussion on the subject of assistive technology: not only what we are seeing and using now in 2018, but what we encountered throughout our sight-loss journeys. Jeff and Pete are joined by Derek Daniel, host of his own podcast entitled: Life After sight Loss, and his own YouTube channel by the same name. They discuss the technology they encountered early-on, such as Pete using magnifying glasses and lenses during the...
The Blind Abilities Team is excited to share the news that the Blind Abilities Skill is launched in the U.S. and you can enable the Blind Abilities Skill on your Amazon devices. Just say, “Alexa, enable Blind Abilities.” Alexa will welcome you to the new Blind Abilities Podcast and ask if you want to listen to the latest episode. You can say, “Yes” or ask say a few other commands such as: Alexa, Tell Blind Abilities to skip -backward 10...
In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen’s ExcelAbility Team. ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities. to learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team, check out ExcelAbility on the web at www.teamexcelability.com Jack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and other organizations on empowering success for people...
Show Summary: Welcome to Job Insights Extra, part of the Job Insights Podcast with Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson, a podcast focused on the world of employment, career pathways and gainful and meaningful employment.The Job Insights Extra podcasts are success stories, interviews and demos that enhance the experience of reaching that career you want.On this Job Insights Extra we talk to Ivan Delgado, a Business Enterprise Program Operator from...
Conquering mountains is quite an accomplishment yet sometimes the mountain is not high in the sky and sometimes it lies very low and unnoticed. Bullying is a steep mountain to navigate when all you wanted was acceptance and inclusion. Katheryn Menne has transversed a journey of bullying, low expectations and low vision since her childhood. She has used the services of State Services for the Blind and has landed a job as a Certified Nursing...
Sarah Barton is a Film Maker, Activist and has been involved in creating documentaries and shows with Disabilities in mind. Starting after Film School and with much success, Sarah has released her latest project, Defiant Lives. A documentary on decades of Disability Activists. Bringing awareness to the fight for rights, dignity and a focus on society being the problem rather than the disability. Defiant Lives introduces the world to the most...
Kylee Jungbauer is a rehabilitation counselor at state services for the blind. Her concentration is transition age students. We talked to Kylie about what services they provide for students. Transitioning from high school to college and to the workplace. State services for the blind has a Transition Unit that facilitates a path for students, providing guidance and opportunities for success. From assessments to training, the transition Team...
Blind Abilities often presents interviews with people whose stories inspire us to escalate our goals and expectations of ourselves, and which motivate us to be better citizens of the blindness community. Today we feature one such individual. Today we introduce Hope Paulos. Hope shows us her persistence and insistence on excelling in school, with two Bachelors degrees and three Masters-level Certificates, her thoughts on education and advice for...