College

Podcasts and Blog posts sharing tools for success, ideas and successes from others who have transitioned from high school to college and to the workplace.

Lois Strachan: A Different Way of Seeing: A Blind Woman’s Journey of Living an “Ordinary” life in an Extraordinary Way

Lois Strachan: A Different Way of Seeing: A Blind Woman’s Journey of Living an “Ordinary” Life in an Extraordinary Way. Lois Strachan is an inspirational …

Blind and Teaching On-Line!: Meet University Of Phoenix Professor – Niccolina Mariconi

Join Nick as he talks with Nicci Mariconi, a professor at the University of Phoenix. Nicci was visually impaired when she took her college classes on campus in …

Kayla Weathers: Transitioning and Adjustment To Blindness

Kayla Weathers was the first totally Blind person to graduate from Dalton State Collegeand she is now looking forward to her Masters Degree and the challenges …

Apps for Studies: 3 Free and 1 Not – But well worth it.

Here are 4 Apps that we highly recommend for those studying, working on papers, doing math, and for accessing the printed word for reading. Power Thesaurus is …

Transitioning from High School to College and the Workplace: Meet Sheila Koenig Transition Coordinator

Blind Abilities visits the State Services for the Blind (SSB) in St. Paul, Minnesota. Jeff Thompson talks to the Transition Coordinator, Sheila Koenig about …

Meet Dr. Mona Minkara: Vision Loss Gives A New Perspective to Science

The Blind Abilities Team visited the University of Minnesota to talk to Dr. Mona Minkara in her office about her job and how she navigated her journey with …

Keyboard Ninja With JAWS Commands: Headings in Word

Welcome to the Keyboard Ninja Series where Cheryl uses the JAWS screen reader software on the PC/Lap Top and Microsoft Word to demonstrate some of her favorite …

Keyboard Ninja Jaws Commands: Text Analyzer and Formatting

Welcome to the Keyboard Ninja Series where Cheryl uses the JAWS screen reader software on the PC/Lap Top and Microsoft Word to demonstrate some of her favorite …

Keyboard Ninja: JAWS Commands Series Part 1

Welcome to the Ninja Keyboard Series where Cheryl uses the JAWS screen reader software on the PC/Lap Top and Microsoft Word to demonstrate some of her favorite …

Jack Chen: Google Lawyer, Adventurist, Sets His Sights Higher

Jack Chen has accomplished many of quests that many of us would and will probably never try. From climbing Kilimanjaro, running Triathlons, navigating the busy …

Transitioning From HighSchool to College to the WorkPlace

Cheryl brings another episode to the College and Career Series and this one starts out a run of episodes focusing on Transitioning from High School to College …

The Doctor Is In! A chat With Doctor Robinson – TechVision

Cheryl McIntosh, Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane chat with their guest, Dr. Denise M. robinson, PhD and Educator of the blind. Dr. robinson provides a wealth of …

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