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...
That Blind Tech Show 18: My TV’s On Fire! GPS, GPS, GPS 3 Times Fast, Lazarillo App, Pete’s Amazon Fire Cube Demo and BETA, BETA, BETA.
That Blind Tech Show sneaks right up to the start of conventions and on Episode 18 Serina Gilbert struts her microphone magic and puts the boys in their place. Join Brian Fischler, Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson as they roll out some pretty good news, opinions and possibly a little humor to bring a...
PACER’s Simon Technology Center: Making the Benefits of Technology More Accessible to Children and Adults with Disabilities (Transcript Provided)
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Director of Simon Technology Center (STC), Bridget Gilormini and Assistive Technology Specialist Paul Samft give us a look inside the Simon Technology Center and what services they provide to Parents and children with disabilities.
Bridget and Paul sit down with Jeff...
Job Insights #6: What Does Humor, Self-Advocacy and Feeling Got to Do with Mental Health Strategies? Meet Beth Gustin, licensed Professional Counselor Full Transcript Below On Job Insights Episode #6, Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson are joined by Beth Gustin, LPC. Beth has years of experience in which she shares with us in this discussion on Mental Health and offers us some strategies in dealing with the anxieties and stresses during the...
NFB 2018 Preview, Blind Abilities Will Be There! We’re Going Back! See You There! As we were last year at the NFB 2017 National Convention, Blind Abilities will again be there at NFB 2018! In this brief preview, Jeff and Pete chat about their convention experience last year, with their description of the Rosen Shingle Creek Hotel and Conference Center and its various accoutrements, the convention sessions, the vast Exhibit Hall, and...
Ways to Type on iOS, or, How Many Ways to Tell a Friend Not to Talk to You, Especially at 4 AM! A Blog Post by Jessica Hodges Bzzzzzzzzz! Ding! Groaning, I roll over. Finding my phone in a tangle of bedclothes, I swipe clumsy fingers across my screen. A friend sent me a novel via text. Ordinarily, I love reading these. Right now, it’s four in the morning, and I’m in the middle of finals week, so I’d only gotten to bed two hours...
Job Interviewing Tips A blog post by Serina Gilbert So you’ve scoured the job search websites, found your perfect job, applied for it and now you have an interview! Exciting right? If you are anything like I was when I interviewed for my dream job I’d bet you are super nervous. You want to make a great impression, you want to be able to answer the interview questions with confidence and most importantly, you for sure...
A Conversation with Aira CEO Suman Kanuganti: Good Things Are On The Horizon Suman Kanuganti, CEO of the Aira Tech Corporation, joins Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studios to talk about what new is happening at Aira, the programs, projects and where Aira is headed into the future. Suman also talks about NFB 2018, what to expect and the partnership with Lyft to make every guest explorer’s experience accessibly...
Presenting Lyft: An Accessible App, A Partnership With Aira, and An Announcement for NFB 2018 Blind Abilities once again teams-up with Aira to present a review of Lyft, a ride-sharing service who not only has an accessible mobile app for both iOS and android, but who works hard on inclusivity for disabled riders. Join Jeff and Pete as they chat with Tommy Hayes, Lyft Sr. Policy Partnerships Manager, and Marco Salsiccia, Accessibility specialist...
Writing a Million Miles, Word-Processing on iOS By Jessica Hodges The weather is warm. The bus stop isn’t crowded. Standing there, messenger bag swung over my shoulder, stuffing my face with a sandwich, my mind is racing. I’ve got a lot of due dates, a lot of papers, and not a lot of time. Cramming the rest of the sandwich in my mouth, I wipe my hands on my dress, and open my phone. I love to write, from poetry that keeps me from exploding,...