{"id":1488,"date":"2015-11-09T17:38:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T23:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1488"},"modified":"2015-11-14T05:36:06","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T11:36:06","slug":"an-invite-for-you-and-a-community-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1488","title":{"rendered":"An Invite For You, and A Community For All"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5579\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1488-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>You can find us at  https:\/\/blindabilities.com Blind Abilities Facebook group, audioBoo Facebook Group and @BlindAbilities on Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5581\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1488-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilities_Dot_Com.mp3You can find us at https:\/\/blindabilities.com Blind Abilities Facebook group, audioBoo Facebook Group and @BlindAbilities on Twitter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[245,168,246],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-community","tag-facebook","tag-twitter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-o0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7524,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7524","url_meta":{"origin":1488,"position":0},"title":"Apple iPhone iOS Voiceover Compatible Games, it may be a Mouthful but this Facebook Group is Resource Plentiful! 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