{"id":1608,"date":"2015-11-30T10:01:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T16:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1608"},"modified":"2016-02-13T23:56:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T05:56:58","slug":"blind-abilities-teen-cast-presents-paulina-from-just-a-handful-to-a-lifetime-of-self-determination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1608","title":{"rendered":"Blind Abilities Teen Cast Presents: Paulina: From Just a Handful to a Lifetime of Self-Determination"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4148\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1608-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities Teen Cast Presents paulina, @Shadowalker24 talking about her everyday life from highschool to a Blindness Training center and how her college experience is going today. The interview started at her home and continued as she walked to her college. Busy people are hard to interview sitting down.  Paulina works hard and enjoys traveling so we caught her at her best.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBlind Abilities Teen Cast is produced by Blind Abilities LLC for State Services for the Blind of Minnesota and you can find out more about State Services and what they provide by going to www.MNSSB.org<\/p>\n<p>You can find more BA Teen Cast on the web at www.BlindAbilities.com and at www.BATeenCast.com<br \/>\nFollow us on twitter @BlindAbilities<\/p>\n<p>We would like to thank kevin MacLeod for his wonderful music arrangement.<br \/>\nLong Road Ahead by Kevin MacL\u00e5eod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/)<br \/>\nSource: http:\/\/incompetech.com\/music\/royalty-free\/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100588<br \/>\nArtist: http:\/\/incompetech.com\/[gravityform id=&#8221;2&#8243; title=&#8221;true&#8221; description=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4150\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1608-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Paulina_from_Just_a_Handfull_Comes_a_Lot_of_Self-Determination.mp3Blind Abilities Teen Cast Presents paulina, @Shadowalker24 talking about her everyday life from highschool to a Blindness Training center and how her college experience is going today. The interview started at her home and continued as she walked to her college. Busy people are hard to interview sitting down. 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