{"id":2002,"date":"2016-06-15T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T14:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2002"},"modified":"2016-06-15T09:52:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T14:52:54","slug":"blind-abilities-presents-ross-minor-high-aspirations-and-solid-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2002","title":{"rendered":"Blind Abilities Presents: Ross Minor &#8211; High Aspirations and Solid Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3635\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2002-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Jeff and Pete are joined by Ross Minor, a recent High School graduate who has a story to tell! From the tragic events of his childhood which caused total blindness and a loss of smell, to his Youtube Channel, his desire to become a motivational speaker, to his recent decision to train for the 2020 Paralympic Games as a swimmer: Ross shares a myriad of thoughts, feelings and aspirations.<!--more--><br \/>\n Be sure to set aside a brief half-hour to hear this interview, brought to you the way no one other than Blind Abilities can do it!<br \/>\n[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_3637\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2002-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindAbilitiesPresents_Ross_Minor_High_Aspirations_And_Solid_goals.mp3Jeff and Pete are joined by Ross Minor, a recent High School graduate who has a story to tell! From the tragic events of his childhood which caused total blindness and a loss of smell, to his Youtube Channel, his desire to become a motivational speaker, to his recent decision to train for the 2020 [&hellip;]<\/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":[370],"class_list":["post-2002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-rossminor"],"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-wi","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1760,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1760","url_meta":{"origin":2002,"position":0},"title":"BlindAbilitiesPresents, A Musical Exploration Of Blind People And Inadvertent Touching","author":"Pete Lane","date":"February 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Pete Lane and Blind Abilities present this epic exploration of the topic of blind people and inadvertent touching. 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