{"id":2131,"date":"2016-09-08T22:36:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T03:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2131"},"modified":"2016-09-08T22:40:40","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T03:40:40","slug":"adam-perry-world-traveler-60000-miles-this-year-but-whos-counting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2131","title":{"rendered":"Adam perry: World Traveler &#8211; 60,000 Miles This Year&#8230; But who&#8217;s Counting?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1401\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2131-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Adam Perry left work to learn about his blindness and figure out how he could accept his predicament. He knew his future vision loss was uncertain, but certain. Adam has RP, a degenerative eye disease that can slowly take away one&#8217;s vision and Adam is quite aware of the changes that are happening and how he has to adjust to the ever changing perspective as he travels the world working on International cultural Engagements  in the Arts. Join Jeff Thompson at the Local on Hennepin Ave in Minneapolis as<!--more--><br \/>\n he chats with Adam about his Bush Fellowship, Arts Midwest and how he is meeting the challenges whether here or any where in the world.<br \/>\nYou can contact Adam via email <a href=\"mailto:adam@artsmidwest.org\">Here<\/a>.<br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nPete Lane <a href=\"www.twitter.com\/lane7625\">@Lane7625<\/a><br \/>\nJeff Thompson <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/jthompson6835\">@JThompson6835<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> from the App Store.<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_1403\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2131-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Adam_Perry_Interview.mp3Adam Perry left work to learn about his blindness and figure out how he could accept his predicament. He knew his future vision loss was uncertain, but certain. Adam has RP, a degenerative eye disease that can slowly take away one&#8217;s vision and Adam is quite aware of the changes that are happening and how [&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":[164,412],"class_list":["post-2131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-interview","tag-travel"],"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-yn","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1969,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=1969","url_meta":{"origin":2131,"position":0},"title":"Author Daniel Bernstrom is Not Losing Sight of the Realities of His Vision Loss","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"May 29, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities Presents Daniel Bernstrom Author, Diversity Officer, Learning Resource Coordinator, Father, and Blind, Inc. graduate. 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