{"id":2238,"date":"2016-10-22T13:45:15","date_gmt":"2016-10-22T18:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2238"},"modified":"2016-10-22T13:49:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T18:49:47","slug":"parnell-diggs-director-of-government-affairs-nfb-able-act-airline-entertainment-access-and-living-the-life-you-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2238","title":{"rendered":"Parnell Diggs, Director of Government Affairs, NFB: ABLE Act, Airline Entertainment Access and Living the Life You Want"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9355\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2238-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Blind Abilities Presents: Parnell Diggs the Director of Government Affairs, National Federation of the Blind. Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson chat with Parnell about the ABEL Act, which is an acronym, Achieving a Better Life Experience, and about Airline Entertainment accessibility. Pete Lane is retired from the IRS and together Parnell and Pete walk us through the benefits of the ABLE Act and some of the legislation happening today pertaining to the ABLE Act as well as other issues having implications on living the life you want.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about the NFB on the web and keep up with all the latest activity the National Federation of the Blind is doing to improve opportunities and outcomes.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nfb.org\">www.NFB.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more podcast with a Blindness perspective go to <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nFollow us on Twitter <a href=\"Http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nmailto:info@BlindAbilities.com<br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> from the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9357\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2238-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Parnell_Diggs_Able_Act.mp3Blind Abilities Presents: Parnell Diggs the Director of Government Affairs, National Federation of the Blind. Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson chat with Parnell about the ABEL Act, which is an acronym, Achieving a Better Life Experience, and about Airline Entertainment accessibility. Pete Lane is retired from the IRS and together Parnell and Pete walk us [&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":true,"_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":[164,445],"class_list":["post-2238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-interview","tag-ssi"],"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-A6","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3747,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3747","url_meta":{"origin":2238,"position":0},"title":"An Interview With David Bradburn of Zoomax \u2013 Low-Vision Products Expert","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"July 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"An Interview With David Bradburn of Zoomax \u2013 Low-Vision Products Expert Blind Abilities was out on the Exhibit Hall floor at the 2018 national convention of the National Federation of the Blind (NFB). 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