{"id":2258,"date":"2016-11-01T16:35:04","date_gmt":"2016-11-01T21:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2016-11-01T16:32:27","modified_gmt":"2016-11-01T21:32:27","slug":"wrap-up-blindfold-racer-national-championship-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2258","title":{"rendered":"Wrap-up: Blindfold Racer National Championship 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8492\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2258-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Wrap-up, Blindfold Racer National Championship 2016, A Follow-up With Project Starfish<br \/>\nBlind Abilities presents this follow up interview with Project Starfish after their successful completion of the first ever Blindfold Racer National Championship. Join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane and their guests, Nazreen, Labisha and Karl, \u00a0as they break down the challenges and achievements of this unique worldwide competition. The challenge spanned \u00a060 countries and more than 6000 players in the first undertaking of its kind in the blindness community. Hear about the workings of this huge undertaking and the true sense of community that it yielded.<!--more--><br \/>\n Also, learn more about Project Starfish and how it might provide meaningful \u00a0career opportunities for ambitious and eager individuals.<br \/>\nYou can find out more about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pstarfish.org\">Project Starfish on the web.<\/a><br \/>\nYou can get the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/EBWM_.i\">Blindfold Games App<\/a> on the App Store.<br \/>\nYou can follow us on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br \/>\nOn the web at <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br \/>\nSend us an <a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br \/>\nGet the <a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a> on the App Store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8494\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2258-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/WrapupBlindFoldRacer.mp3Wrap-up, Blindfold Racer National Championship 2016, A Follow-up With Project Starfish Blind Abilities presents this follow up interview with Project Starfish after their successful completion of the first ever Blindfold Racer National Championship. Join Jeff Thompson and Pete Lane and their guests, Nazreen, Labisha and Karl, \u00a0as they break down the challenges and achievements of [&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":[],"class_list":["post-2258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents"],"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-Aq","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2136,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2136","url_meta":{"origin":2258,"position":0},"title":"Blindfold Racer National Challenge 2016 &#8211; Talk Some Smack and Win some Prizes!","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"September 9, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities presents a trio from Project Starfish who are collaborating with Blindfold Games in support of the Blindfold Racer National Challenge. 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