{"id":2276,"date":"2016-11-30T15:05:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T21:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2016-12-23T19:43:40","modified_gmt":"2016-12-24T01:43:40","slug":"blindmancan-christopher-venter-does-tedx-talk-capetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2276","title":{"rendered":"BlindManCan: Christopher Venter Does TEDx Talk Capetown"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4835\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2276-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Christopher Venter, AKA TheBlindScooterGuy on all social networks, talks about the process leading up to his TEDX Talk presentation from Capetown, South Africa. As you may recall Christopher interviewed with us just this last summer telling us about his journey from South Africa to Dublin Ireland on his 50cc Scooter Bike leading to his Blindness<!--more--><br \/>\n and how he is eating that elephant called Blindness&#8230; one bite at a time. You can find his just released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8a9UVmmChug\">TEDx Talk on the web.<\/a><br \/>\nBe sure to also check out his podcast on Blind Abilities<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/bapresents\/blind-scooter-guy-how-to-eat-an-elephant\/\">Blind Scooter Guy: How To Eat An Elephant Called Blindness<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for listening.<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_4837\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2276-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BlindManCan_Christopher_Ventor_on_TEDX.mp3Christopher Venter, AKA TheBlindScooterGuy on all social networks, talks about the process leading up to his TEDX Talk presentation from Capetown, South Africa. As you may recall Christopher interviewed with us just this last summer telling us about his journey from South Africa to Dublin Ireland on his 50cc Scooter Bike leading to his Blindness<\/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],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","tag-interview"],"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-AI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2013,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2013","url_meta":{"origin":2276,"position":0},"title":"Blind Scooter Guy: How To Eat An Elephant Called Blindness","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"June 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Blind Abilities Presents: Christopher Venter, A.K.A. 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