{"id":2592,"date":"2017-05-17T20:15:28","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T01:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2592"},"modified":"2017-05-17T21:00:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T02:00:26","slug":"girl-gone-blind-the-unexpected-life-of-maria-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2592","title":{"rendered":"Girl Gone Blind: The Unexpected Life of Maria Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7265\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2592-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Maria Johnson a.k.a. Girl Gone Blind is a mom, a blogger, radio host, fitness instructor, health and wellness advocate, podcaster, and most of all&#8230; Maria shares her experiences and assists others going through the turnstiles entering the journey of Blindness.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_2593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2593\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" tabindex=\"-1\" id=\"longdesc-return-2593\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com?longdesc=2593&#038;referrer=2592\" src=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GirlGoneBlind-MariaJohnson-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Maria Johnson and her Son and Daughter\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GirlGoneBlind-MariaJohnson-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GirlGoneBlind-MariaJohnson-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GirlGoneBlind-MariaJohnson-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/GirlGoneBlind-MariaJohnson.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image of Maria Johnson and her Son and Daughter<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nFrom learning about her LHON eye condition, losing most of her usable sight, struggling with the acceptance of her vision loss and continuing her fitness instruction classes, Maria talks about it all and then some.<br \/>\nJoin Maria Johnson along with Jeff Thompson of Blind Abilities as they travel the unexpected life  of a Girl Gone Blind.<\/p>\n<p>You can find Maria on Twitter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/girl_gone_blind\">@Girl_Gone_Blind<\/a><br \/>\nCheck out her blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlgoneblind.com\">www.GirlGoneBlind.com<\/a><br \/>\nand find Maria Johnson a.k.a. Girl Gone Blind on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rnibconnectradio.org.uk\">RNIB Connect Radio<\/a><br \/>\nA big Thank You to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/lcheechau\">Chee Chau<\/a> for some of the beautiful music used in this production.<br \/>\nThank 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_7267\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2592-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/GGB.mp3Maria Johnson a.k.a. Girl Gone Blind is a mom, a blogger, radio host, fitness instructor, health and wellness advocate, podcaster, and most of all&#8230; Maria shares her experiences and assists others going through the turnstiles entering the journey of 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":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-2592","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-FO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5842,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5842","url_meta":{"origin":2592,"position":0},"title":"FocusOnFitness: Spinning the Exercise Bike and Timing that Interval Training. 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