{"id":3811,"date":"2018-08-01T12:43:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-01T17:43:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2018-08-31T23:05:55","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T04:05:55","slug":"a-conversation-with-peter-denman-user-experience-designer-at-intel-corporation-who-makes-quadriplegia-and-dyslexia-feel-normal-just-deal-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3811","title":{"rendered":"ExcelAbility: Conversation with Peter Denman, UX Designer who happens to have Dyslexia and quadriplegia"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7299\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3811-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p style=\"text-align: center;\">In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">To learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team,\u00a0check out ExcelAbility on the web at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamexcelability.com\/\">www.teamexcelability.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Jack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and other organizations on empowering success for people with disabilities. Jack participates in Extreme Ultra Events, marathons, climbed Kilimanjaro, and was on the Sea To See Team in this year\u2019s 2018 race Across America.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ExcelAbility: Conversation with Peter Denman, UX Designer who happens to have Dyslexia and quadriplegia<\/h2>\n<h3>Podcast summary<\/h3>\n<p>In this episode we speak with user experience designer Peter Denman. As a young man, Peter suffered a spinal chord injury which resulted in his quadriplegia. Peter has learned to leverage that experience, as well as his dyslexia, to work on the most incredible design projects. Peter assisted in the development of the computer interface used by the late Stephen Hawking. Join us to hear Peter\u2019s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled him to achieve incredible success.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/excelability-episode-peter-denman-transcript\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here for a transcript of this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Key lessons<\/h3>\n<p>Peter will show us that<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>never giving up and pressing forward for the opportunity that will come,<\/li>\n<li>finding creative solutions to overcome challenges, and<\/li>\n<li>always saying yes, even if you are not sure you can do the thing you\u2019ve been asked to do<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>have led to his tremendous success.<\/p>\n<h3>Connect<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/team-excelability-dedicated-to-success-and-excellence-for-people-who-happen-to-have-a-disability\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Send us your comments, feedback, or tell us about your own story of success. We\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamXLAbility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow us on Twitter @TeamXLAbility<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Team-Excelability-2208345399390973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Like Team Excelability on Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamexcelability.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visit Team ExcelAbility on the web for more resources<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/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_7301\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3811-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/final20peter20denman20V20JT.mp3In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team. ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities. To learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team,\u00a0check out ExcelAbility on the web at\u00a0www.teamexcelability.com Jack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and other organizations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3949,"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":[17,521,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-excelability","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ExcelAbilityLogo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-Zt","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3931,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3931","url_meta":{"origin":3811,"position":0},"title":"ExcelAbility: Conversation with Steve Walker, entrepreneur who happens to have dyslexia","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"August 31, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. 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