{"id":4059,"date":"2018-11-09T15:11:20","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4059"},"modified":"2018-11-09T15:13:17","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T21:13:17","slug":"rakeb-max-breaking-down-barriers-and-addressing-those-preconceived-notions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4059","title":{"rendered":"Rakeb Max: Breaking Down Barriers and Addressing Those Preconceived Notions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4355\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4059-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><h2>Show Summary:<\/h2>\n<p>Rakeb Max returns to the Blind Abilities studio to share what she has learned since entering her first year of college at Providence college. Last summer Rakeb joined us to talk about her college transition plans and the steps she was taking to ensure she chose the right college.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Rakeb did choose Providence college and talks about how the realities and expectations are not always the same and how she is adjusting to her new location. Rakeb wrote a letter to the editor about some of the questions she gets asked and basically broke it down for everyone to understand that she is just Rakeb, that girl with the long white cane.<\/p>\n<p>Join Rakeb Max in this brief and insightful interview and hear about what Rakeb is doing to make her presence known. Look out Providence College, Rakeb Max is on the campus.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the link to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecowl.com\/letters-to-the-editor\/letter-to-the-editor-31\">Rakeb&#8217;s letter to the editor<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to check out <a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/bapresents\/rakeb-max-successfully-navigating-the-transition-from-high-school-to-college\/\">Rakeb\u2019s podcast on her transitioning from high school to college<\/a>and how she went about preparing for her college education journey.<\/p>\n<p>You can find out more about <a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/deed\/ssb\/\">State Services for the Blind on the web<\/a>.<br \/>\nOr call the main office at 651-539-2300.<br \/>\nOutside of Minnesota? Check out the State Agency Directory on the American Foundation for the Blind web site at <a href=\"Http:\/\/www.AFB.org\">www.AFB.org<\/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_4357\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4059-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Rakeb2018Final.mp3Show Summary: Rakeb Max returns to the Blind Abilities studio to share what she has learned since entering her first year of college at Providence college. Last summer Rakeb joined us to talk about her college transition plans and the steps she was taking to ensure she chose the right college. &nbsp; Rakeb did choose [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[17,373,263,512],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-career","category-college","category-tvitoolbox"],"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-13t","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2900,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2900","url_meta":{"origin":4059,"position":0},"title":"Meet Rakeb Max: Successfully Navigating the Transition from High School to College. 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