{"id":4398,"date":"2019-01-22T09:05:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-22T15:05:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4398"},"modified":"2019-03-05T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T18:27:09","slug":"introducing-ted-galanos-so-many-achievements-and-so-many-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4398","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Ted Galanos: So Many Achievements, and So Many Challenges!"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5730\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4398-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=4630\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Pete Lane is back with an inspirational guest, Ted Galanos. so often on blind Abilities we present great stories which we hope will motivate and even inspire our listeners. And it is so often the case that we measure our guests accomplishments against those particular challenges they had to overcome to achieve them. In this case, the significance of those challenges are certainly noteworthy, and our guest\u2019s story is inspirational.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted Galanos has faced a myriad of pitfalls in his life, beginning with RP and poor circulation which has led to numerous infections and the amputation of most of all of his fingers and thumbs, to a freak accident which started Ted&#8217;s journey as a wheelchair user. Hear the details of Ted\u2019s challenges, but listen carefully to his attitude and grit as he has overcome them all and become a mature, articulate and accomplished audio-file, computer and technology-user, an active member of the Out Of&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/sight.net\/\">Sight.Net<\/a>&nbsp;Social community, and an independent self-taught and well-rounded individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, this podcast is laced with many examples of Ted\u2019s audio productions, Game Intros, karaoke songs, and a sample of his Audio scrapbook tribute to a lost friend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Set aside 50 minutes of your time to enjoy this fascinating &nbsp;guest with a truly inspirational story, as only blind Abilities can present!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can reach out to Ted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ted Galanos &#8211;\u00a0<br>Audio Technician for\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theblindperspective.com\/\">TheBlindPerspective.com<\/a>.<br>Email:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Teddy@TheBlindPerspective.com\">Teddy@TheBlindPerspective.com<\/a><br>Phone: 832-632-7779<br>Mobile: 832-706-7102<br>Skype: tedster1<br>Follow me on:<br>Facebook.<br>Twitter <a href=\"Http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/tedgalanos\">@TedGalanos<\/a>\u00a0<br>YouTube.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And you can contact Ted regarding his Audio Scrapbooking business at:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:BlindAudioScrapbooks@Gmail.com\">BlindAudioScrapbooks@Gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>&nbsp;on the App Store.<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_5732\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4398-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/TedGalanos.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary: Pete Lane is back with an inspirational guest, Ted Galanos. so often on blind Abilities we present great stories which we hope will motivate and even inspire our listeners. And it is so often the case that we measure our guests accomplishments against those particular challenges they had to overcome [&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":[17,495,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-lifeenrichment","category-transcribed"],"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-18W","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2352,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=2352","url_meta":{"origin":4398,"position":0},"title":"Lois Strachan: A Different Way of Seeing: A Blind Woman&#8217;s Journey of Living an &#8220;Ordinary&#8221; life in an Extraordinary Way","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"February 4, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Lois Strachan: A Different Way of Seeing: A Blind Woman\u2019s Journey of Living an \u201cOrdinary\u201d Life in an Extraordinary Way. 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