{"id":48,"date":"2015-05-01T00:57:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T05:57:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=48"},"modified":"2017-12-27T14:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-12-27T20:00:38","slug":"bad-cast-6-megans-college-advice-better-get-crackin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=48","title":{"rendered":"College Diaries: Megan&#8217;s College Advice&#8230; Better Get Crackin&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4314\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-48-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice..._Better_Get_Crackin.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice..._Better_Get_Crackin.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice..._Better_Get_Crackin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>Lori and Pete interview Megan Bening, a college student attending Minnesota State studying IT. Megan is Blind\/Visually impaired and talks about what works for her as she breaks down the barricades that try to block her from the goals she has set for herself. From the tools she utilizes on a daily basis to the joys of life that puts her out side the typical &#8220;comfort zone&#8221; that society has expected her to be in, Megan forges forward self-determining and blazing a new path for those coming up behind her. Quite a role model for Transition aged students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4316\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-48-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice..._Better_Get_Crackin.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice..._Better_Get_Crackin.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice..._Better_Get_Crackin.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/BAD_Cast_6_Megans_College_Advice&#8230;_Better_Get_Crackin.mp3Lori and Pete interview Megan Bening, a college student attending Minnesota State studying IT. Megan is Blind\/Visually impaired and talks about what works for her as she breaks down the barricades that try to block her from the goals she has set for herself. From the tools she utilizes on a daily basis to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,263,490],"tags":[448],"class_list":["post-48","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-college","category-stem","tag-science"],"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-M","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6876,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6876","url_meta":{"origin":48,"position":0},"title":"Megan Hale is Taking Adaptive and Blind Physical Education to the Field of Educators and Helping Bring Trail orienteering to the Microsoft Soundscape App","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"August 12, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Show Summary: I first heard of Megan Hale when she posted a YouTube video announcement about her upcoming\u00a0YouTube Channel, Blind Physical Education, and new right away that Megan\u2019s passion and enthusiasm would be of interests to our many listeners. 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