{"id":8261,"date":"2024-05-20T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=8261"},"modified":"2024-05-20T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T18:01:12","slug":"the-blind-kitchen-adaptive-tools-helpful-strategies-and-specialized-knowledge-to-blind-and-visually-impaired-people-meet-founder-debra-erickson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=8261","title":{"rendered":"The Blind Kitchen: Adaptive Tools, Helpful Strategies,\u00a0and Specialized Knowledge to Blind and Visually Impaired People &#8211; Meet Founder Debra Erickson"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8167\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8261-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast Summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Debra Erickson, founder of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theblindkitchen.com\/\">The Blind Kitchen<\/a>, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind abilities Studio to introduce us to and bring us up to date with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theblindkitchen.com\/\">The Blind Kitchen<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/theblindkitchen.com\/\">web site<\/a>, the audio described videos and what to expect in the coming months. With over 90 items on the store shelves, Debra has an adaptive tool for just about anyone. Whether you need it or someone you know that needs it, Debra has it and more than likely, has a blog or video demonstrating its uses with safety and vision loss in mind. We hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theblindkitchen.com\/\">From the web:<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theblindkitchen.com\/\">The Blind Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0offers adaptive tools, helpful strategies, and specialized knowledge to blind and visually impaired people who want to cook safely, confidently, and independently. Our collections are available online as are our short instructional videos. Shipping is always free! Everyone has a place at the table in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theblindkitchen.com\/\">The Blind Kitchen<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>you can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;@<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">Blind Abilities<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blindabilities.com\/\">www.blindabilities.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Send us an&nbsp;email at&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">info@blindabilities.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093. We would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>&nbsp;on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired group.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8169\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8261-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/TheBlindKitchen2024.mp3 Podcast Summary: Debra Erickson, founder of&nbsp;The Blind Kitchen, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind abilities Studio to introduce us to and bring us up to date with&nbsp;The Blind Kitchen, the&nbsp;web site, the audio described videos and what to expect in the coming months. With over 90 items on the store shelves, Debra has an [&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":[17,495,498],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-lifeenrichment","category-seniors"],"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-29f","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5688,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=5688","url_meta":{"origin":8261,"position":0},"title":"That Blind Tech Show Demo: Sound+Sleep High Fidelity Sleep Sound Machine with Real Non-Looping Nature Sounds by Adaptive Sound Technologies","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"February 23, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Show Summary: Brian Fischler, from That Blind Tech Show, gives us a demonstration of two sound masking machines from Adaptive Sounds Technologies. 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