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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:
Wellness Wednesday: Belonging: The Power of Choice in Accessibility blindabilities.com?p=8737
Wellness Wednesday: Belonging: The Power of Choice in Accessibility
Podcast Summary: In this episode of Wellness Wednesday, Beth Gustin and Robin Ennis, joined by Jeff Thompson, explore the evolving landscape of accessibility through the lens of an upcoming all-inc…
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July 16, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Heights Unseen: Julius Mbura’s Mission Beyond Kilimanjaro blindabilities.com?p=8601 insertion point at end
Heights Unseen: Julius Mbura’s Mission Beyond Kilimanjaro
Podcast Summary: Julius Mbura, a blind adventurer, advocate, and model from Kenya, is redefining possibility. With an Awarewolf Gear All-Terrain Cane, he scaled Mount Kilimanjaro and six other…
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February 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Experiencing Blindness Through Taste: The Educational Impact of Desserts in the Dark blindabilities.com?p=8597 insertion point at end
Experiencing Blindness Through Taste: The Educational Impact of Desserts in the Dark
Full Transcript Podcast Summary: The Desserts in the Dark event at Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (MSAB) provided a hands-on experience for sighted participants to gain insight into the worl…
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February 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Connecting, Learning, and Thriving: Highlights from the ACB Minnesota Convention blindabilities.com?p=8579
Connecting, Learning, and Thriving: Highlights from the ACB Minnesota Convention
Podcast Summary: The ACB Minnesota State Convention: Zooming into 2025 was an exciting gathering of Minnesota’s blindness community, offering insights, connections, and resources. Highlights includ…
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February 1, 2025 at 2:37 AM
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I was going through some old stuff in the storage and came across a few Braille books from yester-year. I’ve already read 58 pages of this little riddles book. These riddles are so much geared for five-year-olds but hey, I’m practicing braille.
January 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Hoping more of the blindness community migrate over to bluesky. Fingers crossed
January 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Tech Abilities: O&M, Gadgets, and the Positivity Equation (Math Alert!) blindabilities.com?p=8548 insertion point at end
Tech Abilities: O&M, Gadgets, and the Positivity Equation (Math Alert!)
Podcast Summary: Hold onto your canes, because the Tech Abilities crew is back! Jeff and Serina round up Leslie Dickson, Cheryl Macintosh, and Katy Todd for the first New Year  …
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January 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Advocacy in Action: Stories of Persistence and Change blindabilities.com?p=8540 insertion point at end
Advocacy in Action: Stories of Persistence and Change
Podcast Summary: Full Transcript This episode of Blind Abilities highlights the inspiring journeys of three individuals—Judy Sanders, Janet Dickelman, and Ben Zheng—who exemplify advocacy in action…
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January 1, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Wellness Wednesday: Festive Reflections: Celebrating the Holidays and Honoring Memories blindabilities.com?p=8530
Wellness Wednesday: Festive Reflections: Celebrating the Holidays and Honoring Memories
Podcast Summary: This special holiday episode of the Wellness Wednesday series on the Blind Abilities Podcast is a heartfelt, lighthearted reflection on the holiday season and the approac…
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December 27, 2024 at 1:25 AM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

The Future of Accessibility: Tools for Success in Education and Beyond: Insights from Jesse Anderson blindabilities.com?p=8522 insertion point at end
The Future of Accessibility: Tools for Success in Education and Beyond: Insights from Jesse Anderson
Full Transcript Podcast Summary: Jesse Anderson, Assistive Technology Specialist at State Services for the Blind of Minnesota, discusses the latest advancements in assistive technology for high sch…
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December 17, 2024 at 3:04 AM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Wellness Wednesday: Being Alone, Not Alone, and Where Loneliness Might Linger in Between blindabilities.com?p=8515
Wellness Wednesday: Being Alone, Not Alone, and Where Loneliness Might Linger in Between
Podcast Summary: In Episode 46 of Wellness Wednesday, Beth Gustin, LPC, and Robin Ennis, LCSW, CPC, explore the delicate balance between being alone, not being alone, and the subtle spaces whe…
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December 15, 2024 at 1:41 AM
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Tech Abilities: Festive Tech Talk: Gadgets, Gratitude, Meta Ray Bans Fly Solo, and Bell Bottoms blindabilities.com?p=8512 insertion point at end
Tech Abilities: Festive Tech Talk: Gadgets, Gratitude, Meta Ray Bans Fly Solo, and Bell Bottoms
Podcast Summary: The Tech Abilities Crew jingles back into the Blind Abilities studio—live (well, sort of)! Serina, Cindy, and Jeff dive into Black Friday blues, Cyber Monday madness, and the holid…
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December 7, 2024 at 7:25 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:
Education Without Limits: Leslie Dickson on Navigating School, College, and a Career at the VA, Empowering Veterans to Thrive Beyond Vision Loss. #VA #TBVI #Transcribed blindabilities.com?p=8502
Education Without Limits: Leslie Dickson on Navigating School, College, and a Career at the VA, Empowering Veterans to Thrive Beyond Vision Loss
Podcast Summary: In this episode of Blind Abilities, Jeff Thompson interviews Leslie Dickson, a Vision Rehabilitation Therapist at the VA, who shares her inspiring journey of resilience and su…
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December 3, 2024 at 6:13 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:
Historic Partnership: Be My Eyes and Hilton Transform Customer Service blindabilities.com?p=8436
Historic Partnership: Be My Eyes and Hilton Transform Customer Service
Podcast Summary: Be My Eyes CEO Mike Buckley joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to reveal an exciting new partnership with Hilton Hotels. Blind and low-vision individuals in North Am…
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October 19, 2024 at 12:40 AM
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The Blind Kitchen: Adaptive Tools, Helpful Strategies, and Specialized Knowledge to Blind and Visually Impaired People – Meet Founder Debra Erickson blindabilities.com?p=8261 insertion point at end
The Blind Kitchen: Adaptive Tools, Helpful Strategies, and Specialized Knowledge to Blind and Visually Impaired People – Meet Founder Debra Erickson
Podcast Summary: Debra Erickson, founder of The Blind Kitchen, joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind abilities Studio to introduce us to and bring us up to date with The Blind Kitchen, the&nbs…
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May 30, 2024 at 2:02 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:
“Redefining Mental Wellness: Media Influence and Workplace Solutions”
@Walking-TheTalk blindabilities.com?p=8257
Wellness Wednesday: Redefining Mental Wellness: Media Influence and Workplace Solutions
Podcast Summary: In this 33rd episode of Wellness Wednesday, Beth Gustin, LPC, and Robin Ennis, LCSW, CPC, address societies desensitization to mental wellness. They discuss the pivotal role the me…
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May 15, 2024 at 5:38 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:
By Popular Demand: Blind Piano Lessons: With nearly 20 years of teaching through distance learning, meet Mark Miller and begin playing today! blindabilities.com?p=8244
By Popular Demand: Blind Piano Lessons: With nearly 20 years of teaching through distance learning, meet Mark Miller and begin playing today!
Podcast Summary: Mark Miller has been teaching Blind and Visually Impaired students to play piano for nearly 20 years. Distance learning is nothing new to Mark Miller and his students as he began t…
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April 28, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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BlindShell Partners with Envision  to Integrate the Envision App on BlindShell Classic 2, Expanding Access to Assistive Technology. blindabilities.com?p=8192
February 29, 2024 at 5:15 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities:

Hurry! Last Chance! Fly off into Your Future with a $10,000 travel Grant from Flight for Sight! Meet Flight for Sight Founder and Executive Director Mike Walsh, along with Grant Winner Eliana Mason
@ flightForSight blindabilities.com?p=8136
February 10, 2024 at 11:35 PM
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New podcast episode from Blind Abilities!
Twin Cities Blind Sailing is here! A Sport that is Growing Across the States and World-Wide - Meet Founder Katy Boyd. blindabilities.com?p=8057
January 16, 2024 at 12:30 AM