You may remember a previous episode where I covered Out-Of-Sight. Out-Of-Sight is a non-profit audio chat, learning, and gaming website made up of mainly blind and visually impaired members. Each week, the website provides several programs and events, including a book club, technical computer assistance, interactive games, and a live “On Stage” event, showcasing each of the members’ best talents. Informal, casual chat is also a notable part of Out-Of-Sight’s activities. Basically, Out-Of-Sight thinks of itself as a family with members who offer support, share information, knowledge, laughs, and simple fun times. Roger Khouri, an Out-Of-Sight member, returns to Speaking Out for the Blind to explain this special website. He’s also going to tell us about the website’s upcoming Sixteenth Birthday Celebration.
Democracy Live is a leader in technology that allows blind and visually impaired voters to access and cast secure remote ballots during elections. Joining us to learn how this amazing technology works and how you might use it to vote for your favorite presidential candidates this year is Bryan Finney. Bryan is Democracy Live’s Founder and President.
Couch to Active: https://www.couchtoactive.com/
Do you want to diet and exercise more naturally and have fun doing it? Do you want a diet and exercise program that’s more accessible for the blind? Couch to Active gives you that dream program. Couch to Active’s CEO and Senior Trainer Lyn Lindbergh is here to tell us more.
ABC15 Arizona story on possible visually impaired co-pilot and flight: https://www.abc15.com/news/uplifting-arizona/visually-impaired-pilots-get-chance-to-fly-from-phoenix-to-washington-d-c
The Foundation for Blind Children: https://www.seeitourway.org/ Flight for Sight: https://www.seeitourway.org/flight-for-sight/ Dakota News Now on Jack Freeburg: https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2023/07/11/blind-volin-student-earns-prestigious-national-scholarship/
The Des Moines Register says that the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired students took part in the State’s first Abacus Bee. An abacus is a special counting tool containing wires and rods and movable beads for solving equations. Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Math Consultant Sara Larkin joins us to talk about the Abacus Bee.
FOR MORE INFORMATION - EPISODE 325 REBROADCAST – COLORADO’S VISUALLY IMPAIRED COMMUNITIES11/16/2023 CPR News: Interview: This blind historian has set out to share the history of Colorado’s visually impaired communities- https://www.cpr.org/2023/08/21/colorado-history-blind-visually-impaired/
The Blind History Lady: https://theblindhistorylady.com/ Peggy Chong: Books- Go to https://www.smashwords.com/ and type in Peggy Chong at the top right of the page Email- [email protected] Visually-impaired archaeologist at Anglo-Saxon dig: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/107909242
Friends of Cookham Abbey: https://www.cookhamabbey.org.uk/ University of Reading Department of Archaeology: https://www.reading.ac.uk/archaeology/ The BBC reports that a visually impaired University student from Guernsey, English Crown has been working with an archaeology team to excavate an 8th Century Monastery. The student was part of the University of Reading Archaeology Team digging up the Anglo-Saxon site in Cookham, Berkshire, England. That student’s name is Jonathan Charmley. Jonathan joins us to talk about these special digs.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign article on new data visualization tool for the blind: https://news.illinois.edu/view/6367/107909242
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Information Sciences Professor JooYoung Seo is creating a data visualization tool. The tool will help make visual representations of statistical data accessible to blind and visually impaired students and researchers. Professor Seo joins us to talk all about the data visualization tool.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram article about Graysen Head: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/education/article256179392.html
WUNC Radio reports that a new special trail has opened in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The trail will give the blind the chance to independently exercise. Here to talk about the new trail is Vision Resource Center Executive Director Terri Thomas.
Lighthouse for the Visually Impaired and Blind: https://www.lvib.org/
Phone: 727-815-0303 and ask for Patricia Porter, Development Director if in need of services Lighthouse prom: https://www.suncoastnews.com/news/blind-and-visually-impaired-teens-get-the-full-prom-experience-at-lighthouse/article_353c39f4-f4ef-11ed-b7d5-b300ddba14a0.html Dakota News Now on Jack Freeburg: https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2023/07/11/blind-volin-student-earns-prestigious-national-scholarship/
According to Dakota News Now, Jack Freeburg was a typical twelve-year-old. Jack played golf, baseball, basketball, and football, and helped on his family farm just outside of Vermillion, South Dakota. The boy’s life changed when the grease board became blurry while in his sixth-grade classroom. Jack’s journey of vision loss and triumphs began. He’s here to talk about that journey.
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