Speaking Out for the Blind
Where Your Listening is Our Business
- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 270
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 211 - Coronavirus
How does the Coronavirus affect the blind and visually impaired? And how does COVID-19 affect the American Council of the Blind and its day-to-day business? Joining me to talk about this are American…
00:25:33 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 210 - Children's Learning Center
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that the Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation just opened the State’s first blind and visually impaired school in Henderson. Nevada Blind Children’s Foundation CEO …
00:25:20 |
Sun 29 Mar 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 209 - Mariah Maryman
KTVT-TV in Dallas reports that Mariah Maryman is visually impaired. This Kennedale, Texas high school student will explain how she’s accomplishing a lot both on and off the field.
00:23:15 |
Sun 15 Mar 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 208 - Robotics
Spectrum News reports that the Lighthouse for the Blind and Vision Impaired in San Antonio, Texas offers a robotics program for kids. Joining us to talk about the program are the Lighthouse’s Childre…
00:23:33 |
Sun 08 Mar 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 207 - A Playground for the Blind
West Philadelphia’s Overbrook Educational Center (OEC) Principal Meredith Foote joins us to talk about her school’s new inclusive playground for the blind.
00:25:12 |
Fri 21 Feb 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 201 - IrisVision
Pleasanton, California based IrisVision has invented a user-friendly headset that helps low vision individuals regain or more fully utilize their sight. IrisVision founder Dr. Frank Werblin and CEO A…
00:26:31 |
Sun 16 Feb 2020
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 206 - The Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye President and Chief Executive Officer Glenn Hoagland and Advocacy Specialist and former Seeing Eye student Melissa Allman join us to talk about this special guide dog school and answer…
00:26:49 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 205 - Cindy Van Winkle
Cindy Van Winkle, the American Council of the Blind’s new Membership Services Coordinator, joins us to talk about what she’s doing in this role and her very full life supporting the blind community.
00:25:30 |
Sun 19 Jan 2020
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 186 - A Global Organization Representing the Blind
There’s a special internationally recognized organization for the blind. This organization represents over 250 million blind and visually impaired people in 190 member countries. The organization is …
00:25:26 |
Wed 25 Dec 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 204 - ACB President Dan Spoone
Newly-elected ACB President Dan Spoone will join us. He’ll explain how he’s improving ACB now and in the years to come.
00:25:50 |
Sat 14 Dec 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 183 - Pedestrian Signals that are Actually Accessible
John McGaffey, the President of Polara, joins us to talk about some special kind of pedestrian signals. He’ll tell us how they’re actually accessible for the blind.
00:27:08 |
Tue 10 Dec 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 203 - SailBlind
SailBlind’s Katherine Kern and Tom Rowen join us. They’ll talk about this specifically structured program for blind sailors.
00:25:45 |
Mon 25 Nov 2019
Speaking out for the Blind Episode 189 - A Massachusetts Radio Reading Service for the Blind
WBZ-TV in Boston says that the Talking Information Center, or TIC Network, is a special non-profit radio station for the blind and visually impaired in Marshfield, Massachusetts. TIC Executive Direct…
00:26:03 |
Sat 16 Nov 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 202 - Joey Stuckey
Blind musician Joey Stuckey joins us. He’ll talk about his huge and award-winning musical talent.
00:26:52 |
Sun 10 Nov 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 201 - IrisVision
Pleasanton, California based IrisVision has invented a user-friendly headset that helps low vision individuals regain or more fully utilize their sight. IrisVision founder Dr. Frank Werblin and CEO A…
00:26:31 |
Fri 01 Nov 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 190 - Braille Magnets
We’re going to talk with eight-year-old visually impaired Leilani (Leila) Gonzales, her mom Vanessa, Ceres, California School District Inclusion Support Specialist Stephanie Alvarez, and high school …
00:25:50 |
Sat 26 Oct 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 191 - A Half Marathon for the Dogs
Thomas Panek is the visually impaired President and CEO of Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Thomas joins us to explain how he and three guide dogs just made history at the New York City Half Marathon.
00:27:13 |
Sat 19 Oct 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 188 - Blind Tech
Hari Bhimaraju and her big sister Divija are not your average high school and college students. They are avid inventors who’ve combined their love for community service and technology to make some ve…
00:26:07 |
Sat 12 Oct 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 193 - Audio Description Updates for 2019
Joel Snyder of ACB’s Audio Description Project will join us. He’ll talk about the latest happenings in the audio description world for 2019.
00:26:31 |
Sat 05 Oct 2019
Speaking Out for the Blind Episode 192 - In the Dark
Actress Perry Mattfeld, TV show creator Corinne Kingsbury, and blind consultant Lorri Bernson will join us. They’ll tell us more about the CW series In The Dark and the inspiration behind this thrill…
00:27:37 |
Mon 30 Sep 2019
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