Speaking Out for the Blind

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.

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 Children’s Program Manager Cindy Miller, robotics coach Kathleeen Gately and mentor Paul Flores, along with blind robotics team members and students Leonard Santos, … Read more

West Philadelphia’s Overbrook Educational Center (OEC) Principal Meredith Foote joins us to talk about her school’s new inclusive playground for the blind.

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 Ammad Khan tell us more about the headset.

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 your questions about guide dogs.

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.

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 called the World Blind Union, or WBU. World Blind Union President Dr. Fredric Schroeder joins us to explain how the organization helps the blind around the globe.

Newly-elected ACB President Dan Spoone will join us. He’ll explain how he’s improving ACB now and in the years to come.

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.

SailBlind’s Katherine Kern and Tom Rowen join us. They’ll talk about this specifically structured program for blind sailors.