Nature Links for Lifelong Learning

Nature Links for Lifelong Learning
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Nature Links for Lifelong Learning is a Blue Hill-based nonprofit offering continuing education opportunities for neurodiverse young adults. We seek to empower our participants to be active community members and responsible citizens through a curriculum grounded in social connection, ecological awareness, and practical life skills. This podcast is a platform for our participants to share their experiences.

Episodes

  1. Blindness Awareness with Gabriel Millay, Hunter Wilbur and Alex Morales

    09/28/2020

    Blindness Awareness with Gabriel Millay, Hunter Wilbur and Alex Morales

    This is a discussion from a Nature Links for Lifelong Learning online class, recorded on the coast of Maine, September 23, 2020. Gabe, Hunter and Alex respond to common misconceptions about blind and low vision people, and answer questions from their peers. They wanted to share this discussion with the wider community so that folks can educate themselves on the nuanced experiences and needs of their blind and low vision neighbors. The conversation meanders as conversations do.  See the guide below to navigate to a topic of interest!   1:50 - Myth 1: Blind people have superior hearing.   4:35 - Myth 2: You must speak loudly to blind people or they won't know you're addressing them.   6:05 - Cultural Representations of Blind People  7:40 - Underestimation of Abilities  8:45 - Self-Advocacy  9:50 - Question: Do you use a cane to cross the street?  11:45 - Question: Do blind people have difficulty balancing?  15:00 - Myth 3: Most blind people are totally blind.   19:15 - Guide dogs  23:30 - Myth 4: All blind people read braille.   26:30 - Deafness and Sign Language  29:05 - Question: Is it hard for blind people to read music?  30:16 - Myth: Most blind people are looking for a cure.  36:09 - Accessibility of Public Transportation  41:00 - Accessibility of Grocery Stores  42:48 - Seeing AI Apps  45:30 - Hunter's Radio Program Plug!   46:15 - Accessibility in Public Schools  52:08 - Alex shares about her own experience of vision loss.  54:40 - Wrapping it out!

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Nature Links for Lifelong Learning is a Blue Hill-based nonprofit offering continuing education opportunities for neurodiverse young adults. We seek to empower our participants to be active community members and responsible citizens through a curriculum grounded in social connection, ecological awareness, and practical life skills. This podcast is a platform for our participants to share their experiences.

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