40 min

Catarina Rivera (Blindish Latina‪)‬ Feeling This Life

    • Parenting

Cathy interviews Catarina Rivera, public speaker and disability and education inclusion advocate. Catarina, who has retinitis pigmentosa, has worn hearing aids from a young age and was diagnosed with a progressive vision disability at 17 years old.  Paige, Jenny, and Cathy consider how knowing what is available and having a choice about it is both inclusion and self-care.  They consider the positive impact of considering your strengths and how accidental accessibility makes life easier. 

Catarina’s Socials:  

Instagram: http://instagram.com/blindishlatina 

X: http://twitter.com/catarinarivera 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blindishlatina 

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/catarinarivera 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CatarinaRivera 

Website: www.catarinarivera.com 

 

Mentioned in today’s episode:  

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, by Haben Girma, with a forward by Stephen Curry: https://habengirma.com/book/  

Navigating Blindness: https://www.instagram.com/navigatingblindness?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 

Prevail and Braille Mama: https://www.instagram.com/prevailandbraillemama?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 

Crip Camp documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFS8SpwioZ4&pp=ygUJY3JpcCBjYW1w 

Book: Demystifying Disability, by Emily Ladau: https://www.amazon.com/Demystifying-Disability-What-Know-Ally/dp/1984858971/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=676936614912&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9014255&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12604771403547326959&hvtargid=kwd-1990405576204&hydadcr=22167_13517494&keywords=demystify+disability&qid=1707748629&sr=8-1 

Book: Disability Visability, by Alice Wong: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/dv/ 

 

Bret Dahmke Memorial Scholarship, a $500 scholarship that assists a Kentucky family of a child with a visual impairment to attend a local or national conference that is related to blindness/low vision.: https://vips.org/bret-dahmke-scholarship/ 

 



 

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Get in touch with us!  

Follow us on Facebook @Feelingthislifepodcast and Instagram @Feelingthislife  

Email: ⁠feelingthislife@vips.org⁠  

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⁠www.vips.org⁠ 

Cathy interviews Catarina Rivera, public speaker and disability and education inclusion advocate. Catarina, who has retinitis pigmentosa, has worn hearing aids from a young age and was diagnosed with a progressive vision disability at 17 years old.  Paige, Jenny, and Cathy consider how knowing what is available and having a choice about it is both inclusion and self-care.  They consider the positive impact of considering your strengths and how accidental accessibility makes life easier. 

Catarina’s Socials:  

Instagram: http://instagram.com/blindishlatina 

X: http://twitter.com/catarinarivera 

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/blindishlatina 

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/catarinarivera 

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CatarinaRivera 

Website: www.catarinarivera.com 

 

Mentioned in today’s episode:  

Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law, by Haben Girma, with a forward by Stephen Curry: https://habengirma.com/book/  

Navigating Blindness: https://www.instagram.com/navigatingblindness?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 

Prevail and Braille Mama: https://www.instagram.com/prevailandbraillemama?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw== 

Crip Camp documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFS8SpwioZ4&pp=ygUJY3JpcCBjYW1w 

Book: Demystifying Disability, by Emily Ladau: https://www.amazon.com/Demystifying-Disability-What-Know-Ally/dp/1984858971/ref=sr_1_1?hvadid=676936614912&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9014255&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=12604771403547326959&hvtargid=kwd-1990405576204&hydadcr=22167_13517494&keywords=demystify+disability&qid=1707748629&sr=8-1 

Book: Disability Visability, by Alice Wong: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/dv/ 

 

Bret Dahmke Memorial Scholarship, a $500 scholarship that assists a Kentucky family of a child with a visual impairment to attend a local or national conference that is related to blindness/low vision.: https://vips.org/bret-dahmke-scholarship/ 

 



 

Please give us your feedback using this survey link: ⁠https://educationutah.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_39OmBvMih6MlgNw⁠  

  

Make a Donation to-  

VIPS: ⁠https://secure.vips.org/np/clients/vips/donation.jsp?forwardedFromSecureDomain=1&campaign=495⁠  

Anchor Center: ⁠https://www.anchorcenter.org/get-involved/donate/⁠  

 

Get in touch with us!  

Follow us on Facebook @Feelingthislifepodcast and Instagram @Feelingthislife  

Email: ⁠feelingthislife@vips.org⁠  

⁠www.anchorcenter.org⁠  

⁠www.vips.org⁠ 

40 min