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Podcast: Growing up Blind Conversations with Dr. G
Episode: Myrna born blind in 1939 Used GPS Before it was Cool!
Description: Send a textMyrna is a very intelligent woman who studied music, a career many bright children born blind were funneled into, her husband was a blind piano tuner – another career historically taught to intelligent students at schools for the blind. Myrna broke free of it and joined the modern world in career of assistive technology. She was using GPS before it was cool. She grew up a dependent traveler. At school she relied on a guide. She learned travel techniques walking with a group of blind friends. Throughout her life she continued to learn str...