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Podcast: Growing up Blind Conversations with Dr. G
Episode: Jerry born visually impaired in 1950 difficulties traveling at night especially winter conditions
Description: Send a textToday I’m sharing the interview with Jerry, conducted March 11, 2001. He is visually impaired, but not mobility visually impaired, except at night. His experiences at night in winter snow demonstrate the resilience of mankind in the face of daunting odds, but also how alone people with visual impairments feel – never once had he considered bringing up his difficulties to a trained professional to seek out additional training and support or new tools to try and make his travel easier. Jerry grew up with a visual impairment that he felt he was able to mo...