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Podcast: Limitless: Blind Beginnings Podcast
Episode: Episode 190 - Accessibility and the Medical System
Description: Shawn welcomes Keisha and Ishita back to the podcast to discuss challenges and barriers faced by some blind and partially sighted patients navigating the medical system, including their own lived experiences as well as the importance of accessible first aid training and challenging ableist assumptions that blind or partially sighted individuals cannot provide valuable assistance in emergency situations or benefit from this crucial training.
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