Episode 31 – Why Describe Color to the Blind?

Episode 31 – Why Describe Color to the Blind?

Colleen gives her take on how people with visual impairments and color blindness perceive and relate to colors as the sighted world knows them. She’s not a scientist or a doctor, but Colleen touches on the uniqueness of every person’s eyes, society’s naming of colors, and why it is worth it to describe color to […]

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Episode 39 – The Deaf-Blind Experience

Episode 39 – The Deaf-Blind Experience

In this episode Colleen talks about her experience giving a museum tour to a deaf blind gentleman.  He can’t see or hear, and she can’t see or sign…what happened?  Tune in to find out this insightful ...

28 Kesä 201620min

Episode 38 – Desexualization of Disabilities

Episode 38 – Desexualization of Disabilities

Colleen returns after her big move with a big topic. Inspired by a podcast from How Stuff Works, Colleen discusses the concept of desexualizing people with disabilities. She goes into the history of d...

17 Kesä 201637min

Episode 37 – Mad Max Fury Road

Episode 37 – Mad Max Fury Road

Colleen and Alyssa do an audio description movie review of Mad Max Fury Road!  Note that this film is rated R for violence and explosions, but it ends up being a great example of how to view a film th...

25 Helmi 201617min

Episode 36 – Marvel Audio Description

Episode 36 – Marvel Audio Description

Colleen returns from establishing her new joint venture, Audio Description Training Retreats, to discuss Marvel Movie-verse accessibility with Alyssa and Cheryl! Hear how video description has entered...

16 Helmi 201637min

Episode 35 – Reasons It Sucks to be Blind

Episode 35 – Reasons It Sucks to be Blind

So you’ve heard Colleen talk about 20 Awesome Things about being Visually Impaired. Now it’s time to hear some reasons why it might not be so awesome.  Hear about the actual woes of the visually impai...

25 Loka 201517min

Episode 34 – Spotlight on Sophie Trist and Braille Menus

Episode 34 – Spotlight on Sophie Trist and Braille Menus

How does a blind person order at a restaurant? Colleen recently talked with Sophie Trist, who took on the task of brailing many menus for restaurants in her home town. Find out what prompted her inter...

25 Elo 20158min

Episode 33 – Introduction to Audio Description

Episode 33 – Introduction to Audio Description

Apologies for the mistakenly re-released previous episode. This is a completely new podcast episode. Colleen discusses the art of Audio Description and the service it provides for the blind and vision...

11 Elo 201515min

Episode 32 – Beginning Braille

Episode 32 – Beginning Braille

By listener request, Colleen speaks about The Hadley School for the Blind and her experience learning Braille through their free courses. She also touches on what this special code is and how one woul...

16 Kesä 201517min

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