Sunday Edition Presents: Ho Ho Holidays or No No Nolidays Its That time of year again and Anthony welcomes friends Becky and Mark back for our Holiday No Holiday show. This year  Special Friend Pam joins us for the festivities. This year we will break up the show into two segments: Hour 1- Holiday Memories, Traditions and plans We will ask each person to share a few lines from a favorite Holliday song or poem. The gang and I  will share a verse and chorus of our favorite holiday song or hymn. on the show 2nd hour: Sitting out the holiday season and reaching out to those whom may not have the opportunity to celebrate with others.

This week David Dunphy , the winner of the Summer Auction Item and his long time friend  Janeene  Lea  take turns interviewing each other and answering all of your questions. 

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In our first hour we welcome Trish of Blind Girl Designs to get to know her and her fabulous designs. She has definitely made a name for herself and we look forward to hearing her story and holiday recommendations.

Then in our second hour we will highlight entrepreneurs within the BVI community and hear their holiday offerings.

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This week Anthony welcomes friend to the show Jenine Stanley of AIRA to share with us some news about services for our Deaf and Hard of Hearing Brothers, Sisters and non-binary siblings as well as a host of other great announcements. We will also pick Jenine’s brain about the best tips she has for maximizing wearables and AIRA. 

Then in our second hour Anthony will explore the possibilities of engaging and reading conversational visual cues using haptic tech. Jack Walters and Dr. Bryan Duarte of Hap Chic will walk us thru this revolutionary new wearable. The HET is a wearable assistive technology that provides people who are blind or low vision with real-time access to non-verbal communication cues (NVC) during social interactions. The HET device breaks down barriers to effective and engaging conversations by raising awareness of non-verbal communication cues in real-time. The technology leverages computer vision/ AI to detect and recognize the expressions, gestures, and body language received from an embedded camera on a pair of glasses before mapping the NVC to a dynamic haptic pattern applied to the forearm of the user on a wearable sleeve that is an inch bigger than a watch. With the HET you can tell if someone is smiling, going for a hand shake or waving at you in real time.

Jack Walters is the CEO and Co-founder of HapChic. As a student-athlete at the Colorado School of Mines, where he plays collegiate football, Jack has already earned a degree in mechanical engineering and is currently pursuing a master's in engineering and technology management. He is passionate about developing human-centric, equitable assistive technologies that benefit people from all backgrounds. With extensive experience in user studies and market research, Jack ensures that the technologies he develops are designed to truly meet the needs of the people they serve.

Dr. Bryan Duarte became blind at the age of 18 as the result of a motorcycle accident, and went on to received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Arizona State University focusing on dynamic Haptic interactions, sensory substitution, wearable technology, and assistive technology. He has dedicated the last decade of his life to developing wearable assistive technology that provides end users with an increased awareness of their environment and during social interactions. It is his aim to deliver high quality assistive technology to individuals that can provide access to the world around them in an intuitive, non-intrusive, and near real-time manner.

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Sunday Edition presents - Guide Dog Rally Impressions

Anthony welcomes Sarah Calhoun, Kim Charlson, and other members of GDUI as well as representatives from the Rally Organization team. We will hear their impressions, and some audio from the event and celebrate the power of Advocacy. Then in our second hour we will discuss how to keep the momentum going, next steps and the somewhat controversial announcement that we can soon disclose in the APP if we are guide dog users.

This week, Anthony welcomes panelists and audience to round table some hot topics. The three hot topics to begin the show will be: Auctions, Popcorn fundraisers, Have we exhausted these forms of raising funds?? What out of the box ideas can we come up with? Guide Dog Rally and denials, Is it time for the community and membership to engage our leadership to take more aggressive stands with rideshare companies? As we wait for news of conventions after Dallas, What cities should ACB Be considering, what red flags and/or non negotiable should help form the criteria? Bring your Hot Topics and share with the Sunday Edition Hot Topics Table.

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Episode Notes

This week Anthony welcomes Peter and Belinda as we get the chance to get to know them personally; their motivations and passions and of course to answer member questions.

Belinda Collins from the Tarheel State has been a force in the ACB Community almost from inception. She has interned and is one of the training hosts and so much more. These skills she has springboard to a position on the BOP.

Peter Heide has been sighted and blind four times and has experienced almost

every level of vision between fully sighted and totally blind. He attended

the Wisconsin School for the Blind and Visually Impaired before graduating

from Tremper High School in Kenosha (WI). As an adult he has lived in

Madison, WI, rural Kansas, and a Chicago exurb before he and his wife Susan

moved to Baraboo, WI. Peter has studied English and Comparative Lit. He is a

piano tuner and an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in

America (currently retired). He enjoys time with members and friends of ACB,

serving on MCAC and Constitution & By-Laws, as president of ACB of

Wisconsin, and now as a Board member of ACB.

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This week Anthony welcomes Michael Byington who will lead us all in a round table discussion about what members feel the relationship should and maybe should not encompass or represent.

The ACB Board voted to update the documents surrounding these important relationships, and this week we will explore how the changing world of Not for Profit and advocacy affects how state and special interest affiliates deal with ACB National and vice versa.

We look forward to exploring member thoughts and ideas.

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This week Anthony and crew welcome Chris Bell, Dr. Lynn Coral and Carol Francisco. We will continue to discuss the different forms of blindness and Low vision focusing on Prematurity and Blindness.

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