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Tek Talk welcomes Deborah Kendrick, noted author, to discuss her newest book. Topic: “WHEN YOUR EARS CAN’T HELP YOU SEE: Strategies for Blind and Low Vision Individuals with Hearing Loss”
July 27, 2020
Time: 8:00 PM EDT
Newswire:
Deborah Kendrick is an award-winning writer, editor, and poet. She is also a person with multiple disabilities, who loves nothing more than sharing her observations and experiences concerning technology, techniques, and the resources within us as humans with her fellow blind travelers. Her new book “When Your Ears Can’t Help You See: Strategies for Blind and Low Vision Individuals with Hearing Loss” published by National Braille press, was released in June. The book combines personal experience and research in a user friendly book aimed at improving your quality of life. Join us for a conversation with the author. Learn about strategies, technologies, audiologists, and more for coping
WHEN YOUR EARS CAN’T HELP YOU SEE.
Deborah Kendrick
dkk33709@outlook.com
Twitter: @kendrickinsight
National Braille Press:
www.nbp.org
(800) 548-7323
Date: Monday July 27, 2020
Time: 5 pm Pacific, 6 pm Mountain, 7 pm Central, 8 pm Eastern and throughout the world, Tuesday 0:00 GMT.
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Hi there,
Robert Acosta and Larry Gassman are inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: “WHEN YOUR EARS CAN’T HELP YOU SEE: Strategies for Blind and Low Vision Individuals with Hearing Loss.”
Time: Meets Monday, July 27, 2020, from 8-9 p.m. Eastern. If you have installed the Zoom client software on your computer, I would recommend your starting that software before executing the below link on your computer. If you have installed the Zoom Cloud Meetings app on your smart device, I suggest you open that app before executing the below link on your smart device.
Join from PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android: https://zoom.us/j/839935813
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US: +16468769923,839935813# or +1408-638-0968,839935813#
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US: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 408 638 0968
Meeting ID: 839 935 813
International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/cnnUjZ1oh
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Contacts:
Robert Acosta: Chair Emeritus
www.accessibleWorld.org and www.radiooutofthepast.org
Phone: 818-998-0044
Email: boacosta818@gmail.com
Website: www.helpinghands4theblind.net
Larry Gassman: Accessible World Co-Chair
Phone: 714-449-1958
Email: larrygassman@roadrunner.com
Alan Lemly: Accessible World Co-Chair
Phone: 601-919-6907
Email: walemly@gmail.com
The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly relevant information about new products, services, and training opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access barriers that adversely affect them.
Robert Acosta
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