As we do at the beginning of each month, Kim

Kilpatrick from Get Together with Technology speaks to us from Ottawa,

this time about the apps that Blind and Partially sighted can use to

carry the Olympics with them wherever they go.

Next, I did back into the archives for a chat with Marcie Davis from New Mexico, founder of International Assistance Dog Week.

We finish by listening to an article written by my guide dog, Frankie called A Frankie Assessment of Service Dog Training.

First, visually impaired artist tells us about an award that she has won, and a calendar which will bear a painting of hers. Next, because this is Summer, and people or out and about more often, we reach into the archives for John Morris’s demonstration of a device called the Victor Reader Trek. Finally, I show people with diabetes and a visual impairments how to use an Oracle Talking Glucometre.

Our first guest is Dr. Elizabeth Leroux from

Montreal.  She is Chair of the board for Migraine Canada, as well as a

neurologist and headache specialist.  She and I discuss the facts and

myths about migraines.

Next

up is a chat with Sheri Helsdingen, CNIB Lake Joe’s Manager of

Community Engagement.  We talk about what things were like when the

centre first opened in 1961, renovations that have been done over the

years, how the centre has managed during the pandemic, and celebrations

and fundraisers in store for the 2021 season.

Because this is the second episode of the month, we

begin with our feature called Simple Savings.  This time, Lynda Todd

and I chat about advocacy resources that are free, and dealing with

legal matters free of charge as well.

Next,

I chat via Zoom with pianist and violinist Stelth Ng, who will be

performing a concert to be presented on Saturday, July 17 by the CCB

Toronto Visionaries.  Everyone is invited, and donations will be

gratefully received.  We finish the show by listening to a beautiful

piece of music entitle Beau Soir, featuring Stelth Ng on both piano and

violin.

This being the first episode of July, I chat first

with Kim Kilpatrick in our feature called Get Together with Kim.  This

time,we focus on global positioning systems.  We also invite listeners

to send any technical questions to:

Hopefully, August’s Get Together with Kim will be a question show.

Next,

we dig back into the archives a couple of years, and repeat a chat with

David Mills, president of the Peterborough Astronomical Association

about how people with disabilities can enjoy the hobby of astronomy.

This time, we devote the whole hour to a discussion of an app that is quite popular these days, particularly among members of the blindness community. Leading the discussion are Larry and John Gassman, along with Jeff Bishop in a chat room called Tech Talk.

June is Deafblind Awareness Month.  We mark the

occasion by speaking with Karen Madho, Senior Public Relations

Co-ordinator with Deafblind Ontario.

Next,

if you’re anything like me, you’ve heard of Five Counties Children

Centre, but you don’t know a whole lot about it.  Linsie Kampf, who is a

member of the centre’s fundraising team, brings us up-to-date as to all

the services offered there.

We begin by chatting with Lynda Todd on our monthly feature called Simple Savings.  She touches on all the free goods you can access by going to Facebook, a free Microsoft certification course provided by CNIB, and, last but most certainly not least, a $5,000 grant that home owners can apply for.

Next,

rather than presenting a Seniors’ Summit this year, the Peterborough

Chamber of Commerce has made seminars available for your listening

pleasure on its website.

We begin with our monthly feature, Get Together

with Kim.  This time, Kim Kilpatrick from the Canadian Council for The

Blind’s Get Together with Technology chats with us about how to download

books from CELA—the Centre for Equitable Library Access, formerly know

as the CNIB Library.

Next,

I chat with Doug Earle, Executive Director of Fighting Blindness Canada

about the petition to the Ontario government, asking them to fund

enough Luxturna treatments to help 42 fellow-Ontarions to maintain their

current level of vision.  We also talk about the upcoming Cycle for

Sight fundraiser.

June is the time for the Great Canadian Giving

Challenge.  We begin today’s show by chatting with Chantal Oakes all the

way from Kelowna, BC, who is the Fundraising Chair of the Alliance for

Equality of Blind Canadians.

Next,

I speak with Frank Hewitt, incoming president of the East Peterborough

Lions Club about the Walk for Leader Dogs which he, along with John and

Lyn Morris from the Chemong Lions Club will participate in this coming

Saturday.