Anthony and Dan chat about blabber gadget, more accessible games, bobble heads, Dan’s old kickstarter, Keep Pushing Adaptive skatepark, Not being able to drive sucks, harry potter audible books, old music, censored by mom, TV was awesome, weird old school toys, what is a saw zaw, Anthony’s trailer days, Anthony’s going to Michigan, building things, our ladies building stuff and more!

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Blabber Gadget Kickstarter — help make this a reality so we can make all out sighted friends play blindfolded — https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blabbergadget/blabber-game-gadget-to-play-with-family-and-friends?ref=creator-nav

More about Anthony Ferraro ► https://www.asfvision.com

More about Dan Mancina ► https://www.keeppushinginc.com

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Keep Pushing Inc was founded by Dan Mancina, an accomplished skateboarder who happens to be blind. Dan also holds a Master's degree in Vision Rehabilitation Therapy (VRT), which helps to teach adaptive life skills to those dealing with vision loss. Keep Pushing is a non-profit that combines Dan's two passions by introducing the blind/visually impaired (VI) community to the inclusive culture of skateboarding. Through his own journey with vision loss, Dan has found the lack of accessibility in current skateparks.

The goal of his foundation is to build the first fully adaptive skatepark and to host skateboard workshops for the blind and VI using what he has learned on the skateboard and through his VRT training. Dan has teamed up with an experienced skatepark design company, New Line. Using New Line's design expertise and Dan's knowledge of adaptive skating to create the safest and most accessible skate park ever!

Using adaptive methods, such as increasing the size of obstacles, adding contrast to obstacles, tactile ground, auditory cues for echolocation, 3-D models, and a spacious layout. Once the facility is built Dan plans to host monthly skate workshops and skateboard lessons for local youth/adults who are blind and VI, annual adaptive contests to help push for skateboarding the Paralympics, as well as use park adaptations to influence future public skateparks.

0:00 - intro

0:23 - blabber gadget

06:15 - more accessible games

12:27 - bobble heads

13:25 - Dan’s old kickstarter

16:16 - Keep Pushing Adaptive skatepark

20:20 - Not being able to drive sucks

21:29 - harr potter audible books

29:55 - old music

32:00 - censored by mom

33:55 - TV was awesome

39:00 - weird old school toys

44:00 - what is a saw zaw?

48:38 - Anthony’s trailer days

53:00 - Anthony’s going to Michigan

55:40 - building things

56:48 - our ladies building stuff

01:00:00 - one love and keep pushing