In this special BEAM-focused episode of the NABS Now podcast, we're joined by Lauren Altman, the newly elected President of the National Association of Blind Students. Dive deep into Lauren's powerful testimony as she recounts her journey of acceptance, empowerment, and leadership within the Federation. With candid discussions on confronting and challenging internalized ableism, to finding strength in community, Lauren's insights serve as both inspiration and guidance. Hosted by Seyoon Choi with cohost Isabel Rosario, this episode promises a deep, resonant exploration into embracing one's identity and the limitless potential of the blind community and through Lauren's powerful words of wisdom on her journey through blindness to kickoff this year's blindness, equity, and achievement month.

Produced, sound edited and mixed by Kinshuk Tella and Seyoon Choi

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In this insightful episode, Seyoon and Manahil sit down with our colleagues, Juhi and Mausam, who share their personal stories, invaluable advice, and practical tips on how they navigated the transition from college life to a fulfilling professional career. They discuss overcoming barriers, adapting to new environments, and building a strong support network to thrive in the adult world post college graduation.

The NABS Now team is thrilled to have Luke from Clusiv, his education startup dedicated to birding the gap for blind students to obtain the necessary skillsets to jump into modern day workforce. Whether you are looking to improve on your use of sophisticated Microsoft 365 sweet with JAWS, virtual meeting platform such as Zoom and Microsoft Teams, to exploring potential roles and preparing for postsecondary life into college, Clusiv has it all. Plus, a graduate from Clusiv's program for a deeper look at the amazing work for advancing the rights of blind population and raising expectations everyday.

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Thank you to our special guests Luke simianer and Kassahun Yibeltal

Created and produced by Kinshuk Tella and Seyoon Choi, and hosted by Seyoon Choi out of the National Association of Blind Students Content Creation Committee

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The rise in the use of dating apps and platforms have popularized our understanding around finding love. Apps such as Tinder, Hinge, to name a few, have centered around showcasing visual elements such as photos of individuals as one attempts to build an appealing profile about themselves. So the NABS Now team decided to invite some of our colleagues to get an insight scoop on how a blind person could maximize their experience on these dating platforms non visually.

Thank you to our special guests Shawn Abraham and Rachel Ooi

Created and produced by Seyoon Choi and Kinshuk Tella

Hosted by Seyoon Choi and Manahil Jafri

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Can you name some of the most extreme travel conditions you had to endure? How about exploring variety of cane techniques to maximize your independent travel? With colder temperatures lingering over us in many states, this episode is all about maximizing your cane techniques to the fullest, plus, advice from a cane travel instructor on effective cane usage in many different conditions.

Thank you to our special guest Yadiel Sotomayor

Hosted by Seyoon Choi

Created and produced by Kinshuk Tella and Seyoon Choi at the National Association of Blind Students Content Creation Committee

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Marching bands are found in many places, and at many occasions. With its profound roots from military bands to highly competitive marching core groups and marching bands in high school, college and beyond, magnificent sounds from those drums and detailed choreographies are as detailed oriented as it is highly visual. So are there in fact tips, tricks and ways a blind musician could possibly step into the world of marching arts? Listen to this month’s episode as you’ll hear from two of the highly advanced blind marchers and your host jump in with full of stories, tips and advice to share and geek out on all things marching band, plus why marching bands are highly important in their lives.

Thank you to our special guests Emily Kiehl and Dustin Cather

Created and produced by Kinshuk Tella and Seyoon Choi

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