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The Tactile Traveler — 78 episodes

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The Tactile Traveler #75 - Why Amtrak Works for Blind Travelers + The California Zephyr

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The Tactile Traveler #74 - What to Do & Where to Go When Losing Vision or Going Blind

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The Tactile Traveler #74 - How to Choose A Therapist, Don’t Grab a Blind Person, Gunshot Trauma

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The Tactile Traveler #73 - Making Reservations on the Reservation, Visiting Native America, Alaska, and Hawai'i, and Finding Blind Ski Programs

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The Tactile Traveler #72

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The Tactile Traveler #71 - Echolocation, Ski Safety & My Ted Bundy Documentary Feature

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The Tactile Traveler #70 - Your Final Trip After You Die & Holograms That Bring 3D Vision to Life

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The Tactile Traveler #69 – ADA 35th Anniversary: How the Act Changed Lives + Cruise Weight-Gain Tips

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The Tactile Traveler #68: Echo Location – How Blind People Can Learn to “See” with Sound

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The Tactile Traveler #67 – Breaking Blind & Sensational Blackboards: Solving Life & Tactile Drawings

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The Tactile Traveler #66 - Wildfire Smoke, Marijuana Before Surgery, Honoring Leslie Stephens & more

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The Tactile Traveler #65 - Retrolental Fibroplasia, ROP, and why some premature babies go blind. Testing the Glide mobility device & Tips for Planning Summer Activities Around the Weather.

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The Tactile Traveler #64 - The History of Incubators and Why Many of Us Are Alive and Blind, How to Avoid Being Bitten by Ticks (and What to Do if You Are), and a Better Way to Stand Up

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The Tactile Traveler #63 - Blind Sailing & How Blind People Flirt

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The Tactile Traveler #62 - Blind farming & How Not to Become a Victim of Identity Theft

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Tactile Traveler #61 - Help For Potential Sexual Predators Before They Break the Law, Plus White Canes & Guide Dogs

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The Tactile Traveler #60

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The Tactile Traveler #50 - Recap! The Worldwide Status of Charles Bonnet Syndrome

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The Tactile Traveler #59 - Challenges for Deaf/Blind Individuals in Noisy Settings Like Sporting Events and Conventions

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The Tactile Traveler #58 - How Vocational Rehabilitation Can Change Your Life, Respecting Native Culture, Mastering Drinking Fountains, Your Vote Matters

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The Tactile Traveler #57 - Leave No Trace, Explore Indian Country with Ease: AIANTA’s New Web Page, Blind Hunting, and Blind Birding

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The Tactile Traveler #56 - Being Shot: A Frequent Cause of Blindness, Don't Grab a Blind Person, Blind Etiquette, Independence When Losing Your Sight, & An Update on Showdown

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The Tactile Traveler #55

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The Tactile Traveler #54

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The Tactile Traveler #53 - The History and the Amazing Value of White Canes and Making the Weather Work for You

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The Tactile Traveler #52 - Camp Abilities, Expanding the Athletic Skills of Blind Kids, How to Play Goalball, How to Play Showdown, and Being Afraid of Your Own Shadow

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The Tactile Traveler #51 - An Exercise on Blind Exercising, and Blind Pickleball

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The Tactile Traveler #50 - The Worldwide Status of Charles Bonnet Syndrome

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The Tactile Traveler #49 - Blind People in Prison & Blind Ballet

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The Tactile Traveler #48 - "The Disabilities Talk" and Blind Nurses

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The Tactile Traveler #47 - Help Wanted: Audio Describers, Describing the preparation & creativity involved in an Audio Describer

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The Tactile Traveler #46 - What To Do If You're Blind and Encounter Bears, & Life Made Easier with 3D Printing with the Help of see3d.org

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The Tactile Traveler #45 - Blind Soccer & How Blind People Flirt

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The Tactile Traveler #44 - Visiting the Vietnam War Memorial Wall, How to become a delegate to the next Democratic or Republican National Convention, & Braille Beer

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The Tactile Traveler #43 - How Marijuana Affects Surgery & What You Need to Tell Your Anesthesiologist, Blind Runners, & Flight for Sight

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The Tactile Traveler #42 - Brewability, One of the Most Accessible & Unique Restaurants in the World, How to Choose a Nursing Home or Rehabilitation Center, & Blind Birding

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The Tactile Traveler #41 - Our Responsibility During a Disaster like a Hurricane, Flood, or Forest Fire & An Update on the Sounds of Toyota's All-Electric Vehicles

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The Tactile Traveler #40 - The Sounds of Silent Electric Vehicles & Visiting NASA for Blind People

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The Tactile Traveler #39 - The Ups & Downs of Altitude Sickness, Tactile Trail Maps, Tips on Packing for Your Next Trip & Finding Your Suitcase in Luggage Claim

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The Tactile Traveler #38 - How to Cook for Blind People

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The Tactile Traveler #37 - Making Reservations on the Reservation, Visiting Native America, Alaska, and Hawai'i, and Finding Blind Ski Programs

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The Tactile Traveler #36 - Blind Surfing, Free Permanent National Parks Pass, Free Christmas Trees for 4th Graders, Updates on the 6 Dot Dash, & How to Hold a Party Without Pressuring People to Drink

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The Tactile Traveler #35 - The History of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Two Ways to Find Your Way Back to Your Seat in a Restaurant, Theater, or Stadium

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The Tactile Traveler #34 - Learning to Learn Your Neighborhood, BridgingApps, an App for People with All Kinds of Disabilities, and an Update on Jason Esterhuizen

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The Tactile Traveler #33 - Lost Person Behavior with Robert J. Koester, Ph.D., and Getting On The Back Seat of a Tandem Bike

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The Tactile Traveler #32 - How to Swim in the Ocean as a Blind Person, A Trip to the Tasting Garden & Remembering Kat Bradbury

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The Tactile Traveler #31 - What To Do In An Active Shooter Situation, Natural Disasters, Riding a Bicycle, & the Blind Driver Challenge

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The Tactile Traveler #30 - Natural Disasters, Loosing Your Cell Phone, Keeping Track of Your Medicine, & Computers for the Blind

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The Tactile Traveler #29 - Summer Edition, Glenwood Springs

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Tactile Traveler #28 - Charles Bonnet Syndrome, Trip to a Car Show, Eating with Chopsticks

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Tactile Traveler #27 - Trucker Convoys, Little Screens, Silverware

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Tactile Traveler #26 - Erik Weihenmayer, Goat Yoga, Dialing Phone Extensions

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Tactile Traveler #25 - Glenwood Springs Special

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Tactile Traveler #24 - Orthotics, Oxygen Concentrators, AIRA Friendly Airports & New Years Eve

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Tactile Traveler #24 - Orthotics, Oxygen Concentrators, AIRA Friendly Airports and New Years Eve

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Tactile Traveler #23 - Being Assertive, Futuristic Subway Station & Better Description Techniques

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Tactile Traveler #22 - Comparing Canes & Guide Dogs, Knee & Hip Replacements, Oxygen Concentrators, Go Go Grandparent

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Tactile Traveler #21 - Hurricane preparedness, medical luggage, sports with friends & tactile art with Rishika Kirk

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Tactile Traveler #20 - InChroma lenses, blind-friendly parks & time-shared self-driving cars

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Tactile Traveler #19 - Visiting George Floyd square, Paralympic swimming, & High Country Gems and Minerals

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Tactile Traveler #18 - What to do in an active shooter situation, traveling through cloudbursts & the blind driver's challenge

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Tactile Traveler #17 - Tear Gas & Contact Lenses, Charles Bonnet Increase and How to Tell If It Might Rain

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Tactile Traveler #16 - Busy intersections, skiing eye injuries, blind skateboarding, a correction, avoiding weight gain on cruises, and housebreaking horses

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Tactile Traveler #15 - Guide Horses, Blind Bus Riders, Voiceover Control, and Dinner in the Dark

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Tactile Traveler #14 - PPE, Packing Your Suitcase, Keeping Track of Credit Cards, Tips for Long Amtrak Trips, and A Trip to Democracy

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Tactile Traveler #13 - Describing Things to Blind People, Amtrak Seating, Artificial Vision Implant Update, Finding Wastebaskets and No Pressure Parties

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Tactile Traveler 12 - Posture Problems, First White Cain, Botanic Garden Trip, Guide Dog Booties, Riots Update, Organizing Your Medicine

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The Tactile Traveler #11 - Echolocation, Hotel Pillows, Hunting Season Safety, Amtrak, Phone Chargers and Voting with a Disability

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The Tactile Traveler #10 - Bicycle Safety, Directory Assistance, Blind Reporter Nate Trela, Facemask Comfort, White Cain Tip and Friday the 13th

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The Tactile Traveler #9 - Low Vision Driving, Holograms, Blind Summer Camps, COVID-19 Tourism, & White Cane Repairs

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Tactile Traveler #8 - What To Do In A Protest, Demonstration or Riot, Whether You Want to Be There or Not

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Tactile Traveler #7 - Tips for Social Distancing, Carrying a Tray, Artificial Sight, Website Accessibility, Philly Touch Tours and Guide Dog Assembly Lines

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Tactile Traveler #6 - More on Charles Bonnet Syndrome, World Traveler Mona Minkara, Battery Packs, Keeping Guide Dogs In Shape

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Tactile Traveler #5 - Don't Grab a Blind Person, Braille Trails & Sensory Gardens, World Famous Blind Traveler, Finding Luggage, Blind Tannis, and Protecting Ourselves from COVID-19

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The Tactile Traveler #4 - Charles Bennet Syndrome, Guiding the Blind, Restaurant Tips, Using White-Canes, and the California Zephyr

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Tactile Traveler #3 - Becoming a Delegate, Guide Dog Guides, Over There App, Questions to Ask your Driver, Buying Prosthetic Eyes

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Tactile Traveler #2 - The Braille Trail, National Federation of the Blind Convention, Surviving Typhoons in the Philippines

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Tactile Traveler #1 - 6 Dot Dash, Avalanche Damage, Autonomous Vehicles, and the Denver Trolley