In this episode of #Journeys we spoke to Tanner Gers, #Paralympian and the Managing Director at AccessAbility Officer. Topics of conversation included: accessibility, biases, disability employment and a whole lot more!
#disability #m4gAdvocacyMedia #advocate #accessibility #inclusion #speaker #AcquiredDisability #Journeys #podcast #interview #blind #consultant #TeamUSA #stigmas #discrimination #DigitalAccessibility #GenerationalTrauma #bias #BaseballForTheBlind #VocationalRehabilitation
00:00 Intro
02:52 Tanner's Journey
15:05 Making Opportunities (AccessAbility Officer)
19:11 Generational Trauma Shifting
23:11 Baseball For The Blind Explained
29:01 Vocational Rehabilitation
36:54 Post Covid & The Cultural Shift
41:53 LinkedIn And Other Platforms' Accessibility
52:58 Doing What's Beneficial To All Humanity
55:23 Tanner's Contact Info And Upcoming Projects
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LINKS
AccessAbility Officer website - https://accessabilityofficer.com/
American Foundation for the Blind - https://www.afb.org/
Learn more about the Certified AccessAbility Testing (CAT) Program - https://accessabilityofficer.com/individuals
All American Dream-Tanner Gers Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Martin Luther King Celebration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac6Mt5LmFmQ
National Beep Baseball Association - https://www.nbba.org/
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COLLABORATIONS & WAYS YOU CAN HELP:
At M4G Advocacy Media, we are proud to be global advisors of Billion Strong (https://billion-strong.org) who are connecting and empowering the global community of over 1.3 billion people with disabilities! #WeAreBillionStrong #BillionStrong #BillionStrongGlobalAdvisors #BillionStrongPartners #AXSChat #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityConfident
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We take accessibility seriously at M4G! Our accessibility partner is accessiBe. If you're looking to make your website more accessible (and really you should!), check them out at https://accessiBe.com @accesiBe
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