Blind People Building Bright Futures One Penny At A Time
Chris Peterson Eva: When someone other than you uses your identity information to monetize it, get goods or services, or simply act like you, that’s an identity crime. The Penny Forward podcast is transcribed by Anne Verduin, a blind transcriber living in Portland Oregon who charges competitive rates. To hire Anne to transcribe your … Read more
Taylor: I’ve had to fight all my life because of college and school issues in terms of accessibility, and so I know what it’s like to have an inaccessible life. So, what keeps me motivated is that I’m able to help others, and I’m able to make a real change, and that I’m able to … Read more
Chris: From 1998 through 2010, you became a saver, you started to save up a bunch of money, you also tapped into a community block grant, so that was your down payment, right? And you were building your credit, so you had a good credit score, and were able to get a mortgage. And house … Read more
Ron: Experience is more important than knowledge, because experience teaches knowledge. And there’s too many people, and this is a bias in the rehab system, and it’s a bias that people of my generation, I’m generation X, we in the rehab system have this bias for education. And education is fine, but education doesn’t give … Read more
Penny Forward founder Chris Peterson was featured on a recent episode of the ABLE to Save podcast from the ABLE National Resource Center. Chris feels that ABLE accounts can be a powerful tool for blind people to build wealth that can be used to weather hard times, take advantage of rare opportunities, and support causes … Read more
(What sounds like a few keys being pressed on a keyboard, then a mouse click.) Leena: When I started doing tapping last year, I wanted to do it as a business, but I still had difficulty because I felt like healing should be free. Even though I paid quite a bit for healing sessions. … Read more
This week we are collaborating with The Penny Forward Podcast to bring you a great interview with Leena Ann Solusar. She is starting her own business helping people with energy healing. What is the hardest part of starting a business? For Leena Ann Solusar, it was the fear that it was wrong to charge for … Read more
Everett: I was diagnosed with bipolar type 2. I was also diagnosed with schizophrenia. These are all results, I think, of definitely chemical imbalances, but also not being our true selves, and of taking subpar care of our bodies. So, my advice to you is, first of all, not to listen to the people who … Read more
Kirk: I was born sighted, and when I was in kindergarten, both my retinas detached, so I became blind just over night, really. Within a couple days. I was the only blind student in any school I attended after third grade. I got an academic scholarship to a small school, Whitman college in Walla Walla, … Read more
Jake: Guide Dogs for the Blind provides all of our services free of charge. We serve people who are blind and visually impaired in all fifty states and Canada. And what I mean by free of charge, I mean the application is free of charge, the dog, its equipment, instruction, and lifetime follow-up for you … Read more