Journeys: Season 4, Episode 9

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Journeys: Season 4, Episode 9 - Tanner Gers

M4G Advocacy Media

58 minutes 48 seconds

1 year ago

Journeys: Season 4, Episode 9 - Tanner Gers

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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