Abigail Shaw's guest appearances

Abigail Shaw

Blind Abilities

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The Eyes Free Sports Podcast

OwlTail

Rachel Grider

Learning Ally’s College Success Program coordinator, Abigail Shaw, gives us a history of Learning Ally and dives deep into the College Success Program. Mentor, Rachel Grider, and Mentee, Gabi Mendonca, explain how the College Success Program works from their experience as a Mentor and a college student perspective. You can get all the details on the web at College Success Program Read more we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com or give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093

Learning Ally’s <a href="https://collegesuccessbvi.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">College Success Program</a> coordinator, Abigail Shaw, gives us a history of Learning Ally and dives deep into the College Success Program. Mentor, Rachel Grider, and Mentee, Gabi Mendonca, explain how the <a href="https://collegesuccessbvi.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">College Success Program</a> works from their experience as a Mentor and a college student perspective. You can get all the details on the web at <a href="https://collegesuccessbvi.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">College Success Program</a> <a href="https://blindabilities.com/?p=6743" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Read more</a> we would love to hear from you! Send us an email at info@BlindAbilities.com or give us a call and leave us some feedback at 612-367-6093

Learning Ally’s College Success Program: Giving You the Tools and Support You Need to Thrive During College and Beyond.  Meet coordinator Abigail Shaw, Mentor Rachel Grider and Mentee Gabi Mendonca

In Episode 35 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we visit with blind long distance runner and marathoner Abigail Shaw. She talked about: Her diagnosis of a visual impairment at age four Attending Appalachian State University to earn a bachelor’s in music and audio production and Fordham University for a Master of Social Work Her guide dog from the Running Guides program at Guiding Eyes for the Blind and a special harness to make running with her dog more efficient How she got involved in running with Achilles International, an organization that helps engage people with disabilities in running and other recreational activities The half-marathons, marathons, and triathlons she has competed in What she enjoys most about running and how accepting the running community is for people of diverse abilities Her job with Learning Ally, an organization providing audiobooks and mentoring to students who are visually impaired, dyslexic, or have other challenges Her advocacy work on the Advisory Committee on Transit Accessibility through the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York    Learn more about Achilles International at http://www.achillesinternational.org. Learn more about Learning Ally at http://learningally.org. 

In Episode 35 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we visit with blind long distance runner and marathoner Abigail Shaw. She talked about: <ul><li>Her diagnosis of a visual impairment at age four</li> <li>Attending Appalachian State University to earn a bachelor’s in music and audio production and Fordham University for a Master of Social Work</li> <li>Her guide dog from the Running Guides program at Guiding Eyes for the Blind and a special harness to make running with her dog more efficient</li> <li>How she got involved in running with Achilles International, an organization that helps engage people with disabilities in running and other recreational activities</li> <li>The half-marathons, marathons, and triathlons she has competed in</li> <li>What she enjoys most about running and how accepting the running community is for people of diverse abilities</li> <li>Her job with Learning Ally, an organization providing audiobooks and mentoring to students who are visually impaired, dyslexic, or have other challenges</li> <li>Her advocacy work on the Advisory Committee on Transit Accessibility through the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York</li> </ul> Learn more about Achilles International at <a href="http://www.achillesinternational.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.achillesinternational.org</a>. Learn more about Learning Ally at <a href="http://learningally.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://learningally.org</a>.