Starting VR Services and ATB Training
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ต.ค. 2024
- Thank you for joining my guide dog, Figaro, and I for today's video! My name is Nicole--I'm a busy blind mom, motivational speaker, writer, and advocate. We would love to have you join us on this crazy journey and all of our adventures! Please subscribe to our channel, "like" this video if you enjoyed it--"liking" this video will help it to reach more people who may find our content helpful!
Today's Video:
Over the past couple of years, and most dramatically in the past six months, I've experienced significant decline in my remaining vision. My specialists have no distinct reason for this, and the issues I'm experiencing are not correctable. Since I've been at home with our children for quite some time since last being in the workforce outside of the home, I have connected with Vocational Rehabilitation (VR) Services, which in my state is a specific agency serving blind, Deaf-Blind, and visually impaired individuals, while a separate agency serves individuals with any other disability who experience an impediment to employment resulting from their disability. Today was my first planning meeting with my VR counselor and a tour of the organization where I will attend classes a couple of days a week. While I have typically been very good about audio description in my videos, I must apologize, because about mid-way through this video, there are a number of clips with background music that I completely forgot to get to audio-describing before I uploaded. These clips include Figaro and I working through Minneapolis, including two street crossings at lighted intersections, and him being asked to "Find the door." and successfully doing so. These clips also include some sped-up footage of me editing video using Final Cut Pro. My video editing is still very much reliant upon my remaining vision at this point, so you are able to see how close I need to get to the screen and how magnified my screen is in order to complete the detail work of editing.
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Copyright Free Music in Today's Video:
Introduction: Bomber (Sting) by Artist Riot
Mid-Point: Faith by Artist Vibe Tracks
Closing: On the Bach by Artist Jingle Punks
Thank you for the information and seeing you and your guide dog work helps me know what it will feel like with one after I graduate high school and start collage
So awesome!! Love this! I do have one good friend who is in high school and working her first guide dog! She’s PHENOMENAL! Keep working toward all of your goals!! ❤️
Love the team work, getting around town.
+Someone Somewhere he's pretty incredible! We work very well together! And overall, I'm just smitten with him. 😂
Do you work?? Can you do a video on your experience if you went to college and/or getting a job and such? I’m in college right now, and it’s complicated trying to find a niche when you’re blind, trying to find something that you can do and makes sense for your family and such.
+Madelyn Loyd I do. I'm on a medical leave right now from a part-time position at our local target store. But, my professional background is IN vocational rehabilitation counseling. I've been home with our daughters for quite some time now, but worked for two General disability state vocational rehabilitation agencies and then one blind specific state vocational rehabilitation agency. So, my bachelors degree is in psychology (would likely do something different if I had to do it over) and my master's is in vocational rehabilitation counseling. If I were to pursue a line of work different from this, it would likely be social work, and it would be HIGHLY likely that I would pursue a position in research and academia.
I'll be glad to do a video on my educational experiences! Or tips and suggestions! Can you tell me what things you find most frustrating or challenging and I'll be glad to try to focus it!
Could you also do a video on how you make your blogs? I’d really like to start a channel, but not sure what camera equipment I need and editing software or how to edit. Like, obviously I have my camera and such, just not sure what I need to make the best vlog
+Madelyn Loyd sure!!! I film with a pretty simple Sony video camera. I also sometimes use a first gen go pro hero to capture some of Figaro's view, but I'm waiting to do more of that angle for a gimble that will help stabilize the camera... as it is when I've filmed with the go pro on him, it ends up with so much movement it makes people seasick. I edit with a MacBook Pro laptop and I began using iMovie but now edit with Final Cut Pro.
There's a huge learning curve, at least there has been for me! But, if it's something you want to try--the best advice truly is to jump in and try it!
What editing program do you use? I've always used iMovie, but find it complicated. I don't know if that's because it really is complicated or if I'm just a slow learner. Lol!
I began using iMovie and now use Final Cut Pro. Both have been a HUGE learning process for me and it feels like it takes me ages to edit, and while my hubs has offered to do it I’ve not given up control yet LOL. I should. I really should. 😂😂😂
CraftyBlindChick that’s so nice of him to offer!! But I can understand not wanting to give up doing it yourself. Practice is the only to get beyond that learning curve, I suppose. 💁🏼♀️
Have u ever looked into a monocular
+Flower Sparks yes. I've used a monocular and bioptic lenses also at different points in my life. The monocular isn't really useful at this juncture. I've come to LOVE using the app Seeing AI, which will read signs and short text or even longer print documents, and will scan and identify items with a barcode scanner! It's wonderful and much like having a monocular that reads outloud. 😂. I really appreciate the suggestion! ❤️