Hello Again;
I’m really excited about the latest guest on What’s Your Excuse.
is my latest new best friend who I met at Pod Fest.
In fact I had posted in their face book group that I was looking to share a motel room with someone. A few people had offered, but they wanted more money for my share of their room. David let me stay with him for exactly what I wanted to spend, and he was okay with my not paying him until I got to the conference.
Then to find out he is also blind and an established podcaster with a show focusing on blindness, vision loss, and how we adapt to what vision we have to live our lives on our terms.
We spent countless hours talking. We ate together. And he helped me navigate my way around the hotel for a good chunk of the weekend.
I wish I had photos of people’s expressions watching us follow each other around. Especially when we took the escalator. Something many sighted people won’t even ask us if we can take. 🙂
Sometimes, I went sighted guide taking his shoulder. And other times I followed behind him listening for his cane tapping in front of me. It was a blast.
Now, you are probably wondering what we talked about on the podcast.
Well, first we talked about how blindness and vision loss are individual to each blind person. And how he has to confront the idea that everyone with a white cane and glasses is totally blind.
In fact there were some people we encountered at the hotel who reacted as if David might be faking because he has some functional vision and uses it.
We talked about podcasting and his show I Can’t C U.
He mentioned his most recent episode at that time where he and his family were trying to make board games accessible using only things you already own.
We talked about accessible technology, and how often the cool new tools are over priced for their market.
We discussed traveling while blind and compared our styles.
I’ll give you a hint, his way of traveling is much more adventurous than mine. As many of you know I prefer to find people along the way and ask them to help.
The most important thing he said was directed to blind people, but I think you can apply it to any problem solving situation.
When you are blind, you don’t have to use the same solution every time.
Sometimes, conditions demand that the better answer is to ask for help or stay closer to home base.
While other times cry out for full on Indiana Jones mode. 🙂
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David’s Bio
I’ve been an entrepreneur my entire life, opting to work in my parent’s supermarkets rather than going to summer camp.
I opened a video store when I was 21 years old in 1986 when there was a vacancy in a storefront in some commercial property my parent’s owned that happened to be next to one of their markets that I worked in as a kid.
During the 13 year run at the video store, I landed a segment on a local Philadelphia radio station every Thursday morning to talk about the new video releases, the movie industry, and award shows. In addition, I appeared in radio spots on several other Philadelphia and Wilmington, DE stations in which I also wrote the copy.
In 2004 I co-founded Digital Graphics Design, a graphic and web design company. We create branding for small businesses and solopreneurs, as well as develop their online presence with website design, SEO, online advertising, and web hosting. We continue to help our clients to this day, though more in a consulting role.
I launched the iCantCU Podcast in 2018. I talk about the challenges I face on a daily basis and how I overcome them.
It is meant to show sighted people that blind people can do most of the things sighted people do, we just do it a little differently.
Connect With David
Website: www.icantcu.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/davidbenj
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/in/davidbenj
Twitter: www.twitter.com/davidbenj
Instagram: www.instagram.com/davidbenj
Youtube: www.youtube.com/davidbenj
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I do hope you will visit David’s site and get to know him. I think he has a lot to teach us.
Bridging the gap between Sighted and blind has to begin by attempting to understand each other. To realize what challenges we each face.
So many of the trials that come with vision loss are not unique to the blind.
Many of my sighted friends also complain about the difficulty of learning new technology, the aggravating nature of social media, the hardships of traveling to and from work, the juggling of work, family, kids, etc; and so much more.
And yes everyone is struggling through the pandemic.
Sighted and blind alike we are all just doing the best we can to find solutions that work for us in this moment in time.
I think that’s the most important lesson that me and David and many others are trying to teach.
I look forward to your questions, comments, and personal stories of overcoming life’s difficulties.
Until next time thanks and take care out there, Max
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