Safe streets matter – for everyone, in every city, everywhere. 🧑‍🦯 #BlindNewWorld

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#Repost @BlindspotTheShow: “Lamar Brown can’t afford to cross the street at 90th Street and 5th Ave in New York City on his own — not if he wants to avoid getting hit by a car. And he’s not alone. As you’ll hear him say, Lamar is just one of dozens of athletes with visual impairment who cross this intersection every week.

On this second episode of Blind Spot, Francesco and Max spoke with Lamar about why intersections like 90th and 5th are unsafe for him to cross alone, and how the Mamdani administration can help. Out of the 13,000 plus intersections scattered around New York, the good news is that the City is scheduled to retrofit 10,000 by 2031 with Audible Pedestrian Signal technology, or APS for short. The bad news is they don’t always know where to put APS, leaving popular intersections like this one unprotected.

This is our first intersection of the show, but we promise that it won’t be the last. If you or someone you know has visual impairment and knows of a crosswalk that’s in need of APS, reach out! We would love to hear from you.

P.S. — No blind folks were harmed in the making of this episode.

Produced by: Alex Karpawich”

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Video description: Video opens with a skit of Lamar crossing the street using his white cane. Suddenly, a bus appears – Lamar’s eyes go wide, the screen fades to black and there’s a crash noise. The hosts of Blindspot, Max and Francesco, who is also blind, then appear to introduce the episode and interview Lamar at the intersection of 90th and 5th in New York City. The video ends with Lamar preparing to cross the street again – he opens his eyes wide, as if he’s anticipating the bus again, then breaks into laughter. Full transcript in comments.

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#TheMoreYouKnow #SafetyFirst #crosswalk #disability #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights ##WhiteCane #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MidweekMood #MidweekMotivation ...

It`s Monday. Ready to march into the week? 🥁 #BlindNewWorld

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#Repost @DrumLineMom740: "Ohio State School for the Blind Marching Panthers at the Millersport Sweet Corn Festival Grand Parade 2026 ❤️🤍💙🌽

The world’s only blind marching band bringing the music to the parade route! 🎶"

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Video description and transcript: Footage of the @OhioStateSchoolForTheBlind Marching Panthers playing in a parade. The members of the band play a variety of instruments including drums, clarinets, saxophones, trumpets, cymbals and more. Some navigate independently, others are guided by instructors and others use wheelchairs.

Text on the screen reads: "This is the Ohio State School for the Blind Marching Panthers. Volunteer marching assistants help with direction, spacing and safety. They march in parades and take the field for halftime shows complete with music, formations and drill.

Audio starts with the entire band repeating the chant: "O-H-I-O! O-S-S-B! O-H-I-O! O-S-S-B! Go Panthers!" Following the chant, the band bursts into song, and marches off camera playing "This Land is Your Land."

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#MarchingBand #MarchingBandLife #MarchingBandSeason #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #MondayMood #MondayMotivation ...

Did you know that Paul McCartney included a secret braille message to Stevie Wonder on his 1973 Wings album, Red Rose Speedway?

We love little moments of inclusion and allyship in the #BlindNewWorld. 🫶

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#Repost @MarsMadex: "I love finding out fun facts about my records..."

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Video description: Musician Mars Madex holds up Paul and Linda McCartney`s Ram album. Text on screen reads, "Everyone knows about Paul`s hidden message to Linda..." Mars flips the album and points to a small inscription on its cover: L.I.L.Y. Text reads, "Linda, I love you."

Mars then holds up the Red Rose Speedway album by Wings, with Paul McCartney on the cover. Text reads, "But did you know he also left a message for Stevie Wonder in braille on Red Rose Speedway?" Mars flips the record around and points to a braille message embossed on the cover. Text reads, "We love you, baby."

"My Love" by Wings plays over the video. There is no other audio.

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#BeAnAlly #DidYouKnow #FunFact #FunFactFriday #FriendGoals #PaulMcCartney #StevieWonder #DisabilityInclusion #braille #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind ...

Enjoy the last splash of summer - with or without your white cane! 🏊‍♀️ 🦯 #BlindNewWorld

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#Repost @CanSeeCantSee_: "I do find swimming pools scary, and the ocean is definitely even scarier. But at the same time, there’s this huge feeling of freedom that comes with being in the water.

Rick the Stick is pretty much permanently attached to my right hand… except when I’m on the sand, in the ocean or in a swimming pool.

And as scary as that can be, there’s something really freeing about it too."

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Video description: Claire walks across a pool deck using her white cane, “Rick the Stick,” to find the edge of the swimming pool. The camera then shows her feet as she carefully feels for the steps to enter the water. Once in the pool, Claire uses one hand to follow the stone wall while holding her other hand out in front of her to help navigate through the water.

Full transcript in comments.

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#TheMoreYouKnow #DidYouKnow #EndlessSummer #EndOfSummer #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #WhiteCane #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind #WeekendVibes #FridayFeeling ...

The First Hello program from @GuideDogsUK gives expectant parents like Reece, who are blind, access to tactile versions of their 20-week ultrasound scans. 👶 #BlindNewWorld

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#Repost @WashingtonPost: "These 3D-printed tactile sonograms help visually impaired expectant parents, like Reece Finnegan-Knight, experience their baby`s image.

The ridges and shapes allow people to trace the position and contours of the baby before birth.

The model is part of a new pilot scheme called First Hello by Guide Dogs, a U.K. charity that supports people with sight loss.

“I feel included in this now and I can access something at the same time as you. We`ve both got this tactile thing that I can actually experience in the exact same way as everyone else,” Reece said."

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Video description: An interview with Reece Finnegan-Knight (@BlindAndBlonde_), who is blind, and his wife, Sophy, who is pregnant, talking about the 3D-printed ultrasound of their baby. Full transcript in the comments.

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#Accessibility #AccessibilityMatters #Inclusion #InclusionMatters #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityIsNotInability #DisabilityNotInability #DisabilityAwareness #DisabilityAcceptance #BlindParenting #blind #blindness #VisuallyImpaired #VisualImpairment #LowVision #VisionLoss #SightLoss #LegallyBlind ...