<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 30px 0px 10px; line-height: 1.1; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-weight: 500; color: green; font-size: 25px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">December 7, 2020 – DeafBlind and Living the Lives They Want</h3><p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 20px; line-height: 1.8; padding: 0px; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">In this episode of the Nation’s Blind Podcast, Anil and Chris Danielsen talk with Alice Eaddy, president of the <a href="http://nfbdeaf-blind.org/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Deafblind Division of the National Federation of the Blind</a>, and Marsha Drenth, the division’s first vice-president. These two accomplished women discuss how they live the lives they want as deafblind individuals; explain concepts such as captioning, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_signing" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 62, 112); transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out; outline: 0px;">tactile signing</a>, and support service providers (SSPs); and give tips for respectful and inclusive interactions with deafblind people. Also: Read <a href="https://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm20/bm2011/bm201125.htm" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 90, 163); text-decoration: none; transition: color 0.2s ease-in-out, opacity 0.2s ease-in-out, background-color 0.2s ease-in-out, border-color 0.2s ease-in-out;">Marsha Drenth’s article in the December 2020 Braille Monitor</a>.</p>https://www.nfb.org/sites/www.nfb.org/files/2020-12/nations%20blind%20podcast%20deafblind.mp3</div><br><br><div dir="ltr">Denise Valkema, President <span style="font-size: 13pt;">National Federation of the Blind of Florida </span><div>(305)972-8529<br><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">president@nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">www.nfbflorida.org</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">Follow us @nfbflorida</span></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 13pt;">You can live the life you want.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.</span></div></div></body></html>