Navigating Life With Laura And Garmin

Taking your guide dog to an amusement parks can be challenging, but it can also be a lot of fun. Take a listen to this episode for some stories, and some good information about taking your guide dog to the amusement park.

Today's episode just has some good, funny stories about when I used to drive. Giving up my driver's license was the hardest thing I did, wow I didn't really give it up it was taken from me and after you hear some of these stories you'll understand why!

In today's episode, I'm talking with my co-worker Nik, who is blind and grew up living in Afghanistan. It was a great, and interesting discussion learning how blind people live in other countries. You are definitely going to want to listen to this episode!

In this final episode on the series about getting a guide dog, and summarizing all that goes into the decision making of getting a guide dog. This is such an important decision and there is so much that goes into it I'm sure I didn't get everything, but I truly hope that you find all this information helpful.

In today's episode, I'm talking mostly about the things involved with traveling with a guide dog. If you travel a lot, there is a lot to take into consideration when you're making the decision whether or not to get a guide dog, so listen to this very important episode and I promise you will get some good information!

In this episode on continuing the discussion on what all goes into the decision making process of getting a Guide Dog. I promise, there's lots of good stuff in here so take a listen!

I liken the decision to get a Guide Dog to the decision to have children. It's not one to be taken lightly, as it holds a great responsibility in many different ways. In today's episode of talk a little bit about those responsibilities, and tell the story of how I decided to get my first guide dog, Karbon.

Falling into the Trap of letting other people do everything for you and be easy, especially when you have a disability. But doing the best you can despite your disability, builds character and brings about better results than you can even imagine!

Learning that your visual impairment is just a piece of who you are isn't always easy to do. But, once you learn to look beyond your visual impairment it opens up a whole new world for how you look at yourself.

It is vital to your mental health to love who you are despite whatever disability or challenge you have. Listen to today's episode and get some encouragement to be able to appreciate all of the things about yourself.

This is an important topic that doesn't get nearly enough attention these days. Please listen closely as I discussed the struggles of having anxiety and depression with the added challenge of visual impairment.

Today I am talking about the construction of, and colorings of your eyeballs. Sound simple enough, but it's a very interesting topic so take a listen!

Glaucoma affects millions of people worldwide, and can cause permanent blindness. But there are treatments and preventative measures you can take to keep your eyes healthy. Hit play to see what I'm talkin about.

I love when I learned a lot studying for these episodes, so I know that you're going to learn something listening to this episode about this very common eye condition. Learn about the symptoms and treatments for the different types of cataracts.

Macular degeneration is the leading cause of central vision loss in people over 50. But there's good news, listen to today's episode to hear about the sign condition and treatment options that are available. If you're thinking that you don't need to hear it because you're not over 50 yet, you will be someday!

Take a listen as I talked about this totally preventable eye condition, how you get it and how it can possibly be treated. I will also answer the question, can it be cured?

With advances in technology, treatments for eye conditions have come a long way. When I was a kid, there was nothing they could do for patients with RP, but now there may be some options available. Listen to this episode to see just how far we've come with treatment options for patients like me who have RP.

In this continued discussion about being a good influence, I will try to answer the question how to be a good influence when people just continue to get in the way, and make it difficult.

Whether we like it or not, people with disabilities have a certain stereotype. I am determined to break that stereotype, by being a good example. What do I mean? You're going to have to hit play to find out!

In this episode I am having a great discussion with my friend Kelly, talking about blindness and the criminal justice system. This really is a story of coming back from some truly hard times. I hope you find encouragement in this story!

In this episode, I'm continuing the discussion about how to talk to your friends and family about your disability without sounding like you're looking for pity. It's important to let people know that you're independent, but not afraid to ask for help.

Having a disability can be a big enough challenge, but having to talk about it, and describe how it affects your life to your friends and your family can be even more of a challenge. What do I mean, hit play find out!

I think we all know that it's not just kids that say stuff that everybody else is too afraid to say oh, but adults tend to stay say stuff that people probably shouldn't say. What do I mean? Hit play, you'll see!

Probably the most important lesson I have learned in my adult life is to watch what I say, and how I say it. It's definitely not an easy task!

I truly hope that none of my followers are like the people that I talk about in today's episode. What do you do when someone has an out-of-control dog in public and you're trying to work your dog? Listen to this episode and see if things come a little more clear.