Aaron’s Opinion

Hi Aaron, As we discussed, below are some short sentences about me for the podcast. Please let me know if you have any questions or need any additional details. I’m legally blind with retinitis pigmentosa (RP). I came to the United States from Vietnam when I was 19 years old. I did not speak any English at the time. I started high school at the age of 19 and tried to learn English at the same time...

Biography – Rey Dalman Duhaylungsod,LPT 1981-09-23 I am a Licensed Professional Teacher and Senior High School educator at the Department of Education in Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines. My work focuses on inclusive education, and I teach blind students across all year levels. I use tools such as Braille, abacus instruction, NVDA screen reader training, and orientation and mobility guidance to ma...

Hi Aaron, Thank you for wanting to have us on your podcast. Even Though I’m Blind is a media outlet and nonprofit created to give blind and visually impaired people a real voice, stronger visibility, and a space where our stories can be shared with honesty, purpose, and humanity. Through media, storytelling, interviews, social platforms, and community connection, we highlight the people, experienc...

Leighann Fuller is the inaugural Visually Impaired Services Coordinator at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE), beginning her time in the ACCESS Office in November 2025. Prior to this role, she worked in the Student Persistence and Success department at SIUE as a Success coach. After experiencing a vision loss in 2023, blind and visually impaired students began to gravitate to Leighan...

Hi there So, I’m demo Scotland, UK. IM 56 years old (nearly 57 yikes, where are the years disappearing to….) I’ve been involved with music since ,y teens, since High School Bands, and Musical Theatre productions locally. Never really did anything with the bands, we wrote so,e stuff together but only played live a handful of times, and changing line-ups of the bands often caused ‘creative conflict...

Dedicated professional with over 30 years of experience in the art business, including extensive involvement in gallery management, event organization, and community engagement. Skilled in marketing, display, promoting, and social media. Committed to fostering education and appreciation of art while ensuring customer satisfaction. Proven track record of successful leadership and collaboration in b...

Dear Aaron, Thank you so much for inviting me to be a guest on Aaron's Opinion, I'd be happy to accept. A bit about myself: my name is Demir Ajvazi, I'm 34 (turning 35 this September), from Beočin, Serbia. I have a degree in English Language and Literature, but since I couldn't find work in that field in Serbia, I currently work repairing and selling mobile phones. I'm married and we have a 20-mon...

Aaron, thank you for your interest in Sideways Innovations, LLC. My name is Stephen Poirier, alias Blind Yoda. I noticed at a very young age that I could not see well but my teachers thought I was simply lazy. When I told them I could not see through the cloud on the chalkboard, they did not understand. This was confusing to me and my family since I knew I had a problem. I saw many specialists wit...

About Me: My name is Natalie Kay Hamlin. I’m a writer, content creator, and advocate focused on vision‑loss awareness, emotional intelligence, and lived‑experience education. I was born with chorioretinitis and I also experience Charles Bonnet Syndrome, so a lot of my work centers around explaining these conditions in a way that’s honest, accessible, and human. I create educational content, person...

Aaron, thank you for the opportunity. I believe you wanted some background information and what my platform is so I am Leia Lemons-McGahee I am known as the complicated diabetic. I started this Facebook page because I saw some diabetics that were younger. Having these histrionic fits over their blood sugars and anxiety over nearly dying in the middle of the night with low blood sugars so I just wa...

Hello Aaron, First and foremost, thank you for the invitation to join you on Aaron’s Opinion. I am truly honored by the opportunity and look forward to our conversation. By way of introduction, my name is Anthony Corona. I am a writer, broadcaster, advocate, mentor, and the founder of The Sunday Edition Family of Podcasts and Digital Media Content Services. Storytelling has been the central thread...

Hi everyone. I'm Britta from "Braille and blindness" here in Denmark. In this episode of Aaron's Opinion I try to tell you everything about how seven years ago I was so lucky, that a 3 yr old blind girl entered the kindergarten I was working at. How I got to follow her all the way through kindergarten and into school, where we're about to enter 4th grade right after the sommer holiday. How I try t...

Hey Aaron, Here’s a short description you can use for the episode notes: Roads Audio is a private social audio app built for real conversations. Instead of posting into a public feed, users create private channels where they can record audio, listen to others, and reply with their own thoughts. It is designed to feel more personal than social media and more interactive than a traditional podcast,...

Hi aaron paul hear I,m 46 I,m from drogheda in irelqnd I have spina bifida and hydrochalus I,m a musician and songwriter I play keyboard I released an album called the wheels are no big deal in 2023 ten songs written by me produced in abbey lane studios sang by my sister mary I also released a single called fellow man which I wrote for a livestream presented by danny Lamb of a song a City in canad...

Hey Aaron, Thanks so much for the opportunity - here’s the notes for your episodes notes. Do let us know when it goes live and we’ll be sure to promote from our side! Double Tap is a daily technology podcast and YouTube show where blind people talk tech. Hosted by Steven Scott and Shaun Preece, the show covers accessibility, mainstream technology, AI, smart glasses, Apple, Android, assistive tech,...

I'm Adekunle Ogumbodede, from Nigeria. I'm legally blind—diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa back in 2008—but I can still see a little, enough to keep moving forward. Through all this, I've seen how we're treated: misrepresented, stereotyped, stigmatized, pushed aside like we're invisible. In Nigeria especially, we're an afterthought—policies sit on paper, never enforced, while things feel way bet...

My name is Shelley Keeland, and I would like to share my career story of becoming the first and only blind steno machine court reporter in Arkansas and one of the first in the country in the early 1990s. I am retired now, and my wish is to help raise awareness and hope within our blind community that we should never accept society’s limitations when it comes to our dreams and living a fulfilled an...

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Hey Aaron, Here is a little bit about me and what I do: 1. Defying the "Physical Limit" Narrative Nick’s story is a powerful example of mindset over mechanics. Living with Cerebral Palsy, he has spent a lifetime navigating a world not always built for his physical path. By building a national media company, he proves that physical challenges do not dictate the scale of one’s professional impact or...

as you know my name is Audriana i have rp i was diagnosed at 5 my sight stayed stable untill i was 28 i ended up loosing all my sight now i am 33 i actually just started my you tube channel last month so i am just getting started i also am a recovering addict i have been clean for 5 years i am trying to motivate people to be there best self i want to show people just because i am blind that dont m...

My name is J.B. Lawrence. At the end of 2017, my vision suddenly failed due to undiagnosed diabetic retinopathy—no prior symptoms. In 2018, I got married and became a stepdad to two awesome daughters. I worked full-time through the pandemic, and starting in January 2022, I lost my sister, then my dad, and by January 2023, my mom. During this time, I also began in-home dialysis after kidney failure...

Hi Aaron, Here’s a short bio with my links included. I had a little help putting it together just to make sure it reads clean, but please feel free to edit, shorten, or adjust it however you’d like to fit your format or style. Jeff Skoglund, known as The Blind Outdoorsman, is a Minnesota-based content creator sharing real-life experiences with blindness alongside his guide dog, Natty. Living with...

Meet Scott Joffre from New Hampshire. Scott was born extremely premature at just 26 weeks and weighed only 1 pound, 8 ounces — truly a miracle baby. He has retinopathy of prematurity, which affected his vision from the start. Growing up, Scott needed glasses and assistive tech like CCTVs just to see clearly, but he still enjoyed playing sports, hanging out with friends, and video games. When Scott...

Hello Aaron, as requested, please see bio and social media handles below: Ben Akuoko is a Ghanaian-Canadian multidisciplinary thought leader, digital creator, entertainer, and advocate living with Retinitis Pigmentosa. His work lives at the intersection of music, storytelling, culture, identity, and social impact, shaped by his lived experience as a Black man navigating disability and creativity....

Good day to you, and Happy New Year! My name is Labron Minnis, as you already know. I live in The Bahamas, so my time zone is Eastern Time (GMT-5). I am currently out of school, as I graduated last year. I speak English, which is our primary language here, although we do learn Spanish in school. That said, I do not speak Spanish fluently. Now that I am out of school, I am on YouTube delivering glo...