Safe Toddles Talks Orientation and Mobility

About Safe Toddles Talks Orientation and Mobility

Host Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, President and CEO Safe Toddles non-profit and inventor of the Pediatric Belt Cane for blind toddlers discusses why her mission is to make walking safer for toddlers with a mobility visual impairment or blindness. Listen to: Interviews with families, professionals, adults who grew up with a mobility visual impairment or blindness, and more. For more information about this blog contact: 845-244-6600, info@safetoddles.org

Publisher

Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS

Category

education

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

16 Nov 2020

Latest episode

16 Mar 2025

Latest episodes

62 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Mar 2025

   Susan born 1953 a "high partial" whose parents actively rejected her using a white cane

   Send us a text My friend Susan who was born with retinopathy of prematurity and had 20/400 and 20/800 she is effectively mobility visually impaired – perhaps that cutoff is 20/500, so by 100 ? that’s a lot of stress. Susan and I met because she was the interim director of a program that I was hired to take over, she was the boss, and then I became her boss- e. Susan’s life experiences are as a “high partial” someone considered having a lot of vision at the school for the blind, and not ...

2. 

   31 Dec 2024

   Mike Jones born 1963 - grew up using echolocation until his first dog guide in his second year of college.

   For New Years Eve 2024 I’m bringing you one of my all-time favorite interviews- conducted November 1999, just shy of Y2K- blind travel was not for the faint of heart. Born in 1963 –he didn’t get a full-time mobility tool until his first guide dog in his second year of college. Sit back and relax – this is a good oneMike’s honesty about the importance of mobility tools in his life is also filled with the push and pull of the lifetime of growing up with the philosophy that it should...

3. 

   24 Dec 2024

   Barbara born blind in 1953 her first long cane in 1980 when she was 27 years old

   From 1999 – 2001, as a young professor I conducted over 100 interviews with employed adults with blindness. I was seeking insight into my profession from the everyday consumer – and I continue to learn and improve my practice by listening absent bias and judgement. This week we have Barbara Hadnott Her interview was conducted November 21, 1999 – She was born blind in 1953 – Her life is a vivid picture of someone who is at home with the reality of growing up blind, being active, smart, ac...

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YouTube views

322,680

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 37 / 100

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Social presence

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YouTube

82

Engagement

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