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Journeys: Season 4, Episode 9 - Tanner Gers
Episode 9
Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
In this episode of #Journeys we spoke to Tanner Gers, #Paralympian and the Managing Director at AccessAbility Officer. Topics of conversation included: accessibility, biases, disability employment and a whole lot more! #disability #m4gAdvocacyMedia #advocate #accessibility #inclusion #speaker #AcquiredDisability #Journeys #podcast #interview #blind #consultant #TeamUSA #stigmas #discrimination #DigitalAccessibility #GenerationalTrauma #bias #BaseballForTheBlind #VocationalRehabilitation 00:00 Intro 02:52 Tanner's Journey 15:05 Making Opportunities (AccessAbility Officer) 19:11 Generational Trauma Shifting 23:11 Baseball For The Blind Explained 29:01 Vocational Rehabilitation 36:54 Post Covid & The Cultural Shift 41:53 LinkedIn And Other Platforms' Accessibility 52:58 Doing What's Beneficial To All Humanity 55:23 Tanner's Contact Info And Upcoming Projects ___ LINKS AccessAbility Officer website - https://accessabilityofficer.com/ American Foundation for the Blind - https://www.afb.org/ Learn more about the Certified AccessAbility Testing (CAT) Program - https://accessabilityofficer.com/individuals All American Dream-Tanner Gers Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine Martin Luther King Celebration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ac6Mt5LmFmQ National Beep Baseball Association - https://www.nbba.org/ ___ COLLABORATIONS & WAYS YOU CAN HELP: At M4G Advocacy Media, we are proud to be global advisors of Billion Strong (https://billion-strong.org) who are connecting and empowering the global community of over 1.3 billion people with disabilities! #WeAreBillionStrong #BillionStrong #BillionStrongGlobalAdvisors #BillionStrongPartners #AXSChat #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityConfident ___ We take accessibility seriously at M4G! Our accessibility partner is accessiBe. If you're looking to make your website more accessible (and really you should!), check them out at https://accessiBe.com @accesiBe ___ Check out our website: https://www.m4gadvocacymedia.com Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/m4gadvocacymedia Join our Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/m4gadvocacymedia Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/m4gadvocacymedia Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@m4gadvocacymedia Pick up some merchandise on our online store: https://www.bonfire.com/store/m4g-advocacy-media/ Be an ally also by understanding and supporting us, as we support the disability community: https://givesendgo.com/G9E6T Additionally, you can help by buying us a coffee or tea: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/m4gkrysandmark WE ARE SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR SUPPORT, THANK YOU! ❤️ TOGETHER WE CAN --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/m4gadvocacymedia/support
