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In Season two of Dangerous Vision, Randy Cohen talks about work. What people do for work, how we are defined by work, and why it is tough for some in the blind community to gain competitive employment. As a professor, Randy gets students enrolled at Harvard Business School ready to enter and be become leaders in the workforce. But when you are blind it isn't easy. Randy talks to other blind people about their jobs and to those with sight who either stand up or stand out. Randy, who has Retinitis Pigmentosa, loves to learn and talk and he applies all of his professorial skills that reveal remarkable insights about what it's like to be blind.
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Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
Before Pauline Dowell became legally blind in her 40s she was an artist who loved to sail. After her diagnosis, she needed time to get used to things, but she wasn't willing to let go of the things she loved. In the latest Dangerous Vision episode, Pauline talks with Randy Cohen about her love of sailing. From a casual sail around Boston Harbor to competitive regattas Pauline shares with Randy her decision to stay in the game. Since she loved sailing so much she decided to make a life choice that she lives with every day. She lives in Boston Harbor on her sailboat that she shares with her guide dog Dora.
Pauline credits the Carroll Center in Boston and Courage Sailing's Blind sailing instructions for giving her the training and confidence to set sail. Pauline inspires others to sail as well. In 2019 she was a finalist for the Holman Prize, an international prize created to change perceptions about what blind people are capable of doing. Pauline is creating the first all woman's blind sailing team set to compete in the Newport to Bermuda Regatta.
She encourages everyone who may be going through similar challenges to just go out in the world and find what’s out there! Join clubs like Boston Blind Sailing. Make sure to challenge yourself daily and set up goals even if they are small goals like going outside or seeing a movie in a theater.
Books/ Media Discussed
Maiden Voyage Tracy Edwards Story
Infinite Jest David Foster Wallace
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