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Jul 2023
47m 36s

Accessible Birding, Space Sounds, Wasps....

SCIENCE FRIDAY AND WNYC STUDIOS
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Meet The Blind Birder Reimagining Accessibility In The Outdoors For many blind and low vision people, accessing outdoor spaces like parks can be challenging. Trails are often unsafe or difficult to navigate, signs don’t usually have Braille, guides generally aren’t trained to help disabled visitors, and so on. But nature recordist Juan Pablo Culasso, based i ... Show More
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