{"id":49,"date":"2024-08-27T21:31:13","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/empowering-the-blind-community\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T22:20:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T22:20:48","slug":"empowering-the-blind-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/empowering-the-blind-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Empowering the Blind Community: Amy Wilson&#8217;s Journey to Safety Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69e39a16804c1\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sqs-html-content\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">Season 2 | Episode 31:<\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left\">August 27, 2024<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6256 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-140x140.jpg 140w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10-350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/prrf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/10.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this episode we speak with Amy Wilson, founder of the Safety Positive Foundation, who shares her journey from being a tomboy growing up in Missouri, diagnosed with juvenile macular degeneration at age 10, to accepting her blindness and launching a nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>Amy&#8217;s foundation addresses personal safety needs in the blind community, offering services such as peer support groups, verbal advocacy training, and self-defense courses, all accessible virtually. She emphasizes the importance of personal safety, mental health, and dignity for the blind and visually impaired.<\/p>\n<p>Amy also shares her personal passion for self-defense, influenced by her wrestling and judo background, and highlights the impact of her work on individuals in the blind community. The podcast concludes with details on how listeners can support the Safety Positive Foundation through donations, awareness, and getting involved.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/play.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/32650647\/height\/192\/theme\/modern\/size\/large\/thumbnail\/no\/custom-color\/11B6F0\/time-start\/00:00:00\/hide-show\/yes\/hide-playlist\/yes\/hide-subscribe\/yes\/hide-share\/yes\/font-color\/FFFFFF?wmode=opaque\" width=\"100%\" height=\"192\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"accordion-divider\" style=\"height: 1px;opacity: 1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69e39a168071f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"toggles\" data-br=\"none\" data-starting=\"default\" data-style=\"default\"><div class=\"toggle extra-color-2\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" role=\"button\" class=\"nectar-inherit-h3 toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>Transcript<\/a><\/h3><div><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p>Coming soon!<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"toggle extra-color-2\" data-inner-wrap=\"true\"><h3 class=\"toggle-title\"><a href=\"#\" role=\"button\" class=\"nectar-inherit-h3 toggle-heading\"><i role=\"presentation\" class=\"fa fa-plus-circle\"><\/i>Show Notes<\/a><\/h3><div><div class=\"inner-toggle-wrap\">\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t<p>Connect with Amy and the the Safety Positive Foundation:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.safetypositivefdn.org\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.safetypositivefdn.org\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blindamy_\/reels\/?hl=en\"><strong>https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/blindamy_\/reels\/?hl=en<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season 2 | Episode 31: August 27, 2024 In this episode we speak with Amy Wilson, founder of the Safety Positive Foundation, who shares her journey from being a tomboy growing up in Missouri, diagnosed with juvenile macular degeneration at age 10, to accepting her blindness and launching a nonprofit.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-podcast"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8526,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49\/revisions\/8526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6256"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prrf.org\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}