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Growing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GGrace Asks Kelvin About His Career, Inventions and Beef with TikTokKelvin Crosby, the deafblind potter, has become quite famous on TikTok and this has led to appearances on Good Morning America and CBS News. On this episode Grace asks Kevin to discuss his inventions, the smart guider and the lighted blind cane. The also discuss some of the challenges inaccessible technology create for people with disabilities seeking equal access to popular platforms. Visit our website: Email: info@Safetoddles.org TikTok Facebook YouTube Thanks for listening! Please, leave us a review, ask questions and share with your friends!! Please donate to help Safe Toddles Inc. achieve...2021-05-1036 minGrowing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GToddlers Taught Us Everything We Know About Belt CanesDr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken, COMS and Kelvin Crosby explore some of the assumptions Safe Toddles made about blind toddler and preschooler reactions to pediatric belt canes before they were created. Lessons learned included toddlers and preschoolers who are blind and mobility visually impaired did not need to be taught to walk wearing them, nor how to hold them- but instead they became the instructors. The children taught us just how valuable acquiring reliable safe mobility was to them and opened new lines of inquiry - like how does a blind toddler learn to stay with the group? Visit o...2021-02-2212 minGrowing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GHow to introduce pediatric belt cane by age of childDr. Ambrose-Zaken and Kelvin Crosby discuss the methods for introducing the pediatric belt cane to children ages one through five. Grace provides lesson ideas and discusses the gross motor milestones at each age to help you know what to look for in children who are blind and mobility visually impaired and much more- enjoy! Visit our website: Email: info@Safetoddles.org TikTok Facebook YouTube Thanks for listening! Please, leave us a review, ask questions and share with your friends!! Please donate to help Safe Toddles Inc. achieve our mission to provide blind toddlers with a...2021-02-0315 minGrowing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GHolidays Sound, Smells, feeling, and TasteCo-hosts Kelvin Crosby and Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken discuss ways to accentuate Holidays Sound, Smells, feeling, and Taste for children who were born with sensory impairments. Kelvin shares memories from his childhood growing up with profound hearing loss and what how these other senses came to mean so much more to him. Visit our website: Email: info@Safetoddles.org TikTok Facebook YouTube Thanks for listening! Please, leave us a review, ask questions and share with your friends!! Please donate to help Safe Toddles Inc. achieve our mission to provide blind toddlers with a solution f...2020-12-1620 minGrowing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GExploring Kelvin Crosby's Journey Living with Ushers Type IICo-host Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken interview's Kelvin Crosby about his experience growing up with a hearing impairment and later finding out he was losing is vision due to Usher's Syndrome Type II. Visit our website: Email: info@Safetoddles.org TikTok Facebook YouTube Thanks for listening! Please, leave us a review, ask questions and share with your friends!! Please donate to help Safe Toddles Inc. achieve our mission to provide blind toddlers with a solution for walking independently with safety.If you know anyone who needs a belt cane - go to ObtainCane2020-12-0821 minGrowing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GThe downside of unsafe mobility for blind babiesCo-host Kelvin Crosby asks Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken about the outcomes found in research directly related to growing up blind. The inability to see initially impacts gross motor skills and because of the inability to independently walk safely, concept development, language and social skills become delayed. That's why providing safe mobility early can prevent these negative domino side-effects. Visit our website: Email: info@Safetoddles.org TikTok Facebook YouTube Thanks for listening! Please, leave us a review, ask questions and share with your friends!! Please donate to help Safe Toddles Inc. achieve our mission to provide blind...2020-12-0715 minGrowing up Blind Conversations with Dr. GPremiere episode: Introducing the Co-hosts Dr. Grace Ambrose-Zaken and Kelvin CrosbyLearning about Safe Toddles and who we are. Visit our website: Email: info@Safetoddles.org TikTok Facebook YouTube Thanks for listening! Please, leave us a review, ask questions and share with your friends!! Please donate to help Safe Toddles Inc. achieve our mission to provide blind toddlers with a solution for walking independently with safety.If you know anyone who needs a belt cane - go to ObtainCane2020-11-1616 min