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  • Don't Ask the Blind Guy for Directions

  • A 30,000-Mile Journey for Love, Confidence and a Sense of Belonging
  • By: John Samuel
  • Narrated by: Sean Maroney
  • Length: 5 hrs and 3 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

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Don't Ask the Blind Guy for Directions

By: John Samuel
Narrated by: Sean Maroney
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Summary

Turn differences into opportunities, with an accessibility expert’s worldwide search for belonging.

After a diagnosis of a degenerative eye disease, John Samuel’s life—and his chance at success—started to vanish.

In a world systemically unequipped for accessibility, disability inclusion is often left out of conversations about diversity. For people with disabilities, it can feel impossible to adapt and thrive when you’re already set up for failure.

A more accessible world is possible—when we see the amazing opportunities in our differences.

From traveling the world and hiking mountains to finding love and raising a family, Don’t Ask the Blind Guy for Directions shares Ablr CEO and cofounder John Samuel’s inspirational journey against his inevitable blindness as he searched for acceptance. A powerful story for both professionals with disabilities and individuals working to create an inclusive culture at any organization, this memoir will empower you to accept yourself and others, break down barriers, and build a world where everyone belongs.

You’ll discover:

  • A heartfelt, insightful perspective of someone who is visually impaired and his day-to-day challenges.
  • How to embrace your diagnosis or disability as an advantage for achieving your dreams.
  • The incredible value those with disabilities can bring to organizations, no matter the business or industry.
  • How anyone can be an ally and help remove organizational, digital, and performance barriers in the workplace.
  • How to plan and implement a disability inclusion strategy within your company.
©2022 John G. Samuel (P)2022 John G. Samuel
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An ccount of a man’s struggle with deteriorating sight and progressive success.

The narrator was pretty good except for chapter titles, there was very little pause almost non-existent at times, so when the chapter title was being read aloud it seemed like just a random string of words between paragraphcs. Although this could be a production quirk where someone as gotten rid of plenty of white space. The story itself was pretty good, highlighting key events in John Samuel’s life and how he struggled or succeeded between denying his blindness and patting himself on the back for pushing forward and finding his own success. Certainly inspiring. The only thing I’d of liked to have read about is more details around life as a blind person in India, I’d say Africa as well but I understand from the book John did not encounter much regarding disability communities as his career circle was dominated by sighted people at the time especially since John was still reluctant to accept his retinitis pigmentosa. Thank you John for taking the time to share your story. As someone myself who spent the last 20 years denying my own sight loss and still searching for that key opportunity.

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