BEST Together Podcast
1) Episode 39: Chasity McMillan, "We help people across the lifespan participate in meaningful activities."
Flip For Function offers therapeutic gymnastics and occupational therapy. Their mission is to unlock potential by strengthening minds, bodies and confidence of children impacted by physical, cognitive...Show More
2) Episode 38: Delta Gamma, "Our founder in the 1930's asked that we make our official foundation philanthropic mission helping those who are blind or visually impaired."
Elizabeth Saum is a Nashville native. She went to the University of Tennessee and is now a financial analyst for a healthcare company. She is also in charge of Foundation for the Delta Gamma Nashville...Show More
3) Episode 37: Judy Byrd, "Camp Abilities focuses on more than sports...they develop independence, orientation and mobility and so much more."
In 2007, Judy Byrd got involved in the blind community by volunteering at the Center for the Visually Impaired in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2010, she agreed to help start a beep baseball team. For the next...Show More
4) Episode 36: Danna Conn and Suzanne Dinwiddie, "Look at your child as an individual."
In this episode we talk with two of Tennessee's most respected professionals in the field of deafblindness. We discuss state deafblind projects, the impacts of dual sensory loss and the new CVI Clinic...Show More
Episode 36: Danna Conn and Suzanne Dinwiddie, "Look at your child as an individual."
53:34 | Oct 29th, 2024
5) Episode 35: Yvonne Neubert, "Blindness is a spectrum."
Yvonne Neubert is a graduate of East Tennessee State University and has been a member of the National Federation of the Blind since 2012. In 2014, she completed the Partners in Policymaking state trai...Show More
6) Episode 34: Liza and Campbell Rutherford, "There was one principal who said, I don't know if we should even bother with testing or pursuing a high school diploma for your daughter."
Campbell Rutherford is a rising junior studying Applied Mathematics at Harvard University. Blind since birth, she is passionate about ensuring that blind individuals can access the resources necessary...Show More
7) Episode 33: Leslie Jones, "We'll teach you what you need to know about vision loss, and the students will teach you what you need to know to serve them best."
Leslie Jones is the Executive Director of the FMDG (Filomen M. D'Agostino Greenberg) Music School in New York City, a music school serving students of all ages with vision loss. Leslie holds a DMA fro...Show More
8) Episode 32: Christie Elliott, "The people I know who are employed and have visual impairment, they are really good at using assistive technology."
Christie Elliott, COMS, CATIS Christie Elliott graduated from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2015 with a Master of Arts in Rehabilitation of the Blind and began working as an Orientation...Show More
9) Episode 31: Christina Clift, "Independent living philosophy does not mean that you have to do everything by yourself without support. It's the exact opposite."
Our podcast guest this month, Christina Clift, graduated from the University of Tennessee with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications and attended the University of Memphis for graduate school. Christi...Show More
10) Episode 30: Caroline Aly, "We're not meant to do things alone."
Caroline Aly is a Nashville-based educator with a background in non-profit leadership, private tutoring, and teaching in the exceptional education space. Caroline says that after continually observing...Show More