This page contains available programs from 2009
Paul Van Dyck produces and hosts this 30-minute forum.
December 2009:
Paul interviews Dr. Blue Bickford and the Braille Project who returns to Portland State University, teaching teachers of the blind.
| soa-december-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26002 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
November 2009:
Paul speaks with Sue Ammeter who currently chairs the Washington Council of the Blind Advocacy Commitie and the Health Issues Task Force. She formerly worked with the Human Rights Commission and served as an ADA trainer. They discuss discrimination as it relates to people with disabilities.
| soa-november-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26903 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
October 2009:
Paul's guest is Tami Shankle, Community Field Representative, Guide Dogs for the Blind.
| soa-october-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26267 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
September 2009:
Paul speaks with Dr. Alfred Liu, who has studied the sleep disorders of people who are blind.
| soa-september-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 25259 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
August 2009:
Jean Parker, blind American journalist, discusses her role as a radio journalist in India, for NPR, CBC, BBC, and other radio networks, in a speech given at the American Council of the Blind convention in 2008.
| soa-august-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26821 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
July 26 2009:
Paul interviews Terry Dorn, author of The Cross and the Psychiatrist. They discuss his life and his self help book for people with mental illness.
| soa-july26-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 13072 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
July 05 2009:
Paul talks with Ray Reynolds of the Vancouver, Washington Police Department's Community Resource Team.
| soa-july-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26159 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
June 2009:
Paul interviews Art Stevenson, President of the Oregon chapter of the National Federation of the Blind, about the Oregon State School for the Blind and the bill in the Oregon Legislature that would close the school by September 1st and sell the Salem, Oregon campus.
| soa-june-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26477 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
May 2009:
The Power Lifting Team from Washington State School for the Blind prepares to go up against power lifters from 17 other countries.
| soa-may-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26868 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
April 2009:
Paul speaks with Clark County Sheriff Phillip Sample about Operation Life Saver which aims to locate and rescue missing persons.
Then Paul shares humor with Dr. Harold Ellner.
| soa-april-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26598 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
March 2009:
Host Paul Van Dyck speaks with Chris Cooke, a successful Naturopathic Physician who is blind. She shares her insights into the healing arts and her success in the use of alternative techniques to better serve her patients.
| soa-march-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 26590 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |
February 2009:
Paul discusses limited vision with Annette Arnold Boyd
| soa-february-2009.mp3 | |
| File Size: | 25478 kb |
| File Type: | mp3 |