Blind Abilities Podcast

Every day we are inundated with reports about COVID-19: statistics, new cases, and worse. Every day we hear of how the coronavirus has impacted people all over the world, but rarely  have we heard specific reports about its effect on blind and visually impaired individuals. In this fifteenth episode in our series, Around the World with COVID-19 from a Blindness Perspective, we hear from Chelsie Reid in New York City. Thus far we have spanned the globe  with  blind citizens Around the world, from Australia and Malaysia, to the united kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago, Canada and Japan. Now we hear a first-hand report from Chelsie with her uniquely fascinating  perspective on how the coronavirus has affected her in the states. Chelsie is a college student living in New York City. Her studies, her life and her well-being were interrupted by the Corona virus.  The pandemic happened to hit hard mid-way through her college semester causing Chelsie to experience anxiety and some depression.  As a person who finds it nece