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Daniel Kish and Juan Ruiz using and explaining Echolocation

I believe Daniel Kish is the first known to teach echolocation to an advanced degree. Daniel Kish, Executive Director of World Access for the Blind. Juan Ruiz is one of the Perceptual Mobility Coaches. Daniel is the first certified blind Orientation & Mobility Specialist in the world. He is one of the world's foremost experts on echolocation. The blind can be taught to "see" by using echolocation along with the latest technological advances in the field.

Is It Possible?- Real Life Batman

Who says you need perfect vision to be able to see? Daniel Kish, who has been blind since birth, uses sound instead!

http://dsc.discovery.com/videos/is-it-possible-real-life-bat-man.html

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Mountain Biking With The Blind

Ten years ago, we rode with the most amazing group of riders we had ever met. These riders were like other mountain bikers but with one exception, they were all blind. Their leader was Andy Griffin, a sighted mountain biker who worked with blind youth and came up with a way for them to enjoy mountain biking.

Griffin would lead the other riders. They all had zip ties to click against their spokes, so they could follow each other by sound. The blind riders loved the experience.

Brian Bushway, one of the riders, explained, “Before I started mountain biking with the group, I used to sit around the house most of the day. That changed after I started riding.” Once the group started mountain biking, they were willing to try other things as well. Their whole world expanded.

Over time, the group met less often. One rider, David Tseng, went to UC Berkeley, double majoring in applied mathematics and computer science. He is now working for Google. Brian Bushway got a degree from Pepperdine University, then joined forces with Daniel Kish, the blind co-founder of the original B.A.T.S. (Blind Adventure Travel Society). Kish founded World Access for the Blind in 2000, an organization that trains the visually impaired in mobility skills, including “FlashSonar,” aka echolocation (a system Kish developed for identifying one’s surroundings by sound, using the echoes of one’s own tongue clicks).

By John Ker

Following the sound: Peter Song and Jaymes Squires appear to be leading this group, but they’re actually following the sound of the riders ahead of them.Taking a break: Juan Ruiz, like most of the blind riders, usually opts to wear jeans when riding. They offer more protection from falls and prevent scratches from bushes.

Good times: Blind and sighted riders at the end of the ride remember a great day of riding. Many people found it hard to leave the interesting get-together.

This past fall, Kish and Bushway decided to get their buddies together for a reunion ride and make it a fundraiser for World Access for the Blind. A giant group showed up to join seven blind riders on a ride at the Irvine Regional Park in Orange County, California. AMP Radio,97.1 FM, provided music and a sound system, Chumba donated a bike frame for a raffle, and everyone who showed up was glad they made it. It was surely one of the more memorable rides of their lives.

Making friends: Juan Ruiz stops to pet a passing horse during a break in the ride. The group put in about six miles of riding on fire roads and singletrack this day. http://www.worldaccessfortheblind.org/sites/default/files/MBAfeb11-blindbiking.pdf