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Episode 75: Breaking Barriers w/Kristin Smedley
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Happy Thursday! Today on The Business Shift we have a very special guest.
Let's welcome Kristin Smedley!
Kristin is the mom of three children, two of which were born blind.
Kristin is the Best Selling author of Thriving Blind: Stories of Real People Succeeding Without Sight and Brilliantly Resilient: Reset, Rise and Reveal Your Brilliance.
A recognized expert in the blindness and rare disease communities, Kristin won the highly regarded Champion of Hope Award, was named an Ambassador for the National Organization of Rare Disorders, and is a 2022 inductee into the Conwell-Egan Catholic Wall of Fame.
As CEO of a global patient organization, she coordinated legislation (H.R. #625) that became the first in US history to be submitted in Braille.
Kristin spoke at the FDA to help achieve the first ever FDA approved gene therapy to treat an inherited retinal disease in the United States.
Recently, the research her organization coordinated achieved a $1.25 Million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
Her TEDx Talk, book and international summit changed perceptions of blindness, and sparked a global movement, Thriving Blind Academy, that is solving the unemployment, literacy, and financial crisis in the blind the community.
If you would like to connect with Kristin, check out the links below. Also enjoy some of these free resources as well:
Her new children's book: www.WhatICanBeIsUpToMe.com
Trailer and info about the short film she co-created, "The Greatest Equalizer" www.ThrivingBlindAcademy.org/film
Her first book, Thriving Blind: Stories of Real People Succeeding Without Sight https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-Blind-Stories-Succeeding-Without/dp/173206640X
Nonprofit: www.ThrivingBlindAcademy.org
My speaking/author/everything site: www.KristinSmedley.com
Podcast: Brilliantly Resilient
Twitter @KristinSmedley
LinkedIn @KristinSmedley
Instagram @KristinSmedley
TikTok @KristinSmedley
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