Kayla Weathers: Transitioning and Adjustment To Blindness




Blind Abilities show

Summary: Kayla Weathers was the first totally Blind person to graduate from <a href="https://www.daltonstate.edu">Dalton State College</a>and she is now looking forward to her Masters Degree and the challenges ahead of her. Her road to Dalton State was not actually a direct shot. Kayla had to make some decisions along the way to enhance her opportunities to succeed. Transitioning from High School to College is not always a smooth road and sometimes that road takes you out of your comfort zone and across the states.<br><br> Kayla went to <a href="https://www.blindinc.org">BLIND, Inc.</a> a training center located in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<br><br> Not quite the same climate as Georgia has to offer.<br><br> Kayla talks extensively about how her blindness training proved her opportunities to achieve her educational goals and how she gained the skills and confidence to do just about anything she set her mind to do.<br><br> Join Kayla Weathers and Jeff Thompson in this very informative podcast about transitioning from high school to college. We hope you enjoy and thanks for listening.<br> You can follow Kayla on twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/BraillePrincess">@BraillePrincess</a><br><br> You can follow us on Twitter <a href="http://www.twitter.com/blindabilities">@BlindAbilities</a><br><br> On the web at <a href="http://www.blindabilities.com">www.BlindAbilities.com</a><br><br> Send us an <a href="mailto:info@blindabilities.com">email</a><br><br> Get the <a href="https://appsto.re/us/demUab.i">Free Blind Abilities App</a> on the App Store.<br>