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Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: Interview with Rachel Antoine, Senior Director of International Operations, Braille Institute

Published September 15, 2026 by Dr. Kirk Adams

In this warm and wide-ranging episode of Podcasts by Dr. Kirk Adams, Kirk welcomes Rachel Antoine, Senior Director of International Operations at Braille Institute, for a conversation about Braille literacy and the programs that sustain it. Kirk opens with his own Braille history, losing his sight at five, learning to read and write Braille from Mrs. Summers at the Oregon State School for the Blind, and depending on Braille books through long hospital stays, then traces his three encounters with Braille Challenge: a regional in Tampa, a 2019 keynote at the Braille Challenge gala, and a return visit in 2026 where he met Rachel. Rachel explains that Braille Challenge has grown from one Southern California regional in 2000 to over 80 regionals worldwide, reaching around 2,200 students a year and over 26,000 since it began, with the competition as the vehicle and Braille literacy as the mission.

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When Disclosure Costs You the Interview: Seattle’s Disability:IN Chapter Takes on the Question I LivedLogo for Disability:IN Washington State on a white background. The design features the dark blue text 'Disability:IN' with a green 'IN' enclosed by a blue circular outline, followed by the light blue text 'Washington State.' Beneath the logo, the tagline reads, 'Your business partner for disability inclusion.' A small trademark symbol appears next to the circular logo.

When Disclosure Costs You the Interview: Seattle’s Disability:IN Chapter Takes on the Question I Lived

Published September 14, 2026 by Dr. Kirk Adams

Here, Dr. Kirk Adams tells the story of the impossible choice that shaped his career. In 1983, fresh out of Whitman College with a degree in economics, he could either say nothing about his blindness and watch an interview collapse the moment he walked in with a long white cane, or disclose it at the top of his cover letter and stop getting phone interviews altogether. Two bad options, and no third one on offer. He connects that experience directly to “The Courage to Be Human at Work: Vulnerability, Access, and Connection,” a free 90-minute webinar hosted by Disability:IN Washington on Wednesday, September 30, 2026, and led by Linea Johnson, Founder and CEO of The Thrive Shift. Its central question, he writes, is one he recognized on sight: how do we create workplaces where people don’t have to choose between protecting themselves and belonging?

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