Welcome to the 29th episode of It’s My Job podcast. Carl, a student from Colorado, interviews Max Nelson about his first Paralympics experience during the Winter games in Beijing and all the hard work to be part of team USA. 

The It’s My Job podcast features student interviewers talking with adults who are blind or visually impaired, investigating important questions like how they use technology and how they connect with other people. Our interviews were designed by students, for students. Stay tuned after the podcast to learn how to get involved! 

Episode twenty-ninth vocabulary

Can you figure out what these words mean? (Each word is hyperlinked to its definition from Lexico.)

Social Media

Pandemic

Paralympics

China

Skiing

Ukraine

Russia

Episode twenty-ninth tech resources

Carl and Max talk about some of technologies he uses at work in their personal lives. Here are the websites for some of the resources they mentioned. Explore these sites:

Team USA

COVID-19 Accessible Test Kits       

Nordic Skiing vs. Cross Country Skiing

Russia-Ukraine War

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