20241112 - Tuesday Topics - Anthony (Tony) Candela, Author, athlete, and activist.

It has been a while since we have invited a guest to share his or her life and opinions with us. On this program we are pleased to welcome Anthony (Tony) Candela. He has been a wrestler, a runner, a worker in the field of blindness and a writer. He has three books on bookshare. One is a sort of memoir of his athletic experiences; one is a collection of short essays that are easy to read and have certainly provoked some thought from me; the third book is a science fiction novella.

Tony has worked as a rehab counselor, served some time with the American Foundation for the Blind and currently is working part time with the Blindness project housed in Mississippi. I suspect Tony has some interesting things to tell us about his life and about being an athlete and a writer. I hope he will also reflect some on the state of the game in the blindness service industry, if it's appropriate to speak of such a thing! In any case, there are lots of reasons for you to join us on zoom so you can interact with our guest with wide ranging experiences that he can discuss with all of us!