The Eyes Free Sports Podcast: Ep. 160 - A Conversation with Jacob Kaplan, a Member of the U.S. Men's Cerebral Palsy National Soccer Team and Sports Audio describer

In Episode 160 of the Eyes Free Sports podcast, we meet Jacob Kaplan, a member of the U.S. men’s cerebral palsy national soccer team and audio describer for blind and visually impaired sports fans. During the conversation, Kaplan talked about:

• His early years
• His disability and how it has impacted his life
• How he got into playing soccer
• His journey to making the U.S. men’s cerebral palsy national soccer team and his experience competing on this national team
• His exposure to blind soccer
• How he was introduced to audio description and the blind and visually impaired community
• His work to develop an audio description program for U.S. Soccer and what it’s been like describing soccer matches
• How he approaches audio description for sports and the keys to being an effective describer
• His contact info

Check out the video spotlighting Jacob Kaplan at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGsvjQjl3b4&t=24s. Feel free to email him at jacobkaplan837@gmail.com.