Maxwell Ivey's Blog

July 27, 2025

Teri Brown Shares Wisdom To Help You Begin Your Own Big Adventure

Hello again, I hope you have had a good weekend. Today, I’m sharing the first new episode of The What’s Your Excuse? Show in over a year. This time I had the pleasure of speaking with Teri M. Brown a long-time award-winning author of fiction, nonfiction, and even a Children’s picture book. At first we ... Read more
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Published on July 27, 2025 18:49

November 12, 2024

Don’t Wait On Someday

Hello again friends. I’m sorry to have been scarce over the last little while. So far this year I lost a laptop and had to have a Go Fund Me campaign to replace it. Then we had the Deraycho wind storms followed by hurricane Beryl. But during all that time I continued to sing and ... Read more
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Published on November 12, 2024 20:29

November 23, 2023

Sharing My First Product Accessibility Evaluation For Reviewed Magazine

Hello again, With all the tragedy going on in the world these days, I hope you and the people you care about are safe and cared for. I’m writing today to share some exciting news about my continued career as a contributing writer in the field of accessibility and inclusion. You have probably heard me […]
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Published on November 23, 2023 10:32

July 22, 2023

Declined As A Speaker For PHP Architect But Hired As Their Writer

Hello again, I hope you and the people you care about are all doing well. I’m writing to share another first in my continuing entrepreneurial journey. As you can read in the post about being invited to join Audio Eye and write for them on the subject of accessibility, I didn’t used to see myself […]
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Published on July 22, 2023 06:00

July 15, 2023

Speaking For Pathful’s First Event Celebrating International Day Of Persons With Disabilities

Hello again, I hope you and the people you care about are enjoying the weekend. I have had a lot of great things going on in my life, and I’m doing my best to catch you up on some of them. I love sharing these experiences especially when I can encourage you to accept new […]
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Published on July 15, 2023 15:52

July 7, 2023

Asking For Help Took Me From Breakout Speaker To Giving My First Keynote Talk

Hello again, I hope you and the people you care about are doing well. You know that I often speak about the idea of inter-dependence. Which to me means building a community, asking for help, accepting help from others, and showing gratitude. I wouldn’t be where I am today without the help, support, and encouragement […]
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Published on July 07, 2023 04:39

July 1, 2023

Navigating Airport Security While Blind

Hello again, I hope you are all doing well. I have just returned from speaking at Wyoming Developmental Disabilities Conference. As many of you who travel are aware security is a constant concern and there are a variety of methods used by the TSA, Transport Security Administration, to keep us safe. However, have you ever […]
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Published on July 01, 2023 06:00

March 1, 2023

Booking Our family’s traveling Carnival With A Perkins Braille Writer And Determination

Hello again, I hope you are having a good day. This morning I was speaking with my Friend Pris Rogers from the Vision Aware Peer Advisory Group. We were discussing how they discovered me in the Spring of 2013 and invited me to start sharing my experiences on their website. In those days I was […]
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Published on March 01, 2023 05:00

February 22, 2023

What’s Your Excuse? EP 077 Anthony Saldana & Jason FIgueira Promoting Hopscotch With My Brain

Hello again, I hope you and your family are all doing well. Personally, I have been struggling with some chronic pain in my right knee. Things are improving thanks to some physical therapy, but I’m still a work in progress. Today, I’m bringing you another great interview on What’s Your Excuse. This time a return […]
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Published on February 22, 2023 16:42

February 3, 2023

Trying To Make More Money By Working Two events In One Week

Hello again, I hope you are doing your best to find solutions that help you succeed in your own goals. Most of you know that I grew up in a family of carnival owners and helped operate the family’s traveling show for years as an adult. And some of you know that we were never […]
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Published on February 03, 2023 04:01