People may be born blind or become blinded later in life through a health condition or accident. To understand this condition and its effects better, the following podcasts may be helpful.
- Richard Fidler interviews blind lawyer Ron McCallum about academic pursuit while blind.
- Richard Fidler interviews Daniel Kish about using echolocation to perceive his environment
The following books may provide helpful insight into the experience of being blind.
- Touching the Rock: An Experience of Blindness by John Hull provides a first person account of losing sight over several years as an adult.
- Three Plant Eyes by M Leona Godin is a review of stories of blindness across time and culture interwoven with a personal account of the losing eyesight from the age of 10.
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