#legallyblind

David Block, a legally blind individual, has over 30 years of experience as a documentary producer and freelance journalist. He has published over 1,500 articles in various publications, including his famous book "Born Blind," where he depicts his feelings, observations, and analyses as he contemplates the life of being born blind. He has also made eight documentaries, some of which have won film festival awards. Block graduated from Bard College and Temple University with a master's degree in journalism and was awarded the Lori Schipper Scholarship for Distinguished Achievement in Journalism.

Hello! I am a legally blind author and I create stories for children with disabilities. Every character I create will be based off a real person that I worked closely with to ensure they can see what they never got to growing up. As a previous daycare teacher I couldn’t help but notice how little books there were for children with these special abilities, and they noticed as well. As my eyesight worsened I had to leave that job I loved so much, but I decided this is not where my journey will end when it comes to advocating for children. That is why I created Bunny Tales and Mermaid Scales. I have unreleased books and have been getting asked why I haven’t self published them. My reasoning is I will work hard towards working with an agent to ensure that these books can be available for everyone and in schools. As a legally blind women, I think it’s time for our community to be seen in the light with every other children's book. Let’s make waves! 

Hunter Blaise 

I am part of the LGBTQ+ community, and came out as bisexual in 2017. I am a huge advocate for the blind and LGBTQ+ communities, and have been making YouTube videos about blindness since 2011 and videos about the LGBTQ+ community since 2017. I am also a college graduate. I graduated in 2018 with my bachelor’s degree in Child Development with the hopes of becoming a Child Life Specialist. Unfortunately, my dream of becoming a Child Life Specialist didn’t work out, and now I’m trying to figure out what the heck I’m going to do instead. I am working on writing my first novel though, which I'm incredibly excited about.

He Became Legally Blind - After Starting College.

Meet Mike Vaughan - the man who went blind right before college.

In his interview we explore what it means to be legally blind and the challenges and prejudices that come along with it. He tells us how his entire world flipped upside-down and how he got it back up again.