Advocacy Through Defining Yourself: #BlindTok E:9

In Episode 9 of #BlindTok, Murray Elbourne and Tammy Jackson are joined by Delaney Walsh, an Iowa-raised athlete and occupational therapy student whose entry into the low vision world started long before her own diagnosis. What begins as a family story shifts into something far more personal: a car accident, a quiet realization, and a teenager who suddenly had to make sense of what she had been watching from the sidelines for years. Delaney walks through what it was like to lose vision in just months, why she stayed silent at first, and how the people closest to her became both her translators and her safety net.Then come the sport stories. Volleyball, soccer, a varsity jersey that did not stay a varsity jersey for long, and a surprise athletic chapter that nobody, not even Delaney, saw coming. There is plenty here for anyone who has ever heard "but how can you do that if you cannot see," from blindfold drills and bow-and-arrow accuracy to the universal blind and low vision rule that nobody, under any circumstances, moves the furniture. Delaney also opens up about choosing a career path she had never heard of, finding mentors in unexpected places, and why the next generation of low vision rehabilitation specialists might just look a lot like her.Other ResourcesInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/murrayaelbourn/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murrayamerability?_r=1&_t=ZP-97LlF79lgCNLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-elbourn-69576543?utm_source=share&utm_campaign=share_via&utm_content=profile&utm_medium=ios_appAmerability Website: https: https://www.amerability.com/Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@AmerabilityAbout Amerability: Amerability was born from a simple but powerful idea: that blind and low vision individuals deserve more than support — they deserve the tools, mentorship, and real-world experiences to build lives on their own terms. Founded by CEO Murray Elbourn, a legally blind leader with more than 25 years of executive experience in disability sports and workforce development across two continents, Amerability combines lived experience with professional expertise to create programs that don't just prepare participants for the world — they prove the world is already theirs to conquer. Murray's journey from captaining Australia's national goalball team and leading Disability Sports Australia as CEO to founding Amerability in the United States gave him a firsthand understanding of what blind and low vision individuals truly need to succeed: not sympathy, but strategy, structure, and someone who has walked the path before them. That philosophy is woven into everything Amerability does, from the way programs are designed to the mentors who deliver them, ensuring that every participant is met with high expectations, practical guidance, and the unwavering belief that their goals are within reach.