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EPISODE · Oct 17, 2024 · 47 MIN

Envisioning "The Country of the Blind" with Andrew Leland, Professional Blindness Deconstructor & Pulitzer Prize Finalist

from Secret Lives of the Disabled · host Sally Greenhouse

Retinitus Pigmentosa, an inherited eye disease that progressively narrows the visual field, affects approximately 100,000 Americans. Andrew Leland leads us through his own narrative of living with this sensory disability while exploring the meaning of sightedness/blindedness with refreshing non-binary illuminating the ways in which we see, in the most expansive sense of that word.The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of SightAndrew Leland (now in paperback)Blindness isn't a tragic binary - it's a rich spectrum (TED Talk)

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