An Alphapointe Series explores the past, present and future of vision loss through engaging and insightful discussions with changemakers in the blindness community.
Foresight – Episode 2: Trischa Zorn-Hudson
This episode of Foresight features the most decorated Olympic/Paralympic athlete ever. Trischa Zorn-Hudson was born with Aniridia, an eye disorder that results in a lack of development of the iris in a person’s eye. In Zorn-Hudson’s case, that meant blindness. “When I was young, my parents were both told that I would probably end up…
Foresight – Episode 1: Gov. David Paterson
The first blind governor in U.S. history to serve more than two weeks and the fourth African-American governor in American history, Gov. David Paterson offers incredibly candid insights into the challenges he faced growing up in an education system unequipped to serve children with disabilities, his rise to prominence as the youngest New York state…