My Heart Is Not Blind is a weekly podcast, traveling exhibition and book published by Trinity University Press – a series of complex narrative histories of individual blind and visually impaired. How does anyone, blind or sighted understand the world outside themselves?  These conversations focus on the deep and shifting pools of perception and the mystery of transformation.  Our other senses, separate from sight have their own wisdom.  Stories are often found resting on the edges of surprise and revelation.

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Episode 1 - Larry Johnson

What bothers me most about how people use the word blind or blindness is that they usually have in their minds a stereotype of what it represents to them.  They are thinking about the limitations the inability the problems the obstacles. Sometimes it’s enfolded with a sense of pity or a sense of great admiration. And it should be neither.  I don’t want to be thought of as amazing Larry or poor Larry. I just want to be Larry.

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Episode 2 - Wanda Austin

I really like the cognitive therapy approach in my counseling practice. It focuses on our thought processes and how we can change them to view our situation differently. One discovery I made was Erik Erikson’s Developmental Theory. This theory describes the stages of development people go through from childhood to old age. It really resonated with me. I went through these development stages, adjusting to blindness—not as a child but as an adult. Re-learning trust. Learning to find your identity. When you lose your sight, you have to figure out who you are again— because life is different and what you do is different. 

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