Through Our Eyes

Listen to this empowering and eye-opening episode that invites listeners into the extraordinary world of Shelby, a resilient and inspiring young woman who was born blind. Throughout this episode, She…

Dr. Phillip Hessburg is an authority on driverless automobiles, and this episode is all about what artificial vision in automobiles means for the visually impaired community. Interestingly,  Dr. Hess…

Through Our Eye's is again looking at the Parent's Perspective. We speak with Alissa Williams, the mother of Brandon Warner, who was featured in episode #2. 

Alissa outlines the challenges she faced …

This week's episode is about the history of the white cane for the visually impaired. Shelby, who uses the cane every day, will talk about her experience, and Dr. Droste will talk more about its hist…

In this episode, we highlight one major challenge to living independently for the visually impaired, cooking. Bre has a particular interest in cooking and walks us through some of the challenges that…

Meet Wallace Stuckey, a young man that is a true inspiration. Wallace was born with retinopathy prematurity and grew up legally blind. Wallace faced many obstacles but refused to let them hold him ba…

We introduced Shelby in episode 3, and here in episode 11, we get to hear all the awesome details of what Shelby has accomplished from her parents. Shelby is quite humble, and her parents Bill & Debb…

In this episode, we talk with Brey and her dad, Brett who states:

"...When Brey was younger and first diagnosed, there were the initial reactions of just trying to understand what FEVR is and what th…

“…For most of us, our problem is not that we can’t see. No, the problem is that society holds low expectations of us as blind people… there’s so much in the world that is inaccessible, but we’re capa…

Jennifer & Ashley Zuckerman have lived lives of overcoming impossible circumstances. Now seniors in High School, these fraternal twins were born 28 weeks premature with less than a 25% chance of surv…

In this special edition of the Through Our Eyes podcast, we are honoring the life of Dr. Michael Trese, one of the all-time greatest contributors to the field of pediatric retinal research and diseas…

In this episode, Dr. Droste and Bre talk about the complexities of navigating higher education. Bre grew up as a sighted child, yet throughout her high school career, her sight deteriorated. Bre face…

In this episode Dr. Droste and Shelby talk about the complexities of navigating the education system as a blind student. Starting from a very young age Shelby recounts her experiences and gives insig…