Search results
- When Johnny Depp first swashbuckled across the screen as Captain Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean,” he had a secret – he’s blind in one eye and near-sighted in the other.
- Fetty Wap wants to make one thing clear: he wasn’t shot in the eye. The rapper was born with glaucoma and had one eye surgically removed as a child. He used an ocular prosthesis, but later discontinued it.
- Academy Award winner Dame Judith Dench is known for her regal performances, from Queen Victoria in the movie “Mrs. Brown” to M, the head of Britain’s MI6, in seven James Bond films.
- The Black Eyed Peas have played around the world, performing hits like “Boom Boom Pow” and “I Gotta Feeling.” But rapper Apl.de.ap usually couldn’t see the audience.
- Ronald Reagan
- Jorge Luis Borges
- Johnny Depp
- Galileo Galilei
- Casey Harris
- Homer
- James Joyce
- Helen Keller
- Harper Lee
- Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr.
Reagan was diagnosed with myopia. To learn about how his visual impairment affected him, click here. More: Top 10 U.S. eye-healthy cities
The famous Argentinian writer had a public lecture on blindness in 1977 in which he stated the irony of being given honors for his written work at the same time his doctor informed him that he would soon be too blind to write on his own. He had cataracts and a series of failed eye procedures. Recent: AD-IOLs mimic movement of natural lens
Depp acknowledged that he has suffered from vision issues from early on in his life, saying he can barely see from his left eye. Recent: How to choose a subspecialty in ophthalmology
The most probable causes of Galilei's blindness were cataracts and glaucoma. Recent: Glaucoma micro-stent’s 2-year data promising
Born blind, Harris is the keyboardist for the band "X Ambassadors." After-hours: DJ ophthalmologists in surgery by day, mixing music by night
Along with Homer's debated existance-or lack thereof-is a question as to whether blindness was also an impairment he struggled with in his old age. Recent: NASEM declares eye health a public health imperative
Joyce had severe eye pain for the second half of his life. He had multiple surgeries to try to alleviate the pain, which may have caused his blindness. Related: What books are your fellow ophthalmologists reading?
Keller was blind and deaf since she was less than 2 years old. Despite this, she is one of the most well known women's writers of the century. After-hours: Famous artist, ophthalmologist team up so children can see ‘brighter’
The writer of this classic text was partially blind and deaf, but said that her vision impairment was not the reason she stopped writing. Instead, she said it was because she said all that she wanted to say. Recent: 6 lessons to take away from the presidential race
Allan Pineda Lindo Jr., also known as apl.de.ap., is a member of the band "The Black Eyed Peas" who has nystagmus. Blog: How your nonverbal cues may be choking your practice
- Mila Kunis. "I was blind in one eye for many years, and nobody knew," said Kunis in an interview with Cosmopolitan. The actress had a cataract in one eye caused by iritis, potentially severe inflammation that occurs in the front part of the eye including the iris, the colored part of the eye.
- Claude Monet. The famous artist known for his scenic oil paintings had cataract s for many years. A cataract is a natural aging change of the eyes, which causes the lens to grow and become yellow/brown as it worsens.
- Ray Charles. Untreated glaucoma stole musician Ray Charles’ sight as a child. In an interview, he told New Musical Express that he didn’t see blindness as a drawback at all.
- Ella Fitzgerald. Known as the First Lady of Song, this award-winning jazz singer suffered from advanced diabetes. The disease came with many health complications for Fitzgerald, including loss of vision.
Sep 8, 2022 · Casey Harris. The famous rock band X Ambassadors have a very talented keyboardist named Casey Harris, who is also blind. Harris was born with the genetic condition, Senior-Loken syndrome, which affects the kidneys and retina and lead to Harris’s visual impairment. This doesn’t stop him from playing amazingly and taking a fundamental role in ...
Listed below are historically famous people with visual impairments including total blindness, sight conditions, or blindness in one eye. If you have any materials you’d like produced in braille, large print and/or audio for your customers who are blind or have low vision; you can request a free quote or call 1-800-258-7544 (M-F 8:30am to 5pm EST ).
The mission of Teaching Students with Visual Impairments is to provide all persons involved in education students who are blind or visually impaired with the necessary resources to help each student become successful members of their communities and to equip those in the visual impairment field with resources to meet the wide range of needs of the students they serve.
People also ask
What challenges do famous people with visual impairment have?
Did you know some celebrities are visually impaired?
Do blind celebrities have eye disease?
Can a visually impaired person use the Internet?
How did Louis Braille become blind?
Was Jorge Luis Borges blind?
Jan 14, 2022 · Lily Mitchell, Filmmaker and Athlete. She is determined to let nothing get in her way and looks forward to helping make the film business more accessible for people who are differently abled while helping to dispel the perpetuation of stereotypes. Lily is legally blind from cone rod dystrophy, a condition she was diagnosed with at the age of 11.
