Austin Seraphin, a 41-year-old accessibility consultant who’s been blind since birth due to a condition called retinopathy of prematurity, is combining Western medicine with herbal remedies to cope with the excruciating pain that his calcifying corneas are causing him.
His lack of sight means he just has to find other ways to adapt to his surroundings.
The approach he has to pain as a new part of his life he must tackle, is also telling of his approach to the work he does in the space of accessibility and technology.