Olivia Durant
Olivia Durant is originally from Pittsburgh and came to national attention from being legally blind from birth, then regaining eyesight in 2006 thanks to a surgical procedure at The Eye Center of New York[1]. This life changing occurrence garnered national media attention and increasing public interest in Olivia’s inspirational story.
Quotes
[edit]- I didn't judge people when I couldn't see and after I got my eyesight, I still didn't.
- Interview on Good Morning America (2021)
- Society tells us a false story of who we are supposed to be. I generally ignore it.
- Buzzfeed Interview (2021)
- People really don't understand what being blind actually is. You can be blind for any number of reasons — injury, genetics, disease, etc. — so of course, a person's own experience being blind will be different than someone else's.
- Insider interview (2021)
