I’m Connor Scott-Gardner, a blind blogger from the UK. I’ve been blind since birth due to Leber’s Congenital Amaurosis, and I came out as a trans man in August 2021. I’m also the owner of CS Inclusion, an equity and inclusion consultancy business. If you’re wanting to work with me professionally, that is where to reach out. This blog is for my personal writing, book reviews, and general observations about life.
I blog about my experiences traveling as a blind person. I also write about AI and the impact it has on accessibility as well as the state of digital accessibility in general. I sometimes share book reviews and recommendations, and I’m particularly interested in how blind people are portrayed in literature. Unfortunately the answer is generally badly.
I’ve been writing this blog since I was 17, which means I’ve been writing it for a scarily long time now. It started off as an outlet for me to write about what it was like to be the only blind person in my school, and how I was navigating education as a young blind person who really didn’t know what I was going to do with my life. Now I’m a quite a bit older blind person who still doesn’t really know what I’m doing with my life, but I’ve discovered that most adults don’t, so that’s ok.
Occasionally I get so annoyed about things I decide to start a campaign and take action. I’ve been known to instigate letter writing campaigns (including to a major blindness organisation when I was a teenager), and more recently I’m campaigning around access to household appliances. No letters this time. Yet.
When I’m not desperately trying to survive adulthood, I like rock climbing, baking, doom scrolling Twitter, and traveling. I keep telling myself I’m going to write a book but all I’ve ever written is this blog, so we’ll see what happens.