Be Your Own Advocate: Ryan Kuro on Braille and Living Fully

About this episode

Ryan Kuro discusses navigating life as a blind person with resilience and self-advocacy.

Meet Ryan Kuro (pronounced “Curro”) — a Chicago-area civic leader, sports broadcasting graduate, and creative writer who brings a refreshingly practical take on resilience and independence. In this episode of Connect Globally & Innovate , Ryan shares what it means to navigate the world as a blind person with calm strategy, humor, and relentless self-advocacy. We talk Braille (the six-dot cell system, Grade 1/2/3, and why signage still gets it wrong), accessibility gaps in public spaces and digital experiences, and why “planning is half the work.” Ryan’s perspective is clear: you can’t let life intimidate you — “no one’s going to live your life for you… be your own advocate.”

People in this episode

Host: Nitha Fiona Nagubadi

Guest: Ryan Kuro

Topics covered

• resilience
• independence
• accessibility
• Braille
• self-advocacy
• public spaces

Keywords

• Braille
• accessibility
• resilience
• independence
• self-advocacy
• public spaces
• digital experiences

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Chicago