
Daniel Searle
Australian physiotherapist, TEDx speaker, and disability advocate who lost his sight at 16 due to Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy.
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Jul 27, 2026
Disability and Mental Health: How Daniel Searle Rebuilt His Life After Losing His Sight | Golden Threads
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Daniel DoughertyHOST
And because you seem like what I've read online is doing some phenomenal things and it's something that your low vision or something that your low vision certainly didn't stop you from having some really amazing aspects of life

Daniel SearleGUEST
yeah and i think it's it was a challenging time and Yeah, not trying to point out that everything was rosy and it was easy and I just got on and went, oh, okay, that's fine.

Daniel SearleGUEST
There was definitely a lot of bumps in the road along the way and there was a lot of months really or longer years that I was still in denial.

Daniel SearleGUEST
I still in many respects thought I'd probably just wake up tomorrow and it would be fine.

Daniel SearleGUEST
And living up in that, growing up in that small sort of town and a small school, I knew my way around my town and my school fairly well.
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Daniel DoughertyHOST
What else is going on with you these days? What are you up to? Just tell us a little bit more about what's going on in your life.