You Can Build This: The Story of Bricks for the Blind with Matthew Shifrin

Matthew Shifrin was 13 years old when a family friend typed out the first ever set of accessible Lego instructions for him on a braille typewriter. That experience changed everything. A decade later, Matthew founded Bricks for the Blind, a nonprofit that has adapted over 550 Lego sets and now reaches blind and visually impaired builders in more than 120 countries, all for free. In this episode, Matthew shares the story behind Bricks for the Blind and what it really means for a blind child to be able to build a Lego set independently — the confidence, the joy, the learning, an...