My Name is Ryo
by Neil Abramson - October, 2011A personally produced documentary by a noted documentary maker about Ryo's journey from Japan to work with us, and the impact of our work on his life. Features Daniel Kish and Juan Ruiz as his instructors as Ryo himself tells his story.
At Liberty
Aquariverse - May 8, 2015By Katherine Jurgens
An excellent review of our approach as it pertains to enjoying nature through hiking and climbing. "Kish hasn’t simply encountered such people along a trail (or up a tree) – he’s often the mobility coach who helped them find their way there. Indeed, with uncompromising zeal (grounded in degrees in developmental psychology and special education) he is as determined to enable blind people to lead active, self-reliant lives as he is to liberate sighted people from their assumptions about what blind people can and can’t do." Includes interviews with Brian Bushway and Ryo.
Ryo Hirosawa's Song
Medicine Music series - July 5, 2013Jonathan Mann
"Ryo Hirosawa has an incurable heart disease that's led to the loss of his eyes. Despite this, he still takes pictures all the time. I got to talk to him over Skype. He's a really great guy! His friend Darrell reached out to me and asked me to write him this song. If you have someone in your life who's ill, let me know!