About Molly Burke:

At just four-years‐old, Molly Burke’s world became a little bit darker: she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare retinal disease causing loss of vision. Despite this, and the ensuing obstacles and hardships she faced, it wasn’t long before she began bringing light into the lives of others. Molly began public speaking at the age of five as an ambassador for The Foundation Fighting Blindness Canada. Since then, she has inspired hundreds of thousands with her story.

Over the years, as Molly’s vision deteriorated, her confidence and optimism only strengthened; but not without struggle or adversity. As a student she was tormented by bullies, and struggled with depression and anxiety. It wasn’t until she found the strength to face her challenges, and the courage to reach out to others, that she came to find her purpose – bringing hope to others Read more on Molly’s About Page and be sure to check out her entire web site MollyBurkeOfficial.com.

AT&T Experience More is an innovative social project that celebrates how blind/low vision individuals Experience More – through their actions, passions, use of technology and more.

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AT&T and Aira Present: Molly Burke – YouTuber and Motivational Speaker #ExperienceMore

Molly:

Advocating for yourself is number 1, and making yourself your biggest priority.

You should care about you more than anybody else cares about you.

Jeff:

AT&T and AIRA present Molly Burke.

Molly:

I always want to prove, not to others but to myself that blindness has not stopped me from achieving the goals that I set out for myself.

Jeff:

Part of the hashtag Experience More campaign.

Experiencemore.att.com.

[Music]

Molly:

I believe you are only limited by what you tell yourself.

you’re only limited by your own thoughts and your own disbelief in your self.

It’s an amazing thing that AT&T is doing, and AIRA, because it’s not often that big commercial companies thinks about our community.

Jeff:

Brought to you by AT&T and AIRA, and produced by the Blind Abilities team, and now, here is your host Pete Lane and Jeff Thompson.

[Music]

JEff:

Welcome to Blind Abilities, I’m Jeff Thompson.

Pete:

And I’m Pete Lane.

Today we’re speaking with Molly Burke.

Molly, welcome to Blind Abilities.

Molly:

Ahh, thank you,