Emeritus Professor Ron McCallum kicked off the day with a charismatic rendering of his life and experience with retrolental fibroplasia. Growing up before the advent of comprehensive disability services, he faced discrimination from an early age. Nevertheless, he excelled in his studies, attended law school, and became the first totally blind person appointed a full professorship at a university in Australia or New Zealand. He expressed gratitude for the assistance of his colleagues, students, and wife throughout his studies and early teaching career, and emphasized the limitless possibilities that now come with the era of technology.