who inspired you to study blindness?

Question: who inspired you to study blindness?
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Asked by jessicabx to Steve on 15 Mar 2011.
- Stephen Moss answered on 15 Mar 2011:
  
  Hi Jessicabx
  
  In fact it wasn’t really any one person. I started working on blindness just over ten years ago, having previously worked on cancer. I think I just fancied a change of direction and some new challenges, and an opportunity came up at the Institute of Ophthalmology (the scientific name for the study of the eye). I applied and got the job, and I’ve loved every minute of it.

Question: who inspired you to study blindness?