What was Molly Burke diagnosed with?
What was Molly Burke diagnosed with?
Molly Jane Lucy Burke (born February 8, 1994) is a Canadian YouTube personality and motivational speaker whose eponymous channel has just under 2 million subscribers. Burke was diagnosed at age four with retinitis pigmentosa, a condition which causes loss of vision. She lost most of her sight at age 14.
How did Molly Burke become famous?
Molly decided to share her message in a more universal way. She thus started her YouTube channel as one of the platform’s first disabled creators. Over time she amassed over two million subscribers.
What is Molly Burke famous for?
Molly Burke is a motivational speaker, YouTuber, and disability rights advocate. Born in Toronto, Canada, she was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a rare retinal disease causing loss of vision, when she was just 4 years old and lost the majority of her vision by age 14.
Why do Molly Burke’s eyes shake?
(For the record, Molly does have nystagmus, which causes her eyes to shake — although it’s not super noticeable.) Here’s another reason some people think Molly isn’t actually blind: She’s able to look directly at the camera.
What is legally blind?
Legal blindness occurs when a person has central visual acuity (vision that allows a person to see straight ahead of them) of 20/200 or less in his or her better eye with correction. With 20/200 visual acuity, a person can see at 20 feet, what a person with 20/20 vision sees at 200 feet.
What is retinitis pigmentosa caused by?
Most of the time, RP is caused by changes in genes that control cells in the retina. These changed genes are passed down from parents to children. RP is linked to many different genes and can be inherited in different ways.
