 Handling heavy machinery is challenging. Imagine if you were blind. There's one organization shifting the perspective on what kind of jobs are blind or capable of. I'm Jerrick Tucker with Uprocks, and today we're here at the Dallas Lighthouse for the blind. Let's go take a look. You've got to make your plants safe for them, but I'll actually close my eyes, and if I can operate it safely, I know they can. I went blind as a result of glaucoma, so I've been blind since 11 months old. 70% of people who are blind remain unemployed in the US. But I developed the attitude that blindness is not going to be something that's gonna hold me back because I can live the life that I want. The Dallas Lighthouse for the blind provides job opportunities for people who are blind. We manufacture markers, plastics, vinyls, and textiles. Blind people are able to use the machines because the machines have been modified so that we can. Technically, I take care of the machines, modify the machines to the hand that can actually operate the machines safely. You take a brand new machine, tear it apart to be modified so that it can operate. The visually impaired work on the end where the labels are, they'll listen and they'll actually tell you when a barrel comes through and your label doesn't go on right because they got a distinctive sound for it. It's amazing what they do. I was quite nervous at first, but then once I started to learn about all the guides that they have there and to keep you from getting your fingers sewn together, I just sat down and went after it. And I had fun doing it. The Dallas Lighthouse has changed my life from someone who sat at home and did a lot of job searching, anxiously waiting for the day to pass, to somebody now who looks forward to getting up and coming to work and interacting with wonderful people. I would say to other people with disabilities seeking work, don't give up. You oftentimes have the concern of that. Nobody'll want to hire me, but I can assure you that there are employers out there who do and the Dallas Lighthouse sets a great example for that.