How Joshua Miele Turned an Acid Attack into a Career In Accessibility

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 10, 2025

A new memoir from Amazon’s principal accessibility researcher and MacArthur fellow Joshua Miele recounts how the acid attack that blinded and scarred him as a child led to a career at the intersection of design, technology, and accessibility. Miele talks about his life, his work and his book Connecting Dots: A Blind Life.

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