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Be part of what we’re building next. As a founding supporter of Thrive Blind, you’re helping create a new program focused on connection, resources, and opportunities for blind and low vision young people. Your support helps us move beyond awareness and build a community where blindness does not define what’s possible.
Our Thank-You to You
Choose to receive a free gift at checkout, or decline it so your full donation goes to the program.
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LoveTags (4 Pack)
$9.99 value
Four Gift Box LoveTags with 'LOVE' in tactile braille.
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Franky
$28 value
Be the first to take Franky home. Early access for $100+ donors.
Optional and available while supplies last.
Our Thank-You to You
Choose to receive a free gift at checkout, or decline it so your full donation goes to the program.
-
LoveTags (4 Pack)
$9.99 value
Four Gift Box LoveTags with 'LOVE' in tactile braille.
-
Franky
$28 value
Be the first to take Franky home. Early access for $100+ donors.
Optional and available while supplies last.
From awareness
to
action.
Two Blind Brothers began by helping people see blindness differently. Today, through Thrive Blind, we are using that platform to help blind and low-vision young people access fellowship funding, professional mentorship, training, and career pathways to meaningful work.
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Our Mission
Two Blind Brothers
Founded by brothers Brad and Bryan Manning, who were both diagnosed with Stargardt disease at a young age, Two Blind Brothers began with a simple idea: help more people understand blindness and low vision through experiences that create connection.
Growing up with progressive vision loss shaped how Brad and Bryan experienced the world—and showed them how often blindness is misunderstood. Many people don't understand the wide spectrum of vision loss, what life with blindness can actually look like, or the independence and possibility within the blind and low vision community.
That lack of understanding can create distance—socially, professionally, and culturally.
Two Blind Brothers exists to close that gap.
Today, as a nonprofit organization, we create experiences and programs that bring people closer to the blind and low vision community—from Shop Blind, which turns trust and curiosity into greater understanding, to Thrive Blind, which creates opportunities for young blind and low vision people to connect, learn, and grow.
We envision a world where blindness does not define what's possible.
Awareness
Bringing Blindness Into Focus
Blindness and low vision affect millions of people, yet public understanding often comes from distance rather than familiarity. When blindness is misunderstood, it becomes easier to overlook accessibility, inclusion, and opportunity.
Two Blind Brothers focuses on bringing blindness into everyday awareness—through design, storytelling, and shared experiences that make it familiar, not abstract.
Education
Designed With Intention
We believe education is most effective when it invites engagement, not just explanation. That’s why our programs are designed to help people build understanding through thoughtful interaction and reflection.
Through initiatives like the Shop Blind Challenge, we encourage people to engage without visual cues and learn about blindness as a spectrum—how accessibility works, how independence shows up, and how intentional design shapes daily life.
We extend that learning through tactile products with braille details, such as labeling colors in braille. These design choices make accessibility visible, spark curiosity, and open the door to conversation—helping blindness become part of everyday understanding.
Education becomes lasting when it’s built through awareness, engagement, and intention—not just taught.
Programs
Built to Create Opportunity
Two Blind Brothers started by changing how people see blindness. Now we are turning that awareness into programs that create real opportunity for blind and low-vision people.
Thrive Blind is the bridge. It connects young people with fellowship funding, mentors, coaching, and career pathways.
Your donation helps us launch, grow, and sustain programs like it, so more people get the support to build the future they want.
Our partnerships in action
L'AMY America Eyewear
Through our eyewear partnership, our mission is shared across approximately 2,000+ optometrist clinics nationwide.
PUMA
Our collaboration with PUMA put accessibility at the center of elite sport. Working together on the French Blind Football Team’s kit, we introduced tactile, braille-inspired design elements that celebrate instinct, skill, and independence.
Dogs Inc Shop Blind Challenge
Our collaboration with Dogs Inc combines education and impact through a dedicated Shop Blind Challenge experience. Together, we invite participants to learn about guide dog training, etiquette, and the powerful role these dogs play in supporting independence, while directly helping fund Dogs Inc’s mission.
Shopify Shop Blind Event
In collaboration with Shopify, Two Blind Brothers hosted a live Shop Blind Event that challenged participants to shop without visual cues. The immersive experience helped attendees better understand accessibility barriers while learning directly about blindness, inclusion, and the impact of thoughtful design.
