Souleyman Bah is 27 years old and sees the world through what he describes as a small hole.
Retinitis pigmentosa diagnosed at age 5 gradually robbed him of his sight, and today he retains only 10% of his vision. He lives in the United Kingdom with his partner, Saskia Symington, and their three children: Tallulah and the six-month-old twins Nemaya and Angelo. When the twins were born, Bah faced a problem that no parenting manual addresses: how to tell two nearly identical babies apart without being able to see them clearly.
He built the answer with what he had left. He learned to recognize Nemaya and Angelo by the tone of their cries, the texture of their hair, and the memory he trained day after day. He also discovered how to prepare bottles and change diapers by relying on touch and hearing. Today he shares all of this on TikTok and Instagram as @blinddaduk, so that other disabled parents know they are not alone in this. “Your potential is greater than the barriers you see in front of you”, he repeats, and says that the most rewarding thing is seeing his family smile every morning at breakfast.