Why Audiobooks Are a Game-Changer for People with Visual Impairments and ADHD

For anyone living with a visual impairment or ADHD, reading can be a challenge. Pages blur, focus drifts, and the frustration builds. This is where audiobooks can be life-changing.

Audiobooks make stories, ideas, and education accessible anywhere. You can listen while walking, commuting, doing chores, or simply resting your eyes. For someone with ADHD, the ability to move while listening is a gift: it channels restless energy into something productive (study). For those with limited vision, audiobooks open up an entire library of books that may otherwise be out of reach (study).

And here's my confession: my wife told me for years to try audiobooks. She kept saying, "You'll love them. They'll make your life better." And, as usual, she was right. But of course, I didn't listen—until one day, someone else casually suggested an audiobook, I gave it a shot, and loved it. I came home, sheepishly told her I'd discovered how amazing audiobooks are, and she just smiled the way you do when you know you've been right all along.

The truth is, this was unique. My wife often suggests things to me that make me a better person. I should have listened to her sooner about audiobooks. Lesson learned.

It's not just convenience—it's freedom. Freedom to keep learning, to enjoy fiction, and to join conversations around books without the physical or cognitive barriers that can make reading so hard.

Listening to a book doesn't make the experience less valuable. If anything, it allows you to engage with more books than you thought possible. Audiobooks aren't an alternative to reading—they're a door back into it.