Professor Ron McCallum has lived an extraordinary life.

When he was born premature in the 1940s and lost his sight shortly afterwards , a life working in a sheltered workshop was the most likely scenario for blind people, but  it wasn’t expected that a glittering legal career would be ahead.

But he challenged expectations, becoming the first blind professor of any discipline in Australia  in his chosen field of law and became the chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and later a Senior Australian of the Year.

Professor Ron McCallum joins Saturday Morning with Jack Tame to discuss his amazing career and his new book on his experiences called “Born at the right time”.

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