Karan Nagrani – 2026 Ambassador – Audio described

This has happened more than once. 

[Close up of a white cane, behind a yellow transparent panel.]

If I travel, I've heard people say, "What's the point? 

[Karan’s white cane moves side to side as he walks into the recording space and sits. The recording space has yellow, green, blue and pink transparent rectangular panels of various sizes suspended within a white room.]

Like, why has he flown here when he can't see?" [LAUGHS]

[Close up of Karan speaking. Karan wears a brown shirt and sometimes a black t-shirt with ‘The Blind Guy’ logo in yellow with blue jeans, black, red and white Nike sneakers. He has short black hair.]

The more nonsense that I hear like that, 

[Karan laughs with a small head shake. Then walks between the panels.]

it gives me more ideas for content on social media.

[Audio description] Karan twirls his white cane like a baton and drops it, then cheekily kisses a mirror ball.

I'm Karan, better known as That Blind Guy. 

[Karan pulls an exaggerated smiling face, open-mouthed.]

I'm a standup comedian, and I'm an Ambassador for International Day of People with Disability.

[Text International Day of People with Disability, 2026 Ambassador, in white writing on two toned blue rectangles.] 

[Karan runs his white cane along a clear textured tactile floor indicator.]

I live with a disability called Usher syndrome. It causes blindness and hearing loss.

I get to show people that blind people are just as funny, 

[Karan folds his white cane into a picture square, framing his head as he pulls another funny face, tongue out.]

just as sexy, just as cool, 

[Karan walks through the coloured panels.]

and that we are just regular people.

[Audio description] Karan looks through cellophane, twirls his cane, then sits down on a chair, smiling.

It took me a lot of time to accept my disability.

[An empty chair framed by colourful panels, Karan enters and sits.]

When I would plan my dates with people, I would hide my cane in my bag.

[He folds his cane.]

My now husband and I actually bonded over my blindness. 

We went to a coffee shop, and then I knocked my coffee all over him. 

[Karan’s arms and hands describe the action of knocking over an imaginary cup.]

And that's when I told him about my blindness.

[Photos of Karan, sitting cross-legged holding a mirror ball; in a black T-shirt with ‘The Blind Guy’ logo in yellow, performing on stage; pulling a funny face. Then seated in the studio again.]

It's bizarre to think about the fact that now, with just 3% sight, that 10 years ago, I was still trying to hide it.

[Close up of Karan walking with his white cane behind a yellow transparent panel.]

I often talk about coming out of two closets, a blind closet and a gay closet. 

[Photos of Karan and his husband at their wedding.]

It's really freeing. 

[Photo of both men hold a large framed with the text ‘I’m not gay, but my husband is.’]

It's definitely life changing because you feel so comfortable in your own skin, that no one can rattle you.

[Back in the studio, Karan is seated. Karan then twirls his white cane like a cheerleader’s baton. He winks, smiling through a frame made with his white cane.

One thing I want people to understand this International Day of People with Disability, 

[Back in the studio, Karan is seated.]

is that it doesn't take a lot to include disabled people.

[Karan walks around the coloured panels as text appears ‘It doesn't take a lot, to include, disabled, people’]

I'm so much more than "that blind guy." I'm a terrible cook, I'm a dog dad. I listen to KPop, I love cake. I love gin, I love silly humour, I like travelling. 

[As he continues to walk through the panels, photos of Karan are displayed on them, with friends, speaking from a podium.]

So get to know us. Because once you get to know us,

[Back in the studio, Karan is seated. His hands move expressively in circular motions as he speaks.]

you'll see we are so much fun to be around.

[Karan smiles.]

[Audio description] International Day of People with Disability logo and website.