Owen McCaul, general counsel for the Second Circuit State Attorney’s Office, has become the first Florida School for the Deaf and Blind alumnus, and first visually impaired person, to chair the FSDB Board of Trustees. McCaul lives with high myopia, or extreme nearsightedness. A 2012 cataract operation improved his vision but left a residual “floater” in his left eye, forcing him to read mostly with his right. He uses a monocular and holds printed material extremely close to his face. “It doesn’t define who I am,” he said. “It’s a fact, just like I’m bald, old, and a little overweight.”

Pity the Second Circuit drug court participant who complains that he can’t get to treatment.

Transportation problems are a tough sell with veteran prosecutor Owen McCaul. Legally blind since birth, McCaul has taken the bus to work for nearly 32 years.