that he had an interest in politics, Morris joined the People's National Party Youth Organisation. Through this organization, Morris traveled to the 1997 World Youth Congress in Cuba, where he attracted attention as a skilled public speaker. When he returned, he began giving speeches in support of the PNP as part of the 1997 general election. After the PNP won the election, Horace Clarke and other PNP members lobbied the Prime Minister to name Morris as a senator. Political career Morris was first appointed to the Jamaican Senate by Prime Minister P. J. Patterson in 1998, becoming its first blind member. He served in the Senate until 2007. When the governing People's National Party lost the 2007 general election it lost several Senate seats including Morris'. From 2001 to 2007, he served as the Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, under Ministers Danny Buchanan and Horace Dalley. He regained his Senate seat in 2012, following the 2011 general election, which saw the People's National Party regain the majority. Morris was appointed president of the Senate on 17 May 2013, after being nominated for the position by the Senate's Leader of Government Business and seconded by the leader of Opposition Business. He replaced Reverend Stanley Redwood, who resigned from the Jamaican Senate to move to Canada. Personal life Morris is a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. He is married to Shelly-Ann Gayle. The couple was married in July 2011 at the University of the West Indies (Mona) Chapel. He is the host of a two-hour weekly radio broadcast "Seeing From A Different Perspective", which focuses on disability and societal issues. He received his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of the West Indies in 2017. Morris has written an autobiography called, "By Faith, Not By Sight-The Autobiography of Jamaica's First Blind Senator". Notes Sources differ on what age Morris began to lose his sight. The Jamaica Observer says age 14, while Adventist News Network says age 17. Both sources agree that his blindness progressed over a period of six years. References 1969 births Blind politicians Jamaican radio presenters Members of the Senate of Jamaica Jamaican Seventh-day Adventists Living people People from Saint Mary Parish, Jamaica People's National Party (Jamaica) politicians University of the West Indies alumni 20th-century Jamaican politicians 21st-century Jamaican politicians