When I was growing up, I never understood what visually impaired meant. I was only 4-years-old when my mother was diagnosed with Stargardts, a juvenille onset of macular degeneration. When I was old enough to understand that my mom had difficulties with her vision, I still didn’t comprehend what the problem was. I knew that… Continue reading My Mom is Visually Impaired
Month: January 2011
It is What You Make of it
I have always used the phrase “it is what it is” meaning “that is just the way things are so deal with it” or “just accept it”. Recently, I met with a good friend who said to me after I said, “it is what it is, but it is also what you make of it”.… Continue reading It is What You Make of it
Personal Vision-Loss Story: Lost in the Rain
I have worked in the field of blindness and visual impairment for the last 13 years, am the director of a visual rehabilitation center and have lived with low vision for the last 33 years, and yet, I still forget my tools and become lost! What a day. I am on my way to an… Continue reading Personal Vision-Loss Story: Lost in the Rain
Black Ice
As winter approaches I am reminded of a winter not long ago when I fell on the ice and separated my shoulder. Ouch! I never saw the ice and I was on the ground in a flash. Living with low vision can certainly be a challenge. At first, I thought my pride was the only… Continue reading Black Ice