Looking through a pinhole

How many mini stickers have you eaten when munching apples? Or how many times have you been asked for your driver’s licence for ID when you’re using a white cane? Or how many times have you laughed when someone says “check out this hilarious meme”? It could be funny if you could see it. But you laugh out loud anyway because everyone else is and besides you want to be polite.

As members of the blind and low vision community, we ask ourselves these mind-boggling questions every day. Then we always remind ourselves to look at the lighter side of life and never let sight get in the way of a good story.

Blind and Low Vision stuff

An icy adventure in August

On a brisk Monday morning in August, a group of would-be ice- skaters gathered at Flinders Street Station for an icy adventure. Joined by Miriam, the

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Blind and Low Vision stuff

Inclusion or intrusion

The restaurant was dimly lit. The sound of voices and clinking glasses filled the air. I stood near the entrance, frozen, clutching my white cane

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History

Keep a lid on it

Temu – you’re cancelled. By me anyway. I’d heard about you and checked you out online. It wasn’t long before I started buying heaps of

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