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Category: Blind and Low Vision stuff

Blind Citizens Australia produce a newsletter and podcast every month. There are a range of articles relating to many different categories such as self help; personal stories; upcoming activities; articles to motivate; information about specific eye diseases and where to go for support, plus much more. This category also contains stories about how blindness affects people and the way they are treated by ‘normal’ people.

Living With Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)

retinitis pigmentosa

I have this ‘thing’ called Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP). It’s a genetic disease that causes irreversible vision loss (low vision) and can lead to complete blindness. I have downplayed this for most of my life because it’s too hard to explain why you can see a bird in the sky but you can’t see the pencil in front […]

Zoom Fest

I’ve gone zooming mad  During this time of isolation where would we be without Zoom? Now I ask you.   And where would blind and vision impaired people be without Vision Australia (VA) and Blind Citizens Australia (BCA) …. and Zoom. I feel so connected to this community that I could howl. There’s no need to […]

How are your eyes going?

Dinner with women

Having a smashing time ‘How are your eyes going?’ I often get asked that question.  It usually pops out of someone’s head as a precursor to a conversation about their own eye sight. Some time ago I was invited (who knows why) to dinner with a bunch of women that I didn’t really know very well. I […]