Articles, essays, and features about Vision.
As I have written about previously in Trekking With Poles (click here), when I purchased trekking poles for the first time in 2022 they changed my life. They enable me to navigate challenging terrain in a way that my mobility cane never could. A small divot in the ground, a…
Watching House Hunters International, the man and woman searching for a home in Europe showed a photo of their younger selves as they spoke about their history as a couple. “That is a big snowman!,” I said to my husband. The man stood behind the large body section of the…
For Part 1, click here. For Part 2, click here. For Part 3, click here. We were back at our dome at Clear Sky Resorts in Cannonville, Utah after dinner at the property’s restaurant,Sky Nova, before sunset. Getting comfortable in the Adirondack chairs on our patio, my husband and…
On a recent trip I had a rather displeasurable experience related to my vision while checking into a hotel. My husband was wandering the halls, getting the lay of the land. When it came to the point of the process where I needed to place my credit card in the…
On the 14th floor of Wills Eye Hospital, outside the wall of windows, the city of Philadelphia held the promise of a beautiful early September morning. What did inside hold? As I waited to be called for my appointment with my neuro-opthalmologist, I tried to determine what I was feeling…
Before my vision loss in 2012, I was nearsighted, getting glasses for the first time in 8th grade. As an adult I preferred contacts but had prescription glasses and sunglasses as well. Given the severity of my damaged optic nerves now, there are no corrective lenses that can improve my…
A dark table, dark items: not the best pair When you have only a little sight Using a hair clip instead of a binder Can you see this is simply not right? #SisterRain #ALittleSightALotOfHear #LegallyBlindWriter #Blind #BlindnessIsASpectrum #LegallyBlind #LowVision #VisuallyImpaired #OpticNeuropathy #VisionLoss
I was recently asked to present at an upcoming meeting of an accessibility advisory council that I am a member of, to share my story and my writing. I was grateful and excited for the opportunity, immediately beginning to jot down bullet points of things I wanted to say. From…
Driving around Salt Lake City recently, even with my lack of much sight I was able to recognize an area of the city from a business trip I had taken back in 2002, ten years before I woke up blind. Passing a Marriott with a long driveway and several flagpoles…
