I have always loved pop culture and read People magazine for as long as I can remember When I initially lost my sight, I was cut off from my phone, the internet, Twitter, pretty much the entire world except family and friends and medical professionals.
Then as I learned more about the technology available to people with low vision, my world was opened up again. I’m not back 100% to where I was before my optic nerves became damaged, but I am back to being up on all the news from the entertainment industry.
As I have mentioned before, I am once again able to read books using a Merlin CCTV but magazines don’t work as well with that piece of equipment. However, reading magazines through the iPad is a dream come true. With the digital issue, I can enlarge the font and pictures to a size that I am able to see. I don’t see colors very well in person or on TV but on the iPad I can see almost all colors! This is going to sound crazy but I even love seeing all the ads. After not having them for almost two years it made me so happy! It was one more way of getting back into the groove of the world outside my life that had changed so suddenly and so traumatically.
I’m including a picture to show you how large I can make the magazine. If your vision requires some help, I totally recommend getting your magazines digitally. I buy the subscription through iTunes and it’s super easy to download from there through the Newsstand app that’s is loaded on the iPad when you purchase it.
Whether it’s sports or fashion or entertainment, getting back to what you love is getting back to you. And that’s something we all deserve. It must be true because I read it in People.
