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I’m Hannah Fairbairn and this is my blog. I’m here to help you with questions you have about personal, home, and social life with vision loss. Choose between the 3 pages below: Speak Up Skills , Living with Vision Loss, and details of my book, When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, or use the menu and search tab to find posts that suit your needs.

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Speak Up Skills header

Speak Up Skills header

Speak Up Skills

Posts about Speak Up Skills (or Interpersonal Skills) focus on an essential issue for people who live with low vision or blindness: How to get your needs met when talking to people who use sighted speech which is more than half visual, and who have never thought about not seeing.

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Living With Vision Loss

Living With Vision Loss

Living with Vision Loss

This is the Place to find detailed help and answers to your questions about managing your appearance, clothes, and medications, organizing your home, and thinking about social relationships after vision loss. There are many posts, articles and links to discover.

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Cover of "When You Can't Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss & Personal Recovery" by Hannah Fairbairn

Top half of the cover of "When You Can't Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss & Personal Recovery" by Hannah Fairbairn

My Book

My book WHEN YOU CAN’T BELIEVE YOUR EYES: VISION LOSS & PERSONAL RECOVERY is available now in print and accessible versions. It is the first ever guide to coping with sight loss written directly for people dealing with vision impairment and blindness and their families.

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