The Word “Blind” Is Still Misused in Everyday Speech- Let’s Get Rid of It Re-Post from 7 years ago … and it’s still going on!

“Time-blindness” was recently targeted on TikTok as “ablest,” and I agree! Blindness is a physical and sensory condition related to the eyes and sometimes the brain. To use the term in this way objectivizes blindness and blind people. There are contexts where “blind” means an object or set-up which blocks vision such as “window blind,” […]

Doug lives in Northern California. He and his wife have retired from a successful water gardening business. He had to learn to use power tools and appliances without vision. Now he is an authoritative commentator on choosing and marking appliances for vision rehab professionals. Doug: “I have been visually impaired totally blind since a child. […]

Amy Osvold is a vision rehab specialist in North Dakota. What sets her apart from most other vision rehab teachers is the size of her district – the western half of North Dakota about 35,000 square miles! The drive to a consumer’s home may be four hours or more in each direction. At present it’s […]

First published in the San Antonio Express-News Follow up to: The Challenges of Care-Giving, and Elder Abuse and Domestic Violence both by Audrey DemmittRN. And here is another Resource for Elder Abuse from sixty and Me Becoming a caregiver for a loved one changes your relationship and changes your life. In the beginning you are […]

When I talk to groups of people often seniors who live with vision loss someone almost always brings up the importance of grieving – and they are absolutely right! Here are two sections from Chapter 4 of my book: When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery. GRIEF IS A MESSY BUSINESS. […]

Audrey Demmitt RN is a VisionAware peer advisor after a long career helping others who also live with low vision and blindness. Here is her companion post on Elder Abuse. There are an alarming number of older adults who are aging with vision loss. Your loved one may be one of them and most certainly […]

I am re-posting this blogpost from the earliest months of Vision Loss and Personal Recovery to remind people losing sight and their partners about the emotional adjustment the family will go through. Our brains start to adapt almost immediately, it’s our emotions that lag behind and need all kinds of support to adapt. This difficulty […]

We are all turning on the TV as we wait for spring and vaccinations. But how to mark the buttons you want when bump dots won’t stick? How to mark them depends on whether you have low vision and whether your fingertips work well. And even with a well-marked remote traversing channels, Roku, and streaming […]

2021 has arrived and will be better! Nine months of semi-isolation, voices muffled by masks, and fewer offers of assistance in public has been particularly tough on people living with loss of vision. Hopefully the pandemic is in the departure lounge and better times will come. Over the next few months I will interview three […]

She’s a chess champion who can barely see the board. Repost from the New York Times Dec. 24, 2020. Jessica is three times US Blind Chess Champion. She has just a little usable vision. She has to touch the chess pieces to identify them. This can be a problem! (The New York Times allows five […]

Vision loss and Personal Recovery

WHEN YOU CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES

Author: Hannah Fairbairn

The Word “Blind” Is Still Misused in Everyday Speech- Let’s Get Rid of It Re-Post from 7 years ago … and it’s still going on!

Access to Appliances, Guest post by Doug Rose

An Interview with Amy Brunner Osvold Vision Rehab Specialist

THE PITFALLS OF BEING A CAREGIVER, Guest Post by Larry P. Johnson

How To Grieve After Sight Loss – A Short Video

The Challenges of Caregiving, Guest post by Audrey Demitt RN

Repost, What’s in a Name? Eye Problems? Losing Vision? Going Blind?

Marking Your TV Remote

2021 New Year New Guests for VLPR, Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

She’s a Chess Champion Who Can Barely See the Board – Repost from the New York Times