Includes posts about grief, anger ,and steps in recovering as a person
My book, When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery has just won a second award: Vision Rehab Therapy Publication award 2020 from my own profession! This book took fifteen years to complete with input from hundreds of people new to vision loss, fellow faculty at the Carroll Center for the Blind and […]
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This is the third How To video for anyone who has lost vision. The videos are short and there are no ads. There will often be a link to a post on the same topic. Today there are more details from my book, When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes. Here’s a section from Chapter 3, […]
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Larry Johnson is the author of seven books including a collection of his popular commentaries published in the San Antonio Express-News. In 2017 he received the Texas Governor’s Trophy for Outstanding Service advocating for persons with disabilities. If you are a person over 65 like me, I’m going to share some rather startling and really […]
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Re-Post from the Perkins School for the BlindWhite Cane Safety Day. Is the day set aside by the federal government to recognize the independence and skill of people who use white canes. It’s also a reminder that laws in all 50 states require drivers to yield the right of way to people with white canes, […]
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This is the second How To video for anyone who has lost vision. They are all very short and there are no ads, so you only hear the information which I hope will be just what you need. There will often be a link to a post on the same topic with more details. Today […]
Read more "HOW TO GET HELP AT A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT WITH VISION LOSS – A VERY SHORT VIDEO"
This is the first How To video for anyone who has lost vision. They are all very short and there are no ads, so you just hear the information which I hope will be just what you need. There will often be a link to a post on the same topic with more details. […]
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Here is the video of my interview with Sylvia Stinson-Perez. Self-advocacy and my book: When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes, were highlighted at Mississippi State University’s online Conference on September 4, 2020. Sylvia is the director of the technical Assistance Center for Older Individuals who are Blind, OIB-TAC. The interview got great reviews.
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This brilliant essay was first published in the newsletter of the Alliance on Aging and Vision Loss, AAVL. (More details at end of post.) I am totally blind. I have no light perception and cannot tell if it is day or night. I join the blindest of the blind. It wasn’t always this way. […]
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While you wait out COVID19 here’s a great list of books about adjusting to vision loss and blindness compiled by vision rehab professionals earlier this summer. Many of these books are memoirs and reading how other people have worked to create a whole life is an important part of personal recovery. VisionAware has a post […]
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Referred to in my new book When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery, Chapter 12, “Continuing at Your Work.” There is more expert thinking from Joe in Chapter 1, “What About Your Job?” and Chapter 12, “Can You Keep Your Job?” Background with photo An Interview with Joe Buizon, Employment Services […]
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