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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. Comment on any post, email me, or subscribe to receive occasional email updates:

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When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes

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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.

Speak Up Skills

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Speak Up Skills presents well-tried ways to speak up and get your needs met. It is for people who live with low vision or blindness. How to talk to people who see well and have never thought about not seeing. It is a companion to my book: When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes.

Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

How Universal Design Creates Inclusive Infrastructure, Repost from Bloomberg News


How Universal Design Creates Inclusive Infrastructure, Re-Post from Bloomberg News (and AER). This re-post focuses on a community of people with autism not vision loss, but it shows what can be done. Universal design is being promoted for infrastructure projects in the big Bill now in Congress. Universal design in public buildings, historic sites, medical […]

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VisionAware Webinar


  VisionAware celebrated the Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990, with a webinar “When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes, Self-Advocacy and Low Vision” which I presented. The 2 Q and A sessions provided heaps of excellent questions and VisionAware added some real-time expertise. Melanie Pescoe moderated the webinar, with Pris Rogers. Here it is!

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Re-Post Low Vision Podcast


 Re-Post of Low Vision Podcast: Low Vision Tech, The Doctor Said… When anyone loses good vision their doctor may say she can’t do much more for you. But there is a whole qualified profession which can do a lot. Some states offer much more than others, but here is an excellent podcast from Steve Kelly […]

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Eating Out Again


Colliding with café tables and chairs on the sidewalk may have been the closest most of us got to a meal out for the past year. But now you may be sitting at those outdoor tables and indoor ones too. Mask wearing and social distancing are bouncing from absolutely required in some places to completely […]

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