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Readangularity
A year ago a vision specialist said: “You won’t be able to read again”. I had suddenly (i.e. over half an hour) acquired homonymous hemianopia (HH). This means you’ve lost sidewards vision, either left or right. So I was … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive technology, Blindness and visual impairment, Stroke survivor, Stroke, Disability, Cognition, Uncategorized
Tagged Alexia, Hemianopsia, homonymous hemianopia, partial sight, Peripheral vision, peripheral vision loss, Stroke, stroke association, stroke survivor, vision loss
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How’s The Mincers?
Recently a friend asked, “How’s the mincers?” “The mincers are good”, I replied. “But there’s no improvement in the watch and chain.” It’s Cockney rhyming slang. Mincers=mince pies=eyes. Watch and chain=brain. I get the same question most days (although not … Continue reading
Three Hundred and Sixty-Five Days a Stroke Survivor
Today is my anniversary, so I was determined to make a post. Exactly one year ago, on 11 September 2014, I had a stroke. Upstairs, washing my feet in the tub, I noticed a problem with my vision and had … Continue reading
7/101 Footsights, or Braille for the Feet
Equipment You, your feet and a suitable local footwalk. Background Staring from Japan in the mid 60s tactile pavements have spread across the world. Sometimes described as ‘Braille for the feet’, these textured surfaces help visually impaired people navigate and … Continue reading
Posted in 101 experiments in seeing, Assistive technology, Blindness and visual impairment, Uncategorized
Tagged 101 Experiments in Seeing, accessibility, Blind, blister paving, Braille for the feet, detectable warning surface, low vision, partial sight, tactile paving, tactile warning, vision loss, visual impairment, visually impaired
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Stroke Survivor 9 Months – How Am I Doing?
9 months post-stroke, how am I doing? 1 Sight I’m pretty certain there was some initial recovery and a bit more followed over the next few months. Now on my right hand side I can see quite a lot but … Continue reading
Posted in Assistive technology, Blindness and visual impairment, Stroke, Disability, Cognition, Uncategorized
Tagged accessibility, Blind, disability, Disabled, driving eyesight rules, Hemianopsia, homonymous hemianopia, impaired vision, partial sight, Peripheral vision, peripheral vision loss, Stroke, stroke association, stroke survivor, vision loss, visual impairment, visually impaired
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4. Frostie Specs
Equipment A pair of specs that don’t mind getting chilly. The front page of a newspaper. Background A friend with low vision said they saw everything like looking through a steamed-up window. I thought that very striking and wanted to … Continue reading
Did I Have a ‘Nano Stroke’?
We all have absent-minded moments sometimes. But recently I remembered something from not long before the stroke. One evening I was asked for my Apple password. Forgot? I had. The password had been there a moment back! I searched in … Continue reading
Five patterns of vision loss
I gave a workshop on vision loss and wanted people to understand a little of what it’s like to have partial sight. Everyone blind or partially sighted is completely different from everyone else blind or partially sighted. In fact everyone, … Continue reading
Posted in Blindness and visual impairment, Stroke, Disability, Cognition
Tagged accessibility, Blind, disability, Disabled, Hemianopsia, homonymous hemianopia, impaired vision, partial sight, Peripheral vision, peripheral vision loss, Stroke, Tunnel vision. Scotoma, visual impairment, visually impaired
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Can PowerPoint be Accessible?
Last week I was at a conference on disability and learning. I gave a workshop on vision loss and how it affects study and teaching. Running it taught me a lot, because in spite of being partially sighed I’d never … Continue reading
A Stroke Survivor’s Trip to London
Not a big step for humankind but a big step for me. Two days back I traveled to London and returned safely. This was the first time since my stroke. My low vision counsellor considers me a kind of pin-up … Continue reading
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