Visually Impaired in a Visual World
Being a visually impaired person, I am trying to cope with the situation and convey some personal experience and ideas to VIPs and non-VIPs, their family and friends.
Being a visually impaired person, I am trying to cope with the situation and convey some personal experience and ideas to VIPs and non-VIPs, their family and friends.
My mother and I are suffering from a progressing, hereditary form of macular degeneration, to be more precise, it is a macular dystrophy, which leads to loss of central vision.
The picture shows a bridge with distorted lines, as it might typically appear for people with macular problems (often AMD).
Wheras this bridge might still look like this for my mum, I would have difficulties to see it at all and probably think, I have to take a boat or swim to the other side...
(Well, being serious, but let's also try to keep the spirits up.)
Funny and not so funny situations due to visual impairment.
Here I described my personal experience...
I'll try to look at things differently, think "out of the box" and to find solutions for what I thought there weren't any - all with a bit of humor.
Inspired by my late aunt, I called my personal project RitA – Read It Through Apps...
I'll gathere some maybe useful apps, tips & tricks, and gadgets.
I will also share some other ideas and projects.
To explore them, continue reading...
