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Blindness is a Spectrum
Bethany
Age : 25
When I was first diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, a degenerative, inherited retinal disease, I truly believed that I would wake up one day and see nothing at all, swallowed by…

Coping with change
Vikki
Age : 68
Working in disabilities, fully independent, sharing looking after my autistic granddaughter to help my bi-polar daughter and being a very social person – my life was just the way it…

Look Twice
Scott
Age : 52
At the time of receiving my diagnosis of vision impairment I was a 30-year-old adult I had already established a life including a relationship, friendships, and career path. What I…

Yes we can!
Cody
Age : 24
I can still recall the feeling when doctors confirmed my parent’s worst fear. That my unsteady walking and lack of hand grip wasn’t just laziness or a phase but a…

Sport was my rehab
DJ
Age : 51
For the two and half years following my accident I experienced so many confusing emotions, I was frustrated, I was angry, I was lost, I didn’t know where to go.…

It is okay
Chantelle
Age : 25
Sometimes it is okay to be not be okay, you don’t have to hide how you feel.

Don’t hide who you are
Judi
Age : 42
I wish someone had told me as a child that it was okay to be different, that there is no need to hide your difficulties, and most importantly to be…

Dear 17 Year Old Me
Maree
Age : 62
I am writing to you as a 62 year old woman; yes a senior member of society! Even though you are at the age to leave school and begin your…

Enough
Gabriel
Age : 42
You ARE enough You WILL get across all of what you need to know There is help and guidance There is help to find help and guidance There are experts,…

Don’t forget you
Abbie
Age : 42
If I could tell you anything at all about raising a child with a disability I would say, “you’ve got this, you are going to be okay and it will…

Autism is hard at first
Kayne
Age : 25
The world can be really hard when you have autism, it’s too bright, too loud, and people will often talk to you. IF any of these things sound like a…

Letter to my younger self
Tim
Age : 62
Well hello! I know you are expecting words of wisdom but I doubt that will happen so perhaps let’s look at the experience gained over many years. I know that…

I’m just me
Andie
Age : 23
I did what some said I never would. Born 7 weeks premature after a very traumatic birth, I was lucky to live as it was. As I grew, I was…