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Inherited Retinal Dystrophy

Colliding with a new reality – the hazards of low vision

08/10/2024 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  Leave a Comment

My cousin Des and his wife, Sonja live up a mountain in the glorious north west of Ireland. Here they are on Mullaghmore Beach a few weeks ago with Paige, Des' guide dog, Teddy the rescue sheep dog (who has also also his sight) and Paddy the Yorky. Not present are Buster the …

Category: Eyesight / loss of sight, Inherited Retinal Dystrophy, Late onset retinal degeneration, Retinal deteriorationTag: accessability, eyesight loss, Guide dogs, imherited retinal conditions, Labrador guide dogs, Late onset retinal degeneration, Mullaghmore, partial sight loss, Retinal deterioration, retinitis pigmentosa, screen readers, sight loss

Word pictures

18/08/2019 //  by Michelle Berridale Johnson//  5 Comments

Those of you who skimmed through my 'holiday' blog a couple of days ago may have noted that there were lots of images but that it was also quite 'wordy'. The images were for you – the words were for my cousin Des – he who is lucky enough to live with the endless blue skies (when …

Category: Eyesight / loss of sight, Inherited Retinal DystrophyTag: blindness, describing scenes for those who cannot see them, Inherited retinal dystrophy, loss of sight, partial blindness, partial loss of sight, Restinosa Pigmentosa, restricted vision, roses, seeing in low light with partial loss of sight

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