Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series on Laughter is Often the Best Medicine, a series that encourages people who are blind or visually impaired to laugh at themselves and celebrate victories. Dress Up Time A friend was recently invited to hold a month long exhibit at one of the elite art museums … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series on Laughter is Often the Best Medicine, a series that encourages people who are blind or visually impaired to laugh at themselves and celebrate victories. Siri Speaks Up by Empish Thomas As some of you may know I recently purchased an iPhone. In these last few … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series on Laughter is Often the Best Medicine, a series that encourages people who are blind or visually impaired to laugh at blunders and celebrate victories. The Crowning Event by Sue Martin, peer advisor, LVT,VRT I have recently had my four top front teeth crowned. The teeth … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series on Laughter is Often the Best Medicine, a series that encourages people who are blind or visually impaired to laugh at blunders and celebrate victories. Celebrating Mother’s Day in Style By Audrey Demmitt, peer advisor Dark restaurants are often very difficult to navigate for people who … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series on Laughter is Often the Best Medicine, which is a series that encourages people who are blind or visually impaired to laugh at blunders and celebrate victories. Hopefully, these personal experiences will give you potential solutions for coping with your vision loss. Where, Oh, Where Is … Continued
The Importance of Confidence by Lynda Jones, CVRT Confidence is a good character trait to possess. It helps us persist when facing difficulties or gives us courage to accept challenges that may seem a bit beyond our reach. Much of the success of people who are blind or visually impaired comes from confidence that they … Continued
The Cake That Never Got Baked! During one thanksgiving holiday when I was learning to adjust to my vision loss, I decided to bake one of my favorite holiday cakes to take to my cousin’s for thanksgiving dinner. It was somewhat costly, calling for lots of dates, raisins, and walnuts, but the preparation was fairly … Continued
Editor’s Note: This is part of our ongoing series on Laughter is Often the Best Medicine. Sometimes You’ve Just Gotta Laugh! By Audrey Demmitt Sometimes when you’re visually impaired, you’ve just gotta laugh when mishaps and embarrassing moments arise. One day after shopping alone, I waited on the curb in the blinding sun for my … Continued
Editor’s note: This is part of a series on the theme of Laughter is Often the Best Medicine. We often find it difficult to laugh at situations when we blunder if we are struggling to find our equilibrium of adjusting to life’s demands along with vision loss. In time, we realize one of the best … Continued
Editor’s note: This is the 2nd in a series on our theme of Laughter is Often the Best Medicine. We often find it difficult to laugh at situations when we blunder if we are struggling to find our equilibrium of adjusting to life’s demands along with vision loss. In time, we realize one of the … Continued