I have been a white cane user for 7 years now, and ever since I started using it I have wanted to traid it in for a guide dog. Mobility is arguably one of the aspects of life most impacted by vision...
Alejandra Timmer
About Alejandra
Hi, I am Alejandra Timmer. I’m in ninth grade. I love watching anime. I love playing music, I have been playing piano for almost ten years now and I have been playing cello for three years, and even when I’m not playing music I’ve usually got a pair of head phones over my ears. I’m not a very sporty person however I have been doing gymnastics and swimming for quite a while now.
I love learning new things. My favourite subject in school is biology. and due to my vision loss I had to learn how to read and write braille last summer. I have been using a white cane for about five years. When I was seven months old I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa, Nystagmus and strabismus (lazy eye). I have been slowly losing my vision ever since, I am now at the point where I am completely blind in my right eye accept for light and shadow perception, and in my left eye I only have about roughly 10 degrees of central vision.
Expectations
On the last school camp I went on, one of the activities the class did was stand up paddle boarding. Each student received their own board and we were all instructed on how to stand up and paddle...
What I am Grateful For
If I’m completely honest, being blind kinda sucks for many, many reasons and when people think of being blind bad things are usually all that come to mind. There are so many things that I’ve missed...




