by Olivia | Nov 26, 2023 | Youth Blog
It’s crazy how my eye disease can affect both my sight of a paper in front of me and my sight of the future. When I am looking into my future, sometimes I see blurry spots just like when I forget to it in my contacts. However, the blanks in my future are much harder...
by Alejandra | Aug 22, 2023 | Youth Blog
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 loss, and I have found that this causes you to loose a lot of trust...
by Olivia | May 30, 2023 | Youth Blog
Hey Clearly Seeing Blind readers! There is a new segment coming to the blog. I am going to interview kids from the Curing Retinal Blandness Foundation about their experiences with their eye disease. starting with Jacob Billingsley. I’ll be learning their stories...
by Olivia | Oct 1, 2022 | Youth Blog
It’s a complicated thing, an eye disease. Most things in life are complicated, at least those worth knowing. Things like who we are, human behaviors, and how the world around us works can’t be explained in one simple sentence. Place also in that category the inner...
by Olivia | Aug 25, 2022 | Youth Blog
Today I went back to school. It was my first day as a junior in the 2022-2023 school year at Salem High School. Exciting, right? Yeah, no. Not even close. Not to sound negative, but I despise high school as a whole for countless reasons. Mostly, I find it hard to...
by Olivia | Aug 10, 2022 | Youth Blog
There are thirteen stairs in both staircases in my house. There are sixteen stairs in the staircase going down to my dance studio. In any given staircase at my high school, there is either 5, 6, 7, 11, or16 stairs. Counting stairs makes life easier. It’s a fact I...
