By Dave Pearce December, 1998 Updated October, 2005 Introduction What started out to be a journal of my experiences with macular degeneration for the benefit of my children has evolved into a detailed accounting of what a normal, middle class member of our society must contend with when MD starts to take its toll. Perhaps [Read More]
Category: Patients’ Writings
Essays, poetry, and stories from the low vision community.
Where the Boardwalk Ends
A Journey Through My Eyes by Matthew Lipsey 2009 With notes by Mindy Lipsey Matthew Lipsey, the oldest son of Mindy Lipsey, is eleven years old and attends middle school in Baltimore, Maryland. He is enrolled in the gifted and talented program and wants to be a nuclear engineer when he grows up. Mindy has [Read More]
Writing To Live
by Charles Champlin When his vision became seriously impaired, a writer learned to cope by doing what he loved best. (Published in the Los Angeles Times, June 24, 2001. Reprinted by permission.) Charles Champlin Is the former film critic, arts editor and critic-at-large columnist for the Los Angeles Times. He retired in 1991. This piece [Read More]