My blue eyes open now just as they always did, But rather than pure sunlight, I see a cloud instead. The sunlight still warms me and always lights my way, But the cloud in the center turns faces gray. The objects that I look at are becoming unclear, And memories of sharp vision are becoming [Read More]
Category: Patients’ Writings
Essays, poetry, and stories from the low vision community.
Broken Eyes
I live in a world without readable signs, No faces with features, or even straight lines. Things taken for granted, once seen clear as day, Now shrouded forever in layers of gray. As if once removed, life is now passing by, Viewed as it is from the corner of my eye. Like all that’s around [Read More]
Living Well With Low Vision: Miscellaneous Thoughts
by Dan Roberts Table of Contents About the Author I’m Visually Impaired, But . . . Twenty Things Eye Doctors Probably Don’t Tell You (But Would Like You To Know) Catching The Big One Correcting Misconceptions About AMD Detours Every Patient Can Be an Advocate Former Driver, Retired With Honor Hidden Disabilities: A Social Dilemma [Read More]
“He Don’t See So Good”
Charles Barnhart’s Story from “Inspirational Stories of the Visually Challenged (plus Resources)“by Margaret Barnhart Do you suppose I might hold a record for ways to meet a husband, as in lying naked on his massage table covered with sheets exactly the way he told me? This was my first ever massage. I was nervous. The [Read More]
The Monster Behind the Door
Speech for PBA Awards BanquetNovember 2, 2012 Dan RobertsFounding DirectorMacular Degeneration Support Thank you for the privilege of speaking to you this evening, and the opportunity to get to know more of the great people of Prevent Blindness America. I’ve long admired the work of this organization and have referred many of our low vision [Read More]