#sight loss

[weepingfoxfury]

The man on the radio is talking to us from Verona ... he's practicing his Italian but there's no sign of Robert de Niro waiting. Weatherwise it's back to wearing jumper, jumper, cardigan, though there could be sunshine later. The traffic lady is probably taking time out at a service station in the middle of nowhere with the chef on the radio ... they're both letting time tick til the man on the radio returns.

Today's groaner: why do toucans dance in pairs? ... because two toucans can can-can better than one toucan can ;-D badoom tish ... here all week!!

Biggest Dog was at the vets yesterday after a sleepless night for us both. Dementia has crept in and made a home and is closing the windows on her sight. Much comforting is needed at night. However, she remains indomitable, in possession of much energy and is the one who still leads the charge when the postman calls. Long may she continue, for who else will keep the Hairy Horde in line, turn cardboard into shreds and scatter the pigeons onto the telegraph poles? Beautiful Biggest Dog.

Friday, Friday, Friday and the coffee is coming cup after cup after cup ...

[livingwithnystagmus]

Hi let me introduce myself

I’m Abi

I’m 23.

I live in the uk.

I have congenital nystagmus (from birth, involuntary movement of the eyes).

I got the official paperwork done when I was 7 but have been wearing glasses since I was 10 months old (I have the hospital records of that eye test).

I am going into first year having done a foundation year last year.

I use a symbol cane not a long cane and people constantly confuse it for a long cane or ignore it. One lady where I volunteer thought it was a pointer .

When I’m able I volunteer with English heritage at a local site

Unlike HIV living in an actual genuine person(if you want a deep dive on that mess, well there’s YouTube videos on the topic)

I’m in and out of different doctors offices for different things some where I’m attending uni and some where I grew up cos I’m fairly local but moved into dorms for independence.

[bulldogblues]

This is messed up.

Having mystery shoppers fabricate disabilities to determine whether bank staff can provide adequate support is such an awful idea when there are literally millions of people in the country with varying levels of sight or hearing loss or both whose experiences are the ones that truly matter here.

Ableism is one hell of a drug...

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[sp00kysk3lly]

08/08/23

My eyes have fucked up yet again! Like I said they would. But do the eye clinic care? No. Why else would they give me a appointment in October when I was suppose to be seen in April??? That’s 6 months for fucks sake.

Every single time they do this. Addenbrooke’s Hospital doesn’t know it’s head from its arsehole. They fuck me about constantly. But when I go to complain to the patient liaison service I get told I can’t because “it hasn’t happened yet”.

I think you’ll find it has happened now. So I’ll try make the complaint again. I don’t give a fuck anymore. I’m done being fucked over.

I’m fucking DONE!!!!

[doesephs]

saw everything BUT the impending yaoi, welcome the office trip hazard jonathan sims!

[newsfromtherooftop]

Blind Adventurer becomes President of The Ramblers

Blind Adventurer becomes President of The Ramblers l Walking charity names Amar Latif as new President. #healthandwellbeing #sightloss #walking

Walking charity, the Ramblers, has named Amar Latif as its new President. Known for his television appearances as the Blind Adventurer, Amar Latif plans to use the high-profile voluntary role to support the Ramblers mission to ensure that walking is accessible to everyone. Amar said: “Being appointed President of the Ramblers is a huge honour. The Ramblers mission to ensure equal access to…

[untimelybones]

might come back someday to clean him up or do a better piece for him but. here's what i have for now??

eastern dragon doesn't make sense canonically but this is already so far from canon i don't care anymore

how do you even attach a bird to an eastern dragon they’re just noodles (i settle for neck fluff)

[softenedsunbeams]

@fallenclan honeysong doodle because.. i ljke her heart emoji

[canisalbus]

RE: Ludovica's girlfriend, I've been picturing her like my childhood dog. A solid coat might look nice against Ludovica's spots. My old girl had black fur with a strong brown undertone. She was a rescue (and the sweetest, calmest lady), but according to a DNA test (which I know aren't the most reliable) she was a Labrador Retriever / American Staffordshire Terrier / Chinese Shar Pei mix. She just passed recently. I guess that might be part of the reason I have this strong mental image. Hope you don't mind me sharing!

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[mothy-graves]

do you guys ever think that, when Arthur thought Daniel died, part of why it stung so bad, was because he never got to actually see him again?

he spoke to him, he was in his presence, but he didn’t see him. Daniel may have seen Arthur, but Arthur didn’t see Daniel. John saw Daniel. do you think, ever, Arthur ached just to actually see the people he knew and loved again?

though, do you also think, part of him was thankful for the blindness? he never had to see Parker’s body, the man he’d known and cared about for so long. he doesn’t have to remember the faces of people he left behind, because he never actually saw them. he doesn’t have to be haunted with the memory of how Oscar looked at him when calling him his purpose. or the memory of how Noel would’ve listened to and looked at him with such understanding. he doesn’t have to remember how any of them smiled, or how they looked at their worst. Whether that be when they sat, depressed at a bar, or when on the brink of death

sure, they can haunt him in other ways. but at least their faces can’t be attached to it. not like Daniel’s. not like Bella’s. not like Parker’s. not like Faroe’s

[driedlillies]

Thinking about how language influences our cultures and reinforces ideas. I find it entirely believable that clans would have their own secret languages that no one else would know. Like imagine a scenario where in Uchiha clan tongue, “going blind” is synonymous to dying. Just. The possibilities are endless. I do not think they would lose those languages after konoha’s founding either it would be a big part of their cultures

[gay-otlc]

Just so you know a "gay" person coming out as trans and straight isn't a downgrade! It's something to be celebrated because the straight trans person in question is being their happiest and most authentic self and that's pretty fucking great

[worstloki]

as if Hela wouldn't go for Thor's blind spot after cutting out an eye

[bugwolfsstuff]

Luke being an implied monster fucker will never not be funny to me