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Hi Everyone! I’m Hannah Fairbairn and this is my blog. I’m here to help you with questions you have about personal, home, and social life with vision loss.

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My book WHEN YOU CAN'T BELIEVE YOUR EYES: VISION LOSS & PERSONAL RECOVERY is available now. It is the first ever guide to coping with sight loss written directly for people dealing with vision impairment and blindness.

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Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

Resources for Partners, Family and Close Friends of Someone Losing Sight

When you are close to someone losing sight, especially if you live together, the shock and grief for you at first can be almost as great as for the person losing vision…And you aren’t getting the special attention or professional care that may be offered to your partner, (parent, brother, or best friend.) You will […]

“When you see well, your brain is processing thousands of images a day, including those seen for only a split second. So when damage occurs to your vision, the brain can get creative and keep on generating images—filling in the poor quality ones coming from the eye. This is worrying! Some people fear that dementia […]

My Heart is Not Blind: On Blindness and Perception by Michael Nye was published in 2019. It contains 45 in-depth conversations with people who live with low vision or blindness. The interviews are full of revelations about the many ways blind people use perception. They are about to be launched in a weekly podcast. Here […]

Repost of Accessible Cellphones with Keypads My blogpost from October has been reposted on VisionAware, the major site for adults 55 and older losing vision. More useful details plus another phone choice have been added by Pris Rogers of the American Foundation for the Blind, which hosts VisionAware

I have been treated for macular degeneration for 14 years. In 2007, I went to get my reading glasses checked. I had no complaints. On examining me, the doctor spotted macular degeneration and made an appointment for me to see an ophthalmologist who treated AMD. I had wet AMD in my left eye (liquid seeping […]

A TED talk from October 2018 describes how a kid in Britain finally gave in to wearing eyeglasses and found trees had leaves and there were stars in the sky. Many of us who live with impaired sight or blindness find that volunteering our time to help others with vision loss fulfils something in ourselves […]

This video is about Part 2 of When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes. The 5 parts of the book follow the phases of shock, grief and gradual adjustment people often go through after vision loss. This book is a resource and guide for people losing sight, their families, and close friends. And is available in […]

Vision loss and Personal Recovery

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Vision Loss and Personal Recovery

Resources for Partners, Family and Close Friends of Someone Losing Sight

CBS, Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Freaky But Often Goes Away

My Heart Is Not Blind Podcast: Conversations with People Who Live with Blindness

Accessible Cellphones with Keypads Repost with more details on VisionAware

AMD, Adult-Onset Macular Degeneration – My Story

Many of Us Assist Others with Sight Loss, but Not Like This! Repost of TED Talk

Video about When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Part 2