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On the road, it was time for a spot of lunch and a chance to use another of my senses that ive come to rely on more since going blind, and thats taste. oh, my god, it feels spiky like a pine cone! what colour is it? its green. and yellow. it smells like a green apple. thank you! the thorn melon was like something id never tasted before. it was like a cross between a banana and melon. thank you, thank you! because i cant see the world around me, i need to be able to taste it. and how i digest a c...

Overwhelmed and really missing my guide dog, who helps me make sense of the world. back in the hotel room, and its currently... robotic voice speaks. ..10:26pm in nairobi. and it has been such a full—on day, full of so many emotions. i am so excited for whats in store, but i cannot believe this is only day one! i am one of the 340,000 people in the uk whos registered blind or partially sighted. but visual impairment is on a spectrum, and everyone is different. and if youre wondering what i can...

For me, i last saw nine years ago, so when i think of visual memories or anything that i used to be able to see, its like someone has taken a picture and put that picture in a drawer and locked it away for nine years. so, that is what today was about — it was reimagining things that i used to be able to see and now cant. the next day, it was time to leave nairobi and begin my journey to the masai mara, with will as my guide. after a couple of hours on the road, it was time for a spot of lunch ...

One user, who posted on the day the company sent staff a memo announcing layoffs, said employees were treated as a "labor robot".

But visual impairment is on a spectrum, and everyone is different. and if youre wondering what i can see, it is pretty much this, wherever i am in the world. when i first went blind, the world became a scary place and i never dreamed that one day, id be going on a safari in africa. ive come a long way since those early days but there is no doubt im going to need some help. so, im heading to the nairobi national museum to meet william, who says he will be the perfect guide to take me to the masai...

Overwhelmed and really missing my guide dog, who helps me make sense of the world. back in the hotel room, and its currently... robotic voice speaks. ..10:26pm in nairobi. and it has been such a full—on day, full of so many emotions. i am so excited for whats in store, but i cannot believe this is only day one! i am one of the 340,000 people in the uk whos registered blind or partially sighted. but visual impairment is on a spectrum, and everyone is different. and if youre wondering what i can...

Lancaster city’s nonprofit for the blind or vision impaired is selling $6 large-print 2023 calendars.

When i first went blind, the world became a scary place, and i never dreamed that one day, i would be going on a safari in africa. i have come a long way since those early days, but there is no doubt i am going to need some help. so i am heading to the nairobi national museum to meet william, who says he will be the perfect guide to take me to the masai mara. hi! hello, you must be william! how are you? lovely to meet you, i am lucy! i am william, pleasure to meet you. i know this is a little bi...

The heart of a giraffe is 14 to 15 kilos, so that it can pump the blood up there. for me, i last saw nine years ago, so when i think of visual memories or anything that i used to be able to see, its like someone has taken a picture and put that picture in a drawer and locked it away for nine years. so that is what today was about, it was reimagining things that i used to be able to see and now cant. the next day, it was time to leave nairobi and begin my journey to the masai mara, with will as m...

At this year's fundraiser, hundreds of people took the journey into the world of vision loss, putting on blindfolds for a four course meal.