Blogs
Find out more about our bloggers.
Sandi's blog
Businesswoman Sandi Wassmer registered blind in 2008. In her blog, she shares with us the 'shenanigans of visual impairment'.
Kevin's blog
Kevin works as a welfare rights officer at Action for Blind People in Lancashire.
Kiesha's blog
Kiesha Meikle offers fashion and beauty advice for blind and partially sighted women.
Steph 's blog
Steph’s background is in the highly competitive fashion industry. She has worked in designing, marketing, buying and sales for companies such as Ted Baker and suppliers to Marks and Spencer. In 2003 she experienced unexpected sight loss which led her to become self employed.
Helen Markey's blog
Helen is a 20 something Uveitis sufferer, which she has had since birth. Having experienced many of the complications associated with the disease, she has also experienced the lack of awareness surrounding Uveitis and has worked hard to deal with the loneliness that this can bring.
View Helen Markey's full profile | View Helen Markey's posts
Mark 's blog
Mark was born with an eye condition and so has never known full sight.
Toby's blog
Toby Davey was born with retinopophy of prematurity some 40 years ago and is registered blind.
Shezan's blog
Shezan Hirjee was born with glaucoma and is partially sighted.
Alyson Mousley 's blog
Alyson is married to Martin and has two children. She lives in the north of England, near Manchester and registered blind last year.
View Alyson Mousley 's full profile | View Alyson Mousley 's posts
Charlie 's blog
Charlie has pathological degenerative myopia and retinopathy of prematurity and is registered blind.
- Recent posts
- Lets talk sight loss and living with Uveitis
- To tell or not to tell?
- Welcome Charlie
- What if we did things ‘The Voice’ way?
- A bolt out of the blue - 12 month limit on Contributory Employment and Support Allowance
- Job hunting
- Sight loss has nothing to do with having vision
- Little Lady, Big Journey: Notes from a VI traveller
- My philosophy on my sight loss from day one (literally!)
- Moving from incapacity benefits to Employment and Support Allowance and the ESA50 assessment form
