Author: Linda Moore

Sue has been able to get the equipment that she needs to be functional again thanks to the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and their division Blindness and Visual Services (BVS). The CCTV they provided has enabled her to go back to work.  So what happens when something as simple as a 3 cent pop rivet comes out?  They send her an entire new machine!  Not everyone has the benefit of these services so Sue talks about what the difference is between a ‘refurbished’ and ‘pre-owned’ device and shares were you might find these.  As for her old CCTV, she hopes that it will at least go…

To a Good Home

Sue has a combination of software/apps and hardware/devices to enable her to do what she needs to do.  She’s been working with the BVS Vision Rehabilitation Therapists to find those items and save money in the process.  By now you should know what a CCTV is. They are expensive!  With a special stand to hold her iPad steady and the features of and apps for her iPad, she’s got some of the features of a much-more-expensive CCTV.  She also shares what other ‘goodies’ she now has to help her do what she needs and wants to do.

Good Stuff Cheap

I have a bad habit of posting things before I have my second cup of coffee in the morning. Yesterday I posted from the website what was supposed to be Sue’s page ‘Shots in the Dark’. The link, however, went to a page I wrote ‘Doctor, Doctor, It Hurts When I Do This!’ which is a page I wrote some time ago. I didn’t think that many people would get to it before I fixed it but when I looked at the statistics on that page’s ‘hits’ from yesterday, there were LOTS who did! So I’ve decided to put it in the list and into circulation. Here it is if you didn’t see it. If you did NOT see Sue’s page, here’s that link, too.

Doctor, Doctor, It Hurts When I Do This!

Shots in the Dark

 

Sue has loved photography for many years and for the past several, she’s entered a local contest.  And she has won blue ribbons over and over so now she’s hooked! Just because her vision has changed doesn’t mean she will give up taking photos or entering the contest.  Most of her shots have been taken on vacations and she’ll continue that.  She’s also experimenting with different subjects and techniques.  She’s not the only one, there are quite a few fantastic photographers with low vision…some of whom are reading this now!

Shots in the Dark

 

Sue starts another work week.  As she reviews what she did over the weekend, she says “so maybe I was ‘bad’ a little bit?”  She was raised with a strong work ethic, as I was, as many of you were.  Of course, she wasn’t bad because she did things to replenish herself, it takes a lot of effort and energy to be visually impaired.

Monday, Monday

Sue and I are both educators.  We went into this project with the intention of helping those who have AMD and related vision disorders to learn as much as they can about what is happening with their eyes.  That is you, dear reader.  Do you find that the people with whom you talk have accurate knowledge about AMD?  Do you try to educate others? We hope that you will take what we are sharing and pass it on!

Each One, Teach One

Sue’s not been hiding the fact that she’s not Suzy Homemaker and now she tells us she’s Queen of the Pilers (Pilers are people who don’t file things, they pile things).  Even though she won’t FOLLOW these suggestions on being organized, she’s gracious enough to pass them on to the rest of us! ::grin::

Are You Organized?

Sue’s come a long way since February of this year. She has been surprised by the positive feedback from those around her including from the subscribers here and the Facebook group members.  One of the folks from Blind and Visual Services called her a success and mentioned the word ‘calendar’.  Sue suggests that since there are hundreds of thousands of people like her getting by each day that she says “Maybe we can all be calendar girls (and guys)!”  What do YOU think, want to be on a calendar page?

Calendar Girl

Sue has a lot of connections in the town where she lives. She has lots of friends who work together to help her get where she needs to go.  But she also has people who know her and have missed her at places like the mechanics at the car repair garage and the people who work at the Chinese food take-out place.  She is back in the routine that reminds her that she knows where she belongs.

My Place in the World

 

Sue is the most positive person I know.  But she is also realistic and knows that we all have negative things happen or said which can create negative feelings.  She has gone through this herself since her vision declined at the beginning of 2016.  In this page, she shares the DBT techniques that help us to prevent negative feelings from ‘sticking’.

Teflon Mind