Sue is a psychologist who uses and teaches a type of therapy called Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). It started out as a therapy for personality disorder, but has been adapted for use with other conditions. It really is a way to teach people to cope with stress, regulate emotions, and improve relationships with others. She’s teaching her students about myths which basically are expectations for “people like us.” She found a GREAT but maybe unexpected way to demonstrate the concept!
Good People Do Have Vision Loss
Who is Sue?
She’s my friend of 40+ years who became legally blind (20/63 in one eye & between 20/160 and 20/200 in the other) from advanced dry AMD/geographic in 2016. After less than a year of learning how to deal with her visual impairment both physically and emotionally, Sue has a ‘normal for her’ life. At age 66 and with advanced dry AMD/geographic atrophy, she works, attends regular exercise classes, rides her bike safely, travels locally and abroad, takes photographs, walks her dogs, kayaks, attends social events with her friends, co-workers, exercise class buddies, and and new friends she’s been making along the way!