This is the second year that Sue participated in Summer Academy on Career Day. Summer Academy is for kids with visual impairment. There were totally blind kids (“no light perception, no nothing”) who were facing their fears and doing amazing things. “They faced their fears daily,” Sue writes. Since there’s no camp (yet) for ‘big kids’, she’s lining up her adventures. She has chosen to…
Rage, Rage Against the Dying of the Light
From 2016
Sue sometimes had problems finding things. Now, with low vision, it happens more often and is more frustrating. Where are her things going? Maybe to ….
From 2017
Competence is important to Sue, whether it is that of others or of herself. She says “Since I had my vision loss, I have an underlying uneasiness about becoming incompetent in my job. When will it happen? Will I recognize it when it happens? Will people cover up for me? And if they cover up for me will I leave my profession with a tarnished reputation? I never had these thoughts before but I have them now.” To her, competence is about…