When talking about modifying a space to make it more accessible, one typically conjures up images of a clinical, functional space littered with those chunky white plastic grab handles like someone has just finished kitting out a nursing home and have a job lot of handles left over! But if TV shows like DIY SOS …
Continue reading Letting the (brick) dust settle – An introduction into accessible kitchen design
It’s a bittersweet time as I sit at the dining table of our holiday rental in a secluded area of the South Wales coastline, not far from the city of St. David’s. It’s Easter Sunday and we’ve just got back from a very wet and windy walk around the headland. The reason we’ve come to …
Continue reading The bitterest pill – How one blind bloke is coming to accept his limitations
Recently I’ve been spending an extraordinary amount of time sat in railway waiting rooms and the usual way to pass this time is no different to anybody else - staring at my phone, browsing Facebook or Twitter, playing some random game, or simply doing a bit of online shopping. The difference is that I use …
The last of the old articles and a huge milestone for me. Things are continuing to change which is an ongoing adjustment with using new accessibility tools and finding ways to adapt to different environments. First posted: 6 January 2022 Once more, I’m sat with pen in hand on a train, this time waiting at …
Continue reading The latest member of the Severely Sight Impaired Club
Originally posted in early December only a few weeks before discovering I was Severely Sight Impaired, this article discussed the various stages of grief that we go through after a traumatic event such as discovering you are losing your vision. Quick update - As my vision continues to deteriorate I am constantly readjusting and resetting …
Continue reading From denial to acceptance: Coming to terms with disability
Earlier today I was in London for a series of meetings. I came out of the station near St Paul's to walk the few hundred metres to my first meeting at The Bank of England. Stopping at a crossing, a fellow commuter let me know all was clear and then made me aware of some …
Continue reading Looking beyond vision and breaking down barriers to employment
This piece marked the start of me accepting the need for aids to make people aware of my limited vision. This talks about an incident on a Cross Country train from Southampton to Reading which, as a result, I decided to get myself a symbol cane (it's called Daisy and is always in my backpack). …
Continue reading Coach D: How one missing carriage kicked off my long cane journey
Originally written during a summer holiday, this is one of my favourite pieces talking about the impact of being told I no longer had the vision to be able to drive First published: 23 August 2021 It’s a sunny Sunday evening in mid-summer and I’m sat with my brother-in-law outside the village pub just down …
Continue reading Cracked leather and straight sixes, a boyhood dream
Originally published in August 2021, this post talks more about my condition, the impact on me and my family and the charity fundraiser my sister and I undertook for The Macular Society. First published: 11 August 2021 It’s just coming up to 10 in the evening, and as I’m sat waiting for the train to …
This article was first published in June 2021 introducing the Blind Man with a Backpack. Since then, things have developed somewhat resulting in the business, Axiom Sensory being closed down due to my vision continuing to fade. As I migrate to my new home, I feel it is still a relevant piece so I hope …
Continue reading Blind Man with a Backpack – An introduction
Blind Man with a Backpack 