Posted in The Medical Stuff

Different visual conditions.

This is a depiction of how people ‘see’ with varying types of visual differences.

1. ‘Normal’ 20/20 vision.

2. Cataracts. Cloudy disc over lens of eye or eyes.

3. Myopia. (Nearsightedness).

4. Macular Dystrophy / Degeneration. Genetic condition. Loss of central vision.

5. Glaucoma. Optic nerve damage.

6. Diabetic Retinopathy. Damage due to diabetes affecting the Retina.

7. Eye Floaters. Caused when the gel in your eye changes.

8. Retinitis Pigmentosa. Genetic condition. Loss of peripheral vision.

9. Total Blindness. Complete Blindness due to numerous causes.

Posted in Useful Information

Books about Stargardt Disease.

A couple of books I’ve found with Stargardt disease as the story.

Seeing Light with Darkness

by Shane Crown

Synopsis

My life is filled with interesting stories from first grade all the way to present-day 2017—like how I lived with twenty-twenty vision until I was seventeen and that age I was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration also known as Stargardt. I write about the person I was with vision, and I write stories about how I was after my visual disability. 

The distance between me and the cherry tree

By Paola Peretti

Synopsis

Mafalda is 9 years old and knows one thing. In 6 months she will lose her eyesight to Stargardts disease. The distance in which she can see the cherry tree next to her school, is how she measures her vision loss.