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Weeee!

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This is one thing I probably wouldn’t have done today if I could still drive.

There has to be some little perks. It’s best to think positively about the gains of not driving. Not the loss of it.

Sightloss takes away parts of life you easily did and took for granted before. But I’ve found it also gives you things, people, experiences too.

I’m probably overly giddy about a simple bus ride.

It’s like a mini adventure.

I do get excited about the weirdest stuff.

On the bus, going down the motorway! Weeeee!

First time on this hospital shuttle bus. I didn’t even know buses could go onto motorways.

Not the appointment for me I may add. My lovely fella had an x-ray and we always like to make things fun, so hopped on this random bus outside the hospital hoping it would take us back home.

After having to concentrate driving for 29 years then having to stop, even now, after several years, I still love looking out of the window on any form of transport as I couldn’t take it all in before.

Interior of a bus looking towards the front with a motorway and trees on the outside. The bus inside is grey with vinyl flooring. Blue fabric seats.
PD Interior of a bus looking towards the front with a motorway and trees on the outside. The bus inside is grey with vinyl flooring. Blue fabric seats.
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Esther’s Story

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The link at the bottom of this blog post is to read my gorgeous friend Esthers story.

This is her story about her trip to go see Beyonce in London.

It hurts and upsets me so much to see this amazing young woman upset in this way by unthinking and uncaring people who haven’t the common sense to make the right decisions.

She was so excited about it.

She just wanted to see her favourite singer. Same as everyone else there. Not treated astonishingly shabbily by jumped up people with zero interest, zero compassion.

I’ve also just been speaking to my boyfriend Richard, whom also has a story about the same venue. Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. These are his words.

“I am severe sight impaired and use a long cane. In 2021 I booked a ticket at Tottenham Hotspur to see an NFL game. I also booked a companian ticket and had to provide proof of my visual impairment. They decided to put me in the disabled section and when I arrived on the day of the game my seat had been removed to allow for a wheelchair. So the first 45 minutes of the game I spent standing up – it was humiliating, until they put me a seat in. Absolutely hopeless”

What on earth are they thinking treating visually impaired people like this! How dare they! It’s NOT on at all.

I feel sometimes I ought to give up bleating on about Inclusivity, awareness. Give up blogging when I see unbelievable errors like this. Trying to educate people about what visual impairments overall spectrum of sight really means. The misconceptions. The stereotypes that sighted people get all too wrong. That’s another blog post for later though.

It happens all too often unfortunately.

I’m half way through writing a blog about more discrimination in my hometown. More soon…

Link to Esther’s story on BBC News Website

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Audio description

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I’ve been listening to the audio description on my television lately.

I switched the facility on as I’m not sure I’m seeing everything.

It provides a description of what’s happening on the screen. Not all programmes provide this, but it is handy if you can’t see what’s happening properly and want to properly follow a story. An aid to add to your enjoyment without struggling.

A voice over specialist, describes on-screen actions, settings, expressions, and other visual information without interrupting the original audio.

It adds to the experience anyway, even if you can see perfectly well. I’ve learnt alot of facts from having this on. Character names you didn’t know in films that aren’t even mentioned. Even ones I’ve watched for years, now have extra details I didn’t know. Same goes for songs that you hear playing. Tells you who it is. Provides a lot more detail than is mentioned or given otherwise.

I’ll tell you something though. It’s savage sometimes ☺

Abit judgey. Sometimes harshly descriptive. Regarding attractiveness, size or even age of a person. Quite funny, sometimes downright shocking really and well worth turning on to listen to, even if you can see ok.

Watch Naked Attraction with this on and it will provide no end of enjoyment by the audio alone!

VIDEO DESCRIPTION  A blonde cartoon woman. With her back of head to the image. Sits on a green sofa and watches television. The start of the film The Worlds End plays. Simon pegg, dressed in a blue outfit, plays Gary, who is talking facing the camera. Audio Description plays