Living abroad as a blind woman

I created Life of a Blind Girl in 2015 as a way of sharing my experiences of living with a vision impairment in a predominantly sighted world.

'I'm blind, but loved going on a must-see safari' - BBC

Not only would it be very different from my usual life of advocacy work for the UK's blind and partially sighted community - both in person and ...

The Working Life of an Independent Blind Woman

As a blind woman, I was limited to the job choices of medical transcriber or BEP vendor. I tried the latter for a year and had to leave because ...

A Blind Woman is Traveling on her Own from Australia to US

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Visually Impaired To Study Abroad

Applicants must be visually impaired women or men with a Certificate of Disability Grade 1-6. Be a Japanese national or special permanent resident of Japan ( ...

An Interview with Holly, Author of “Life of a Blind Girl”

It's really comforting being able to talk to people that just get it, even the small aspects of your vision impairment. They can laugh with you about your ...

Interning abroad with a visual impairment: “I now feel able and ...

There's no better way to build confidence than facing these challenges in a foreign setting. Especially for me, as a visually impaired rookie still learning my ...

Discovering Myself In College While Studying Abroad

Abstract: This article is about a former TSBVI student who challenged herself to study abroad in Spain for a year. She describes her journey, the life lessons ...

Moving Guide For People Who Are Blind

Moving is stressful. No matter how well you've planned, there will always be last-minute changes and requirements. Having someone who is sighted ...

BBC Travel Show - How does a blind girl go on Safari Part 1

Visually impaired social media star Lucy Edwards heads to Kenya for one of nature's most extraordinary events: 'The Great Migration'.

Adventures of a solo blind traveler - Perkins School For The Blind

From walking across campus, to riding the train, to boarding a plane for a. On a typical day at college, I was crossing a street when a young woman approached ...

5 Inspiring Women in History who were Blind and Visually Impaired

Laura Bridgerman is considered the first deaf-blind woman to gain an education in English, even before Helen Keller! She went to school at the ...

21 Things I Couldn't Live Without As a Blind Person

BlindNewWorld - Real stories, real people

BlindNewWorld empowers the blind and visually impaired community while demystifying blindness and breaking down the barriers to inclusion.

Finding Independence - Life Of A Blind Girl - She Might Be

Finding Independence – Life Of A Blind Girl · I surrounded myself with positive people. · My friends and family were extremely supportive, they ...

Independent Travel For The Blind And Visually Impaired - YouTube

In this video, I share my systems for traveling independently with vision impairment. We discuss every aspect of traveling including ...

Becoming Blind - Things I Miss As A Blind Person

I was told that I would lose mine eyesight a couple of years ago, so I decided to “experiment” with coping with daily routines as a blind woman. I started out ...

Our Blind Life | Polus Center for Social & Economic Development

Our Blind Life is a series of peer support networks of people from the blindness community at different stages of their lives and vision loss that meets ...

Blind student helps others with disabilities study abroad

Studying abroad is often encouraged at universities, but not to all students. Oftentimes, students with disabilities have a harder time ...

5 Inspirational Blind Women - A blinding light

5 Inspirational Blind Women · 1. Helen Keller, USA (1880-1968) · 2. Harriet Tubman, USA (1822 – 1913) · 3. Alicia Alfonso, Cuba (1920 -2019 ) · 4.