Blind Low Vision NZ Member
Before contacting Blind Low Vision NZ, Sally thought the end of her career was near.
“There was a moment in time when I was making a lot of mistakes and colleagues were often pointing them out to me. No matter how much effort I put in, mistakes still occurred. Initially, I did not make the connection between low vision and making mistakes, and I thought I might lose my job because of it.”
Sally is a Registered Nurse currently working as a lecturer in nursing at AUT.
She was born three months premature with retinopathy. Like many of our clients, Sally has more than just one eye condition. She has had multiple detached retinas, cataracts and developed glaucoma in 2009. For Sally, this means her sight is patchy in her left eye, and she can’t see anything out of her right eye.
Blind Low Vision NZ supported her with adaptive technology and accessibility workarounds so that she could continue working. With our support, Sally acknowledged the fatigue associated with reading that comes with low vision and came up with strategies to manage this and excel in her career.
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