Sight matters

 Types of Sight loss 

Mataracts

Glycoma

Sight loss is an age related - 60 years old above

You don't get better hearing when you lose your sight - something 

echo location technique: walking and clicking

Guide dogs - you don't get one automatically losing your sight

Loses vision on one sides called partially sided = FALSE. Not considered as partially blind and can still be arrived in drive.

Registered blind

severely sight impaired

partially sighted = not automatically getting a blue badge

blue badges = registered blind automatically

Restaurants - menu Seeing AI free app which makes it speak. 

Website accessible format association: https://www.ukaaf.org/ UKAAF - UK Association for Accessibility

Asking that question how do they want to read it?

Dim lights doesn't cause sight loss but cause eye strain and headache.

Good daylight lamp will probably improve sight.

Traffic lights guide dogs - always on the same side 

Cone spins on traffic lights

Maculuse generation - Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a common condition that affects the middle part of your vision. It usually first affects people in their 50s and 60s. It does not cause total blindness. But it can make everyday activities like reading and recognising faces difficul

First macular hole - wiggly lines-  armslar grid 

Taking care of yourself

Eating healthily

Eating the RAINBOW of fruits

Cataracts - it can be fixed 

Glucoma - tunnel vision (not detected) puffs in the eye gradual 

peripheral vision -

Diabetic retinopathy is a complication of diabetes, caused by high blood sugar levels damaging the back of the eye (retina). It can cause blindness if left undiagnosed and untreated. However, it usually takes several years for diabetic retinopathy to reach a stage where it could threaten your sight.

Floating spots

Charles Bonnet syndrome refers to the visual hallucinations caused by the brain's adjustment to significant vision loss. It occurs most often among the elderly who are more likely than any other age group to have eye conditions that affect sight, such as age-related macular degeneration.

Personalisation - children have colour canes and adult sizes

can lid - boil alert it will make a noise so you know that the water is hot.

Training needs to be done with the long cane.

Someone with no sight - what they do is describe through smell and feelings. 

Dreams in sounds

Scitzophrenia with no sight