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# Sight Loss

This year
2023
Voices
Opinion: I am now blind - here are some tips for the sighted to help us along
Robert Thompson lives with significant sight loss and here, he describes how he handled the diagnosis and learned to live again.
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Apr 16th 2023, 7:30 AM
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Voices
Opinion: I've been accused of faking my visual impairment - this got worse during Covid
Gillian Stafford outlines what life has been like as a person battling blindness and the further challenges she’s faced during the pandemic.
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Nov 6th 2021, 8:30 AM
# usher syndrome
'Should I wear a plaque saying I have a disability?': The reality of life with sight loss during a pandemic
Golf champion Carol Brill said daily tasks can be “very, very stressful” for people with sight and hearing loss.
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May 24th 2020, 8:15 AM
# Future Focus
Bye-bye bifocals, hello bionic eyes: the future of seeing and hearing
Plus how Amazon’s Alexa could be literally inside your ear.
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Feb 10th 2019, 7:30 PM
# cone dystrophy
'I don’t know any different': Former Voice of Ireland star refuses to let sight loss hold her back
Rebecca Kelly and three other members of her family live with visual impairment.
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Oct 6th 2018, 7:30 AM
# Sight Loss
'Rallying is her passion': Teen to become one of Ireland's first visually impaired rally navigators
Sara McFadden was born with albinism, which has affected her vision.
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Jul 15th 2018, 9:00 PM
# World Sight Day
'It puts holes in the retina': Thousands at risk of blindness due to diabetes-linked eye disease
“People absolutely take their eyesight for granted until there’s a problem,” Stephen Duffy said.
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Oct 12th 2017, 6:20 AM
# amd
'Once the damage is done, it's done': This condition is causing sight loss in thousands of Irish every year
Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of sight loss in people aged 50 and over in Ireland.
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Sep 28th 2017, 6:00 AM
Voices
Discrimination? 'Only 16% of people who are blind or vision impaired in Ireland are working'
People with sight loss do not have the same opportunities as their sighted peers, writes Chris White.
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Jun 5th 2017, 3:00 PM
# deafblind
'I'm losing my sight, hearing, AND my place in Irish society'
The Department of Health has decided not to recognise deafblindness as a unique disability. Here’s why.
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Sep 27th 2015, 8:30 AM
Voices
Opinion: Losing my sight at 23 was traumatic, but my dog is with me every step of the way
What my sight loss has shown me is that we can’t control what happens to us – we can only control how we deal with it.
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Oct 9th 2014, 8:00 AM
# inventive
Irish inventions helping those with sight loss
National Council for the Blind (NCBI) promoting digital inclusion with competition to encourage creative technologies like these…
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Apr 22nd 2012, 8:45 AM
# Sight Loss
Sight loss most common fear for the over-50s
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) may not as well known as other eye diseases, but it is the most common cause of registered blindness in Ireland.
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Sep 19th 2011, 9:16 AM