Author
Crossland; Michael
Year
2024
Publisher
UCL Press
Language
English
Pages
13
ISBN
978-1-80008-622-7
Last Update
11-Dec-2025
Keywords
Health Sciences ; Sociology
‘So would you say I’m blind?’ Sam asked.
This sounds like a straightforward question. Sam had been attending my low vision clinic for six years, so surely I would be able to answer her without a second thought?
Sam had an eye condition called Stargardt disease, which was slowly causing the cells in the central part of her retina to stop working. Just after starting high school when she was 11, she had found it difficult to see the whiteboard in some of her classrooms. Assuming she needed an eye test, her parents took her to a local optometrist who...
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