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Blog list last updated on August 18, 2010

http://unsilenceddream.livejournal.com
"This is my life. Take from it what you will. What it means to be me"

http://dorriessight.blogspot.com
"My vision is affected by a retinal disorder known as Stargardt’s Disease, which results in progressive loss of central vision. Similar in nature to macular degeneration, difficulty reading print, difficulty seeing faces, and, rest assured, I do not drive a car. Having learned well to maximize the vision I have, I am quite able to compensate in numerous ways.... The experience has not been isolating; in fact, quite the opposite: I have vision challenges in common with millions, and this blog is an excellent place to share some great ways to make technology 'easy on the eyes.'"

http://floweringink.wordpress.com
"Eight years ago, retinitis pigmentosa changed my life. These are my stories of a slow approach to darkness."

http://bethfinke.wordpress.com
"Adventures of a woman and her Seeing Eye dog"

http://www.cdifferentwithaaron.com
"Aaron Scheidies is a 27-year-old who has overcome more in his short life than many conquer in a lifespan. Born with a hereditary eye condition that slowly deteriorates his central vision, Aaron now has 10% of the vision of a fully sighted person. After battling through hard times in his early teens, Aaron found the sport of triathlon and turned his life around. Beginning with sprint triathlon and continuing up the triathlon pyramid, Aaron is now a four-time triathlon World Champion and five-time National Champion."

http://ezziesworld.wordpress.com
"My brain needs to analyze somewhere."

http://montgomerysideways.blogspot.com
"I am a blind guy in Silver Spring, Maryland. A stay-home-dad, who finds himself staying home too much these days... Crossing the street in this town is downright dangerous, most of the time. The simple act of walking down the street can be an ankle-busting experience for anyone - especially a blind guy. I am trying to get some things fixed so that I can go out after my kids go to college - so that I don't become a shut-in. Montgomery County Department of Transportation only responds to complaints, so here I go. I take a camera and video camera with me wherever I go. It helps if I can take an image home with me to see it on a large screen with a zoom. I'll let you see them too."

http://chrissydanielslife.blogspot.com
"I am using this blogging site to keep friends and family informed about my life for the next 7 months or so of blindness training at the Colorado Center for the Blind. I have Usher's Syndrome, which results in hearing loss and progressive vision loss. Now the state of Colorado is paying for me to go through an extensive training program. There will be lots of challenges ahead for me and I am both apprehensive and excited!"

http://www.2020visionquest.org/Blog
"2020 Vision Quest begins with Randy Pierce and his Guide Dog, Quinn, climbing all 48 of the rugged 4000+ foot peaks in the New Hampshire White Mountains and will continue well beyond this challenge, seeking at every turn to provide inspiration and support to others as they set their own personal goals and strive to achieve them."

http://zipdogblog.com
"As my life and the internet both progressed, albeit at different paces, I began my quest for my second Guide Dog at a time when there were not any readily found blogs on the topic. I’d come a long road in life to reach the point I was ready for Quinn and this blog was initially intended as a means to keep folks informed while I traveled to meet the Mighty One and complete our training together."

http://oldtimechristian.blogspot.com
"Author Shannon Nicole Wells talks about her life as a person who is blind, a minister's wife, mom of two little girls, a singer, a songwriter, and a Christian."

http://aquivieneelsol.blogspot.com
"The ramblings of a new mother faced with Prematurity; trying to cope and find the bright side in every new day."

http://lighthousepasco.wordpress.com
"I was born with a visual impairment (legally blind-meaning I was extremely near-sighted and it could not be corrected with glasses or medical procedures). But I am very blessed to have parents who just decided to give me the best life they could. My parents were actually told that they should institutionalize me-now can those of you who know me just imagine me in an institution-I would have taken the place over by now…. I decided to BLOG my experience to help inform about disability, the capabilities of persons with disabilities-with the right training/resources, and to help the general community gain a more positive and accepting feeling towards individuals with disabilities."

http://www.blindnessblog.blogspot.com
"Blindness Blog is a place where I hope we can learn from each other about how to accomplish tasks using alternative techniques that do not rely on vision. My blog is for anyone who is interested in learning or teaching alternative techniques of blindness. Topics range from flipping food in a skillet to vacuuming to shopping to blindness hierarchy and more."

http://bruceatchison.blogspot.com
"Bruce Atchison is a legally blind freelance writer as well as the author of Deliverance from Jericho and When a Man Loves a Rabbit."

http://audreysaudities.com
"My name is Audrey. I live in Oklahoma City with my guide dog, Cinnabar and my pointer mix, Horatio. I love sports, especially baseball and University of Tulsa athletics. I also love music, especially punk and ska. I play the viola and am learning to play the guitar. I like TV ok, but have lost a lot of interest in it since losing my vision. I do still dig The Simpsons, partly because it's awesome and partly because I've seen most of the episodes so many times that I can still see them frame by frame in my head so the vision thing doesn't matter that much. I waste most of my free time reading and goofing off on the computer. I also participate in lon distance tandem cycling."

http://www.andadapt.com
"Beginning the long road to an ultramarathon, with vision loss. Who I will be in the future will hopefully be answered by this very blog in another five years. Just round the corner stands fatherhood, a new career, lifetime achievements in running, and my loss of vision."

http://lauralawson.blogspot.com
"A writer and art student, I was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa a few months back, and started a blog to plot out my mental and spiritual growth and processing, hoping to reach out to others with the same condition."

http://josephleahy.blogspot.com
"On Friday, February 12th, 2010, Dr. Leahy was wounded by a disgruntled colleague during a shooting rampage at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. He survived the attack, and struggles to recover at Huntsville Hospital. This is the official blog for the family and friends of Dr. Leahy to track his recovery."

http://snooptob.blogspot.com
"My life getting through every day, not knowing what might happen, how long my vision will last before I go totally blind …"

http://www.lindagoodspeed.com
"Despite devastating sight loss early in her career, Linda Goodspeed has managed to overcome considerable adversity to become a successful author and freelance writer. In her personal life, she was one of the first, maybe the only, single blind person to navigate the international adoption process when she adopted a two-year-old baby girl from Russia."

http://www.polar-vision.org
"In December 2011, a team of five will aim to set the record for the first visually impaired person to trek from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole. Their aim is to raise funds and awareness for sight charities operating both in the United States and the developing world. The team will cover over 700 miles in 50-70 days in temperatures as low as -42°C (-44°F) in the pioneering spirit of explorers such as Amundsen and Scott 100 years ago."

http://losingvisiongaininginsight.wordpress.com
"I am a wife and mother of three almost-adult children living in Rochester, NY. Although my vision has never been good, it has deteriorated rapidly in the past year. While looking for positive, proactive ways to deal with transitioning into low vision living, I hit upon the idea of developing a blog to record my experiences."

http://www.blindness-awareness.info
"Blindness-Awareness.info started as a sociology project. However, my husband and I, who are both blind, had been meaning to do something like this for a while. The idea is for sighted and newly blind people to learn about blindness and for blind people to add and contribute to it and provide new information and resources. You know some of the communication problems blind and sighted people have with each other? Well, the idea is maybe one day, a blind person can suggest that a sighted person can take a look at blindness-awareness.info and perhaps some of the surveys, stories, and articles will have a positive influence on their views about blind people."

http://raghava.in
"I am always thankful for what I have and what is coming my way. But there are a couple of things which I really wanted to do with my blog and there is something which stops me from doing it. I am visually impaired; that means in simple language I cannot see. I am not totally blind; there is some amount of vision left out which helps to see the world and its beauty to some extent. The beautiful flowers, birds and colors of the world ask me to watch them as I walk, talk, think, etc."

http://www.lowvisionary.com
"I have been involved in the world of disability all my life, if you count living with low vision. Over the years I have worked on a fair number of disability issues and have developed some strong views on many of them. Post yours and let’s engage in some intelligent and respectful discussion and debate on our disability passions. One of my passions is accessibility, and in particular access to information."

http://visionwebsight.blogspot.com
"There is such a wealth of information and help out there for blind and visually impaired people, but often it is difficult to track down. I decided to start this blog to create a place where all this knowledge can be accessed. I don't claim to be an expert, but as someone who is partially sighted I hope I can help you find what you seek in these pages. As I'm not an expert, please use this site as a signpost to further information."

http://blinkiephotography.com.au
"Photographer Andrew Follows, suffering from retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative ocular disease that renders me legally blind and reliant on my guide dog Eamon to move about. When I take a photograph I do so because in that time and place I cannot see what the camera can, yet I know that image, that event, will be waiting for me when I am ready and able to view it. In this way, the camera becomes my eyes and my photographs my only way of experiencing a past moment from which I am otherwise excluded. Instead of wallowing in what I cannot see I become excited by what I can."

http://62ndstreet.blogspot.com
"Our house is like a museum of 1920s America: we have a player piano, a reed organ, a victrola, phones that either have rotary dials or no dial at all (and have to be held in two hands). We recently installed 100-year-old radiators to replace the horrible forced air heating system."

http://ladyindigo217-leadwithfaith.blogspot.com
"This blog will serve as a method to blend the visual and non-visual worlds. I have been visually impaired since the age of seven. I have lived on both sides of the fence. I know that when a person with sight meets a person who is blind or visually impaired for the first time that the ways of communication and relation might seem awkward or uncertain. I plan to address several issues that the population of us who are blind or visually impaired face from day to day."

http://blindhiker.wordpress.com
"This blog is about my planning, preparation for, and hike of the Appalachian Trail."

http://neat-and-pretty.livejournal.com
"I have been keeping a daily online blog since October 2003. I have albinism and registered legally blind, am the mother of six children, a knitwear designer, and have a really hectic life."

http://plume.dk/blog
"Danish, male, social phobic, losing eyesight to diabetes. Loves music, books, photography, animals, girls, TV, humour, soccer and the internets."

http://notnotblind.blogspot.com
"If we miss the point, the point’s too small."

http://tactiletheworld.wordpress.com
"I was born Christine Amanda Roschaert on January 5, 1980 … in Ottawa, Ontario … to hearing parents. I was sent to the Sir James Whitney School for the Deaf in 1984 to start a lifelong education in Deaf Culture. My parents, Robert and Jillian, went on to learn sign language, as well."

http://blindflaneur.com
"I walk through my blindness the way I saunter down streets in Paris: unfettered and alive, ever delighted by the raw material of the senses. Come along with me. Just don’t try to take my arm unless I ask."

http://therangerstation.blogspot.com
"Ramblings from some dude in the Assistive Technology industry"

http://writefromthesoulvisualeyes.blogspot.com
"This blog will be an outlet for sharing thoughts on writing children's books as well as the path to publication (got my fingers crossed) and the journey beyond. It will also be a place to chronicle my journey of losing my sight. I imagine there will be an intersection of the two."

http://www.obs.org/blog
"What’s happening at the Overbrook School for the Blind, in Philadelphia, PA"

http://nystagmite.wordpress.com
"I am a blind man in the UK aged about 60, and my interests include blindness topics, health in general, and the environment…. the Blind Buzz tries to cover the latest stories in my chosen fields."

http://www.tbase.com/index.php?q=en/blogs/sharlyn-ayotte
"I created this blog because I believe in dialogue with our partners, clients, and their customer - the end consumer. I chose to name this blog 'Blind Ambition' because it represents my personal history as a blind entrepreneur, with the objective of bridging the gap between organizations and their blind, partially sighted and deafblind consumers in a welcomed exchange of perspective."

http://www.lucentimagery.com
"A legally blind girl's love of light and life. I am celebrating the beauty of life by taking photos for as long as I am able. I hope to make you smile."

http://slateandstylish.blogspot.com
"Slate & Stylish is a place where blindness will be discussed openly in a classy way but with a sassy sway in an effort to stamp out some misconceptions about blindness and answer questions that many have but may be afraid to ask. Welcome to Slate & Stylish!"

http://sharelli.blogspot.com
"Isn't life just a series of Good News, Bad News? Hopefully more good than bad. A macular hole made me decide to start this blog ... that was the Bad News. The Good News was that I didn't have macular degeneration. That made me very happy ... even though the Bad News was just a lesser of the evils, but significantly preferred!"

http://www.directionsforme.org
A one-stop source for accessible packaging information from Horizons for the Blind. The site provides "… a consistent, quality source of complete packaging information for everything from preparation instructions to ingredient lists to nutrition facts labels for many common grocery, health, and beauty products."

http://idbcomm.wordpress.com
"The stories on this blog help to illustrate these transformations that occur day by day and are completely individual. What the orientation students choose to share through this blog helps provide a window into their experiences and the ways in which the orientation center has begun to help them better their lives."

http://invisibleloomcraft.blogspot.com
"My exploration of a new world, with little vision, but many possibilities. Loom knitting, crafting, and finding the way back with low vision."

http://anunseenstory.blogspot.com
"This blog’s chief function is to promote understanding. This is not just for visually-impaired or blind people but also for the sighted. I will chronicle my experiences growing up blind."

http://byesight.wordpress.com
"Losing my vision, not my sick sense of humor. I’m Gerald, The Neurotic Nomad. Everything is a learning experience. This is where I write about learning to be blind and my observations of blind society."

http://raynaadi.blogspot.com
"The day-to-day ramblings of a young woman who used to be able to see and now is blind. It sounds much more dramatic than it is. I am a 30-year-old woman who went blind at 29. I used to say I'd never see 30 because of the way I used to live, and, well, I literally didn't see 30 ;)"

http://myblindsight.blogspot.com
"I lost my sight a year ago, due to bacteria infection of my eyes. Now I am relearning new skills to enable me to be as independent as a visually impaired person can be. By profession, I was an engineer, M.Sc. in Automotive Engineering, having work stints in Thailand, Singapore, China, and Malaysia. Vast engineering, sales and marketing and senior management experience in heavy construction machinery/equipment and automotive and industrial products."

http://thebatchannel.wordpress.com
The Blind Access Tech (BAT) Channel – Assistive Tech and General Tech news for the vision impaired

http://www.fredshead.info
The Fred's Head blog contains tips, techniques, tutorials, in-depth articles, and resources for and by blind or visually impaired people. Fred's Head is offered by the American Printing House for the Blind.

http://jennohara-theblindspot.blogspot.com
A blog by the mother of Hanna Marie, born on October 22, 2008 and is legally blind. "And hopefully I can help give hope and share my personal experiences with anyone whose child has been diagnosed as visually impaired or blind."

http://allsheread.blogspot.com
Book reviews by Nan Hawthorne, including information about accessible books and book catalogs. "I am severely visually impaired and read everything via audio, whether cassette, CD, Kindle or DAISY."

http://www.visuallyimpairedandtheblind.com
"Our mission in creating this website is to provide valuable information regarding the various options and opportunities available to the blind and visually impaired communities. We firmly hope you find our site informative and useful. If you have any input or information that you feel would be relevant to include on this site, please feel free to contact us. Thank you and enjoy your visit."

http://l-squared.blogspot.com
"I have a "dog's eye view" of the world as I rely on the eyes and intelligence of my guide dog to lead me through the chaos of my life. I have two physics degrees, and a great love of astronomy (despite my inability to look up at the night sky and see anything but darkness). Other loves include reading, Scrabble, crochet, music, writing, and perhaps most of all photography."

http://lvatug.wordpress.com
"Bringing the latest news and developments in visual Assistive Technology (AT). Serving the North Carolina Triangle low vision community."

http://literallyblindsided.blogspot.com
"This blog reflects more or less my description of living with Usher syndrome, my CI (cochlear implant) journey, and any random thoughts I may want to post."

http://lowvisionliving.com
"The information on this site is designed to provide a step-by-step guide to find services and products, maintain your independence, and regain control of your life. It also provides information to assist your family and friends."

http://low-vision.us/WP
"Welcome to Low Vision Territory. All individuals with low vision are welcome here for camaraderie - to share stories, tips, advice, coping strategies and anything else that is part and parcel of having low vision."

http://www.suchasite.net
The web site of Glenda Such offers links to New York City information; free online newspapers; low vision and blind resources; employment options; hot keys for MS Word and Zoomtext; free tutorials; and search engine options to increase findings.

http://community.livejournal.com/gdhaw
"This is the unofficial web site for Guide Dog Handlers All Ways, a special interest alumni affiliate of Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc. We are an alumni chapter made up of individuals who have disabilities in addition to blindness that affect how we work with our Guide Dogs. We hope you enjoy reading our stories."

http://www.gingerresources.com
"I want this site to be a one-stop shopping approach for locating information. While there is a lot on my site dealing with blindness, this is only because I am a person with visual challenges and wanted to share and educate others for the purposes of daily living."  

http://blindness.growingstrong.org
"Since early 2002, I have been communicating with Dr. Ken Tittle, who founded Mariposa, a Christian ministry to train people with disabilities to work as peer counselors and to facilitate full inclusion in the church community. My work on this site is an attempt to dig a bit deeper than that surface that has been scratched."  

http://www.99main.com/~charlief/blindness.html
"I created this web site so that people new to the field of vision loss can find information that is easy to understand and free of ads and endorsements. You will also find links to most of the major service providers, non-profit organizations, and companies that work in the field of vision loss."  

http://visually-impaired.blogspot.com
"Here are some tips on teaching visually impaired children more effectively. You can also find visually impaired resources and useful tips."

http://blog.blindaccessjournal.com
"This blog and podcast is all about the blind and our quest for the greatest possible access to all the information available in the world around us. Karen and I chronicle our experiences dealing with a variety of issues as a blind couple, show how we have dealt with various blindness situations, and seek comments on ways to constructively address the concrete concerns of accessibility and transportation we face on a daily basis."

http://blind-gal.blogspot.com
"A blog dedicated to how I see the world as a 20-something blind woman, as well as news important to the blind community. Not all of my opinions will be based on my disability, but I hope to bring a new perspective to the blogging world."

http://blindworldblog.blogspot.com
Podcasts, product reviews, and tutorials about all aspects of assistive technology

http://blog.blindphotographers.org
"Blind Photographers.org is a showcase and meeting spot for blind and visually-impaired photographers from around the world."

http://blind-eye-photog.blogspot.com
"A page to share my photography. As a visually impaired photographer, it takes longer sometimes to get 'that' shot, but it is my passion and when I do get it, sometimes I forget that I am legally blind."

http://cecelia-throughmyeyes.blogspot.com
"I am a Texas artist working in a variety of media. My style is basically expressionistic with somewhat of a cartoon style, at times. I tend to work large, but am currently working smaller, from my home. I hope to share some of my memories, experiences, stories, and thoughts through this blog, including my journey through Macular Degeneration as seen through an artist’s eyes."

http://runnerinsight.com
"A blind runner creating a new vision for life."

http://blindbutnowisee.blogspot.com
"I grew up playing drums in rock bands and nightclubs, worked as a reporter for the Bowling Green Daily News for two years and now write for myself. I'm 52 and have had to deal with hearing and vision disabilities for the past several years."

http://astrodrummer.com/blog
"This site is created to provide humor and insight into my life now. The reason is I have recently become visually disabled – similar to what happens to the elderly with Macular Degeneration. I have a new and rare condition called Macular Serpiginous."

http://www.livingblind.com
"Living Blind is an online community of blind and visually impaired people sharing ideas to create a friendly and informative site so that we can learn and grow together! We offer information and helpful how-to tips, as well as a place to just relax, soak up some knowledge about Living Blind, and gain some moral support and much encouragement."

http://beautifullyblind.blogspot.com
"This blog is about how the world is viewed by the visual and the visually impaired. The intent of this blog is to bring the two worlds together. It is administered by two fabulous sisters, Toni, who is sighted and Robin, who became visually impaired in 2002 at the age of 18 due to misdiagnosis."

http://www.larrybelote.com
"A personal guide to the Veterans’ Administration Visual Impairment Services Team (VIST) Program."

http://heatherkirkwood.blogspot.com
"Stories from the battle to cure Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome, and other observations about everyday life. (HPS = albinism + bleeding)"

http://thoughtprovoker.info
"This web site is devoted to changing what it means to be blind through the promotion of the human potential to successfully adjust to and live with blindness and visual impairment. Toward this goal, THOUGHT PROVOKER, a web-based discussion forum on blindness and visual impairment, is presented and available for reading and being responded to."

http://www.eyes2eyes.com
"Eyes2eyes is a website designed specifically for the blind and visually impaired. The purpose of this site is to promote encouragement, insight, personal growth, and interaction with other blind or low vision individuals. This website is brought to you by a visually impaired person with a Master's degree in Counseling."

http://gavinrobert.blogspot.com
"Our world as we knew it was drastically changed the beginning of February, 2009. We learned our 4-month-old son, Gavin, has a retina disease that is robbing his sight. He has little to no vision, and we believe he has Leber's Congenital Amaurosis (LCA). This is the documentation of our new journey for our friends, family, and all those interested in learning more about retinal dystrophy disorders."

http://community.livejournal.com/blindpeople
"This is a community created for those who are blind, visually impaired/challenged, know people who are blind, or interested in blind people. Or, if you just want to join ‘just because,’ go for it!"

http://www.actionforblindpeople.org.uk/news/blog
The blog of Action for Blind People, one of the largest charities in the United Kingdom providing free and confidential support for blind and partially sighted people in all aspects of their lives.

http://www.blind-planet.com
"Our mission is to provide the world with a one-stop resource for blindness-related information, podcasts, tutorials, mailing lists, web sites, and almost anything else that would be useful to the blind community."

http://guidedogs.blogspot.com
"The only official blog of Guide Dogs for the Blind."

http://howtoseewithlowvision.blogspot.com
"Living with low vision sight. I'm married and a mother of two boys. I made handmade beaded jewelry at home. I started making jewelry because I lost sight in my right eye in 2001."

http://mark.candleshoreblog.com
"Between the ages of 11 and 17 years old, I attended the Kentucky School for the Blind located in Louisville, Kentucky. During those years, thanks to some good and very patient folks at the school, I learned to play several instruments including the guitar, saxophone, clarinet, and my personal favorite, the piano. I also discovered that I enjoyed and had a knack for singing and songwriting … I have lived in southern California for the past 21 years. There have been many, many adventures, to say the least."

http://www.blind-geek-zone.net
"The blind geek zone is an ever-expanding web site that contains a valuable source of information for the blind community. Whether you are a geek or just someone in search of help, the zone will quickly become one of your favorite web sites."

http://www.planet-of-the-blind.com
A blog by author and poet Stephen Kuusisto. "My wife, Connie and I co-write this blog. Our vision is to make a space where those of us who live on the Planet of the Blind, or any other planet, can share our experiences and network together. In so doing we hope that this blog will not be limited to blind people only. It is our hope that the friends and spouses and children of people with or with out disabilities will also find a space here in which to talk about the issues and concerns that continue to affect all of us who daily live and work and love on this Planet of ours."

Daily Jokes and More

http://www.sillyez.com
"I am blind and have started a blog that features daily jokes and more. I figured there are many blogs about blindness and wanted to do something different."

http://gd-zone.blogspot.com
"Welcome! In this blog I intend to express the way I view the world as a disabled person. It features my thoughts, feelings and reflections on life in general, on my daily experiences of disability and, hopefully, will provide readers with some food for thought."

http://keepupwithkim.blogspot.com
"A blog for the family and friends of Kim Gillespie regarding her medical trials and tribulations associated with the genetic disease Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL)."

http://www.brailleworks.com/blog
"Making The World A More Readable Place."

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