12 years ago today, I sat in a hospital bed. When they took the bandage off after my surgery I was faced with not seeing the world anymore forever. This date comes around every year and I make sure to grieve because admitting that you’re sad is healthy. I realise that I’ve never shown you through video how my sight loss progressed over the years so Ollie’s made some more graphics to help illustrate this while I do my makeup. If you didn’t know my story, over several years I experienced many different sight loss symptoms that I had to adapt my makeup routine around. At the end is how I see myself today. I’m so grateful that I can see the beauty of living in a world when there’s no lights on in my brain. The gift of not judging someone on their appearance, getting to know someone’s personality first. The amount of clarity my blindness has given me for my personal and work life is something I will always be thankful for. It’s taught me to never waste a moment thinking I should be someone else because it’s given me a fire and a purpose. If you’re reading these words and you’re struggling with grief, I hear you ❤️ day one seems impossible to put one foot in front of the other but I’m talking to you 12 years later reminding you that the human body is such a powerful thing and with time and patience with yourself and a whole lot of resilience you will be ok ❤️ accepting a new normal is hard but if I could tell my younger self anything I would say that being different is your superpower. Be kind to yourself today ❤️ #blind #til #makeup #makeupTransformation #mentalHealthMatters
I’m blind and losing weight for IVF, today we’re talking inaccessible treadmills! If you own a gym/work for one, hit me up #IVFJourney #IVF #WeightLossJourney #WeightLoss #Gym
I’m blind, let’s describe to AI what I think Jack Black looks like just from his voice! #MinecraftMovie #Minecraft #JackBlack @OpenAI@chatgpt@Jack Black
How does a blind girl know what condiment she’s taking out the fridge? Anyone else put their @Heinz UK ketchup in the fridge? This is a very controversial topic in my family and of course you know my answer!! Side note @Joseph Joseph you have perfect fridge organisers ILY!!
The government is planning to cut disability welfare by £5 billion a year. PIP isn’t just a payment, it’s recognition that being disabled costs more. A lot more. According to Scope, it costs disabled people an average of £1,000 extra a month just to live, yet the maximum PIP payment is only £737. That’s before you factor in that we also face higher energy bills. Mobility aids, home adaptations, assistive tech, taxis when public transport isn’t an option, it all adds up. And even with PIP, many of the disabled community are still covering that gap out of pocket. Disability doesn’t come with a warning. Anyone could become disabled at any time. If your partner, child, or best friend had a life-changing accident tomorrow, would you feel comfortable knowing they might never receive the support they need? Would you be able to leave work to care for them? David Blunkett put it best: “The problem with freezing benefits, of any kind, is that it is indiscriminate and can hit those who genuinely need support.” Yes, we can talk about reform. But cutting PIP without addressing the root issues, like the cost of disability and lack of accessibility, just pushes the burden onto disabled people and their families. PIP helps level the playing field. Any changes need to recognise that. #pip #disabilitywelfare #disabilitybenefits
How my @Shark Home UK hoover helps me find my earrings as a blind person Video description: Lucy sits on the sofa in her living room next to Olga, otherwise known as Bogga, the retired guide dog who could not be more apathetic towards this situation. She plops a sock over the tube in handheld mode of the vacuum and secures it with a bobble. She then drops a medium sized gold hoop on the floor and scours around the floor with the hoover until she finds it.
I get horrible comments all the time… people seem to worry a lot about me becoming a mother because I’m blind but these are my actual worries. There’s a link to my channel in my bio if you want to see the rest of my worries ❤️ people’s comments will never get me down, they just make me want to live more loud and proud in the body that I’ve been given ❤️ sharing my story about my IVF journey in a few months is so exciting because we don’t see that representation in the media so I will never stop sharing because the reason I do what I do is for other people to feel less alone ❤️ #IVF #IVFJourney #Parenting