I never realized how much comprehension was linked to vision. This is a huge struggle for me now since my vision loss. The funny thing is I actually will squint to ‘try’ and see well enough so that I can understand something better. Even though squinting does absolutely nothing, my brain still tries. I guess I shouldn’t fault the grey matter for trying eh? I read an article last year and from the few gathered cues I got it was about a young man in high school and a math council. I was almost at the end of the article before I realized I was missing something critical. It stated something to the effect of “we are trying to get the word out on the dangers of math”. Hmmm. Back up here Nelly, something is amiss. I went back to the top of the article and reread it. It was a meth not a math council. (I wanted to learn about the dangers of math, seriously). This is just one example of how interrupted my reading has become. This has been a very hard reality for me because I am such an avid reader. My reading speed has come way down and (obviously) my comprehension has been affected. I don’t read the newspaper or anything frivolous. Basically, it has to be worthy of reading for me to fight all the obstacles to read it. The good news is I do have several devices from the Library of Congress for listening to and obtaining audio books and a wonderful program on my computer to magnify text as well as an audio reader. Additionally, I should be getting a CCTV that is specific for low vision shortly. I am on the cusp of being able to read a little more comfortably with the help of various tools. So in the meantime, if there is something going on in my world or community that is kind of “critical” to know, please call me and if you know of any great books or authors email me your recommendations.
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