by Joané | Jul 10, 2024 | Inspiring ability for everyone
When you win a funding award it is like hitting the jackpot. “Ding! Ding! Ding!” The dollar signs line up and you know this is going to be life-changing. The celebratory sounds of coins downloading into a slot too small to hold the winnings, the sound of...
by Joané | Sep 27, 2023 | Inspiring ability for everyone
This morning, halfway between wakefulness and sleeping, I remembered a book in my parents’ home that used to fascinate me for hours. It was a Readers’ Digest anatomy book that had three-dimensional diagrams of organs, joints and body parts made up of images on...
by Joané | Jul 7, 2023 | Living with low vision
I had a simple incident in the changing rooms at the gym that got me thinking about the human journey. I couldn’t be bothered to secure my locker with a padlock as then I would need to carry the key, plus white cane plus towel. A combination lock needs absolute...
by Joané | May 18, 2023 | Design for inclusion
In the last 3 years we have all had to ramp up and vamp up our online interactions. 2020 Is bookmarked in history as a year we all had to pivot, reshape or adapt to survive. While 2020 did not give us perfect vision, it did alter the online landscape. Speedily...
by Joané | Jan 23, 2023 | Inspiring ability for everyone
A story about a tree that drastically changed the way I see myself and that helped me put my blindness into perspective… Background I was brought up in a family culture where, as children, we learned words from the Bible off by heart. There are some great verses, but...