A Different Way of Seeing. Helping You Make Sense of the Overwhelm
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Having been notified that we had been successful in our funding application for the Inclusive Heritage ‘Kanala’ (please) project, our first step was to visit the District Six Museum to gain a sense of their existing exhibits and what the visitor experience might be like for a blind or partially blind person. Our plan was …
Following the success of the blind photography project, professional photographer Karren Visser and I decided to collaborate on a second project. We put in a funding application to the UK-based disability arts group Unlimited which, in partnership with British Council, invited proposals for projects promoting disabled arts. The project that Karren and I decided to …
The second day of the Capacity Building Conference funded by the EU as part of the Enable Mauritius project was an in-person event held at the University of Mauritius. Somewhat to my surprise, due to one of the speakers having been delayed, my slot was shifted from mid-morning and I again was the first to …
One of the main reasons I was in Mauritius was to speak at the European Union funded capacity building workshop for NGOs in the disability sector, which was part of the Enable Mauritius initiative. The event took place over two days. The first day was online and the second was a physical conference at the …
It’s taken me a long time to hit the publish button on this video, but I am excited to finally share it with you. If you are looking for a speaker for an event – online or in person – then please take a look at my latest YouTube video, where I share a little …
Last month I was honoured to be a speaker at the HerStory Women’s Global Empowerment Conference. The conference and the HerStory platform are the brainchild of Zimbabwean-born Getrude Matshe, who has been building the concept for the past few years, first as in-person conferences and currently as online summits. My 15-minute presentation was on the …
I’ve been hosting a podcast on accessible travel for 2 ½ years and have recently been thinking about why someone with no connection to disability might gain value from listening to it. I believe one of the biggest barriers to the inclusion of persons with disabilities into society and the workplace is a lack of …
Many years ago, shortly after I lost my sight, my friend Johan invited me to lunch. He hoped that buying me lunch might soften the blow that he had lost a guitar I had lent him. While Johan was ordering drinks at the bar counter a man approached him and started telling him how remarkable …
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’d like people to know about my life as a blind person – things that I wish were more commonly known that would foster greater inclusion of the visually impaired community into society and the workplace. Because they would help people to understand my world a little better. …
 How many books can YOU think of with a disabled character? I’d love for you to drop me a message or a comment listing the characters and books you know of. I think it would be an interesting exercise for us all. You see, if it’s true that art mirrors reality, then for every …