Dear Fedi, advice and suggestions please! My father is losing his eyesight due to age-related macular degeneration; he has some peripheral and distance vision left, but almost no near vision, and is for example unable to read either screens or print. Might anyone have any ideas for making his life easier, either with assistive technologies (which is the best screen reader?) or general tips for navigating daily life?
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@mothninja I am also vision impaired, and I’m disabled in the way that I don’t walk as well. So one tip I have is getting a walker with a seat. I like to put stuff in the seat to carry with me, but I use the walker instead of a blind stick. As we get older, we need a little bit more help walking, and I found that this was my favorite accessibility device.
I saw you’re using iPad and iPhone, which is in my opinion much better than android. I am currently on an iPad and I have some vision so I find talk to text works better for me. But I think that’s because I have some vision left. I also have an android and talk back on the android has not been easy for me.
@NinjaNia very useful to know about Apple vs android, thank you!
I actually got my father a really cool walker, with a seat and a basket, because he also has balance issues, but he has so far been very reluctant to use it :( hopefully he will change his mind because I think it's awesome. I'm glad you're enjoying yours! 💚
@mothninja I am now in a wheelchair (unrelated) so now when I bump into things and people I do it with gusto! 😆
I also was hesitant but I found as a woman I felt safer being in public. I had to walk with a regular cane for mobility issues and I would look down. I had a few instances with men waving their hands in my face or waving them around and I found the walker put some raming distance between us.
My mom just broke her foot and is using a walker with a seat and she said she thinks she wants to keep using it. It is too handy and safe to give up. Once you go walker you don’t go back? 🤭