Aoife - Life in the Blurry Lane

3 of the Most Common Misconceptions I Encounter with a Visual Impairment (and tips to overcome them)

Two LEGO mini figures to represent Aoife and The Driver. Aoife's has shoulder length blonde hair, glasses and is wearing teal trousers and a blue graphic bomber jacket. She is holding a croissant. The Drivers has dark hair, a red backwards cap, a knit jumper and blue jeans. He is holding a blue boom box

As human beings, we all have a set of assumptions or pre-conceived ideas about people, society or life in general. We’re human after all! However, there are times when these are harmful or misrepresent a person or a group of people. Having a visual impairment […]

Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 7 – Pukkelpop 2022, Valkenswaard and Burgh-Haamstede

A white windmill surrounded by farm buildings and green shrubs. The sky above is bright blue

It’s been a while since I’ve posted an itinerary and review and we’ve been pretty buy since we left Marburg! This post is a bit of a mixture of a few things – my first music festival, some show jumping, crossing country borders over 17 […]

Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 6 – Marburg, Germany

A very large brown and red brick gothic church with a grey slated roof. There are many pointed towers and turrets. A large green tree stands in front of the building. The sky above is grey and cloudy

Marburg – a stunning town this was, from the architecture to the accessibility to the people. I didn’t want to leave and I’ll forever want to go back. Marburg is known as a “blindenstadt” which is a town built to make life as easy as […]

How to Explore a New Place Alone with a Visual Impairment

Aoife is walking down a road with grsy fields on either ide. The sun in setting in the background causing a bright orange and pale blue sky. the dark outline of trees can also be seen in the background. Aoife is wearing a black jumper, grey trousers and white runners

Over the last few weeks, I’ve spent a bit of time exploring places on my own. I went into Zurich city, visited Wilhelma Zoo in Stuttgart and completed the Marburg800 Discovery Trail. At home in Ireland, I am very independent and regularly go it alone […]

Travel Itinerary and Reviews Part 5 – Cannobio, Italy and Zurich, Switzerland

A view over Lake Zurich of blue water, blue skies and mountains in the background. The tops of houses and buildings can be seen in the foreground

The time has come, I finally get to award an accessibility score of 5! I wondered if this day would ever come, and to my delight it has! This weeks blog post is about a couple of nights in Cannobio Italy and our 2.5 week […]

My Guide to Making your Devices Visual Impairment Friendly

A black and grey laptop is sitting on a wooden table with a black chair pushed in against it. The laptop screen is bright blue and is zoomed in to show a large start button and large icons. A white water bottle is sitting to the left and a pink mouse is to the right.

Technology and its advances have been a huge enabler for me. Everything from big fonts, to Google Maps to in built magnification has made my day to day life so much more accessible. In this post I talk through the accessibility settings I use on […]

How we built an accessible campervan

This image shows a small rectangular window in the side of the van. The window has a cream frame and the black out blind is pulled halfway down. Flowery bunting and small orb lights can be seen above

Converting a van into a camper is not an easy task, and is made a little bit more complicated when you have to consider any reasonable accommodations needed. We started our conversion journey in April 2021, when we bought Vanessa the Ford Transit Custom. The […]

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