Sight loss should not mean a fading academic career

Ultimately, we all have to "find our own solutions", because we know best about what we can and cannot do. What the rest of the world needs to do is learn to listen. If I say I cannot do something, it's not being "difficult", it is a statement of fact... and a starting point from which to discuss what is actually needed and how it might be accomplished in a way I can do.

Fantastic read! Great to see the strides you have made in improving your environment to suit you not just for yourself but for any others that follow. As someone in professional services who is dealing with a degenerative macular condition often the autonomy to manage tasks in your way to support your availability better can be seen as causing issues or deviating from the process however open and honest conversations with managers who want to listen can make a huge difference.

As the article and all the responses show, universities need to support staff, not see them as difficult. A forgotten group are those with severe allergic reactions to animals. You are on your own if you are one of them as increasingly animals are allowed into buildings including offices and teaching spaces. I hope that no one dies before this is taken seriously.

Great, great article, thank you for sharing and informing. I was very distressed on a project recently which had strong equality, diversity and inclusion credentials at the refusal of colleagues from a different university to write emails in Clear Print Sans Serif 14 left aligned etc or publish our report to those standards or to engage with wider equality standards for example not to use "&". It felt like a "badge of pride" not to change their own practice whilst engaging with other equality, diversity and inclusion themes. Interesting too that my copy of Windows now will aid me to be more accessible in my communication although I think the factory settings are still weeny size 11?