Rnib Conversations

In a series of interviews here on RNIB Connect Radio we are talking with a range of blind and partially sighted people to find out what life is really like living with sight loss, how they have coped throughout their life with the level of sight they have and the advice they would give to other people who might be starting to lose their sight or finding it difficult to cope with the level of sight they might have or have had during their life.  Connect Radio’s Toby Davey spoke with Christine (Chris) MacMillan a lady in her early 70s who was born with Nystagmus and also post cataract surgery now has some residual problems with her vision too.  Chris began by telling Toby how she was diagnosed with Nystagmus going to a school for visually impaired children, how she feels that her sight loss has just been something that has always been with her, something that she has learnt to cope with and accept. Chris’ husband Mike is also visually impaired although both of their eye conditions are very different and i