Retro Mobile Phone with New Technology
This morning I had a visit from Tony Shrub who works for Sight and Sound Technology. He brought me a MiniVision mobile phone for demonstration in our resource centre. How many of you remember the old-style mobile phone that had no touch screen and a numerical keypad?...
Kate on the Road
Firstly, I’d like to wish you all a very belated happy new year and hope you had a well earnt rest over the festive period. Now the pleasantries are out of the way we can hopefully get on with the real reason I’m writing this and hopefully you’re interested to read...
Making Sight Loss Awareness Training work for Everyone!
This morning is the first chance in a while I have had to write my blog as over the last few weeks it has been a very busy time here at Southampton Sight. As well as getting ready for our Christmas festivities we have been doing our usual jobs and been coping with no...
Supporting Southampton University Hospital Trust
Sonia and I went to the hospital to give a presentation to fifty 4th year undergraduate medical students as part of their week that they spend in the eye unit. Our presentation responds to learning outcomes set by the Royal College of Ophthalmology – breaking bad...
Driving a RIB and training with Blind Sailing UK #DareDevilKate
This weekend I went to the Isle of Wight for the Blind National Championship organised by Blind Sailing UK. Friday morning, I ran around my house packing everything I needed from toiletries to dinghy boots in my purple rucksack to take with me. I was ready by 10 which...
Baking Blind with Penny Melville-Brown
On Wednesday 5 September two members of Southampton Sight along with Kate, Jackie and Angela visited Penny Melville-Brown at her home to take part in her Baking Blind series (www.bakingblind.com). Penny was one of the successful winners of the Holman Prize in 2017,...
A week in the life
This week has been a quiet week so far at work; with my support worker on holiday I am unable to leave the office without the support of other colleagues. I have seen a service user in the centre for a touch-typing session and I worked with two of my colleagues on...
Back to College
I can’t remember if I have written this before, but in September I am going back to college to do an apprenticeship in customer service. Yesterday I started to learn how to get to Southampton City College. When you are completely blind like I am, you may find...
Hooray to Assistive Equipment!
Is it really July already? Soon we’ll blink and it’ll be next year. Yesterday Angela and I went to an information and equipment day in Totton organised by Open Sight the local society for VI people who cover Hampshire. First, getting in to the building was a...
Skills for Seeing training
I haven’t blogged for a while so I thought I’d write one about my most recent adventure to Andover with two colleagues. We went on a two-day staff outing! Mandy, Angela and I all met at work last Wednesday to begin our two-day training course. We visited the head...
Kate on the Road
Hello I’m Kate, the Access Technology Advisor here at Southampton Sight.
I’ve been blind since birth but that doesn’t stop me doing what I want to do. I want to share with you highlights of my work and my world. Read my blog!