I see...

286 million people

are visually impaired -

39 million people are blind

246 million have moderate

or severe visual impairment

But

80% of blindness is avoidable!

It’s no surprise that

90% of people with

visual impairments

live in developing countries.

Sadly, 19 million children

are visually impaired.



When I first saw the

World Sight Day logo

 I thought it was just a bunch of dots. 

That’s a sighted person for you!

Can’t see the language

 for the dots! 

Those dots are based

on the Braille symbols for

WSD – World Sight Day.

 

I’ve often asked my students

 to explain the colour

yellow

for me – as though

 I have never seen it

 and am blind. 

How would you describe

 “yellow”

to someone who has

never seen the world?

It’s harder than you’d think!

While you’re puzzling over that,

Pour yourself a glass of wine –

With your eyes closed.

 

The world is filled with beauty

And, being able to see...

It’s my job

To appreciate it.

 

Thanks to Vision 2020.

 

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