Riding Blind

Simplify Your Clothes Part 1: The Foundation

By: Serge Lebrun September 27, 2019October 4, 2019

Blog, Design, Uncategorized, Vision Lossblind, clothes, clothing, fashion, fback to basics, simplify, Style, visually impaired2 Comments

This is the first of a 5-part series on living more easily by simplifying your closet and your clothes. Part 1 provides a few basic principles to help simplify your wardrobe. Part 2 will focus on the inclusion of colour. Part 3 will focus on professional or work clothes, part 4 puts all this information…

Using Film for Simpler Photography

By: Serge Lebrun September 21, 2019September 21, 2019

Photography, Uncategorized, Vision Lossblind, camera, Ektar, film, Kodak, Nikon, Nikon FE2, Photography, Portra, Vision LossLeave a Comment

This post was inspired by two questions. You are blind, why do you take photos? And why do you use a film camera? Well, I take photos because I enjoy it. It’s a lot harder now, but I still see stuff, just not nearly as well as I used to. Explaining why I often use…

Checking In

By: Serge Lebrun September 16, 2019

Blog, Vision Losshealth, mental health, Vision LossLeave a Comment

Well hello there blog. It’s been a decent chunk of time since my last post. No excuses, however, I decided it was time to sneak in a quick post before the daylight fades and writing or posting a blog entry gets pushed off to another day, yet again. Daylight hours are getting shorter, I’m wearing…

Time For a New Bike?

By: Serge Lebrun August 2, 2019

Biking, Blog, Vision Lossbicycles, bikelust, Commencal Meta AM, commuter, Gary Fisher, gravel bike, MTB, Otso, Vision Loss, visually impaired, WarakinLeave a Comment

Ahhh bicycles. Is it possible to have just one? And if you have just one, is it possible to be satisfied with just that one? Can you be satisfied with two? How many bikes does a person really need? In the past I thought my next bike might be a full-susension enduro mountain bike, specifically,…

Improving Blog Accessibility

By: Serge Lebrun July 28, 2019July 28, 2019

Blog, Design, Resources, Uncategorized, Vision Lossaccessibility, audio, Design, internet design, text-to-speech, tools, Vision Loss, web design3 Comments

I have a lot to learn about blogging and website design. Learning to do so when visually impaired has been very interesting, posing an interesting set of challenges. However, there are a few things that i’d like to do with my blog, and increasing accessibility is one of those goals. I learned very quickly that…

Apple or Android: Phones for the Visually Impaired

By: Serge Lebrun July 21, 2019

Resources, Vision Lossandroid, ios, phone, smartphone, technology, tools, visually impaired1 Comment

My phone is old. It was a prepaid phone that I got 5 years ago. It’s now so slooooooooow and annoying to use, so it’s time to get a new phone. I already have one in mind, but before pulling the trigger, I thought it might be worth seeing who offers a better system for…

Negotiating Shifting Goal Posts

By: Serge Lebrun July 14, 2019July 14, 2019

Blog, Vision Lossadapting, difficulties, health, shifting goalposts, Vision LossLeave a Comment

Long time no-posts, what’s going on Riding Blind Blog? To be 100% honest, for the last few weeks I was reluctant to add onto this blog for several reasons. It was created to be a source for positively channeling energy, ideas, interests and projects while negotiating vision loss. It was not intended to be a…

Mourning The Visual Self

By: Serge Lebrun June 24, 2019June 24, 2019

Blog, Vision Losscoping, disability, grief, mourning, Vision LossLeave a Comment

Back when I first was diagnosed and learning to deal with vision loss, one of the first sources of information and support was the CNIB (Canadian National Institute for the Blind). At a workshop, I was joined by several others coming to grips to vision loss of various kinds and to varying degrees. I don’t…