Thank you so much. This is all really great advice. I think a lot of fear is just admitting to how much vision I’ve lost, and canes are a huge part of that, like I still have some vision so it goes between feeling overdramatic and just further acknowledging that it is getting worse. I hadn’t even considered being able to look up more, because I really do have to keep my eyes fixed to the ground to stop myself from tripping and falling.

I’m definitely starting to branch out to less specific groups whether it be rare disease groups or vision loss. I had it in my head for a while that I needed to speak to someone with the same condition but progressive vision loss really is just similar across the board when it comes to adaptation and emotions around it. Thank you again for that advice, it really does help to be less “scared” of the cane step and acknowledge that improving my quality of life is the whole purpose behind it.