Jennifer Smith
My name is Jennifer Smith, I’m currently setting up my life coaching business called ‘Create A New You’.
I work with people with sight loss and hidden disabilities teaching them life skills they can adapt in everyday life. so they can improve their daily lives to facilitate financial freedom and physical independence.
I was severely short sighted as a child, and diagnosed with keracotonus in 1992. In 2007 I was told that my left eye was blind and had a cornea graft in 2008 which went through years of rejection.
My sight changes daily.
I experience Blurred vision, floaters, dots, pixels and flickers regularly. I also have an extra sensitivity to sunlight.
Day to day I see shapes and colours although this varies. At night I don’t see.
I hope this exhibition will help those without sight loss to understand how people with a visual impairment navigate their environment.