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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (36) Losing my Riddoch in Denver

  Wed, 2nd Aug 2023, 7:42am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola has hemianopia and hemi-inattention on her right side, but is not affected by it, because she taught herself to ’see’ in her absent visual field, until a recent trip to Denver, where she lost her Riddoch.

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (35) The Austin Assessment website is live! What this means to me.

  Fri, 19th May 2023, 6:00am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola introduces the Austin Assessment website, developed to support a screening tool for CVI she has been developing, for a community she cares passionately about.

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (34) Sorry, what did you say?

  Wed, 19th Apr 2023, 6:03am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola McDowell explains the many ways her sound processing is affected with her CVI, adding to our understanding of CVI, and reminding us how much we still don’t know about this complex condition.

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (33) The art of self-advocacy

  Mon, 29th Aug 2022, 12:28pm
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  A stranger has just ’had a go’ at Nicola. Her first reaction was to return to the feelings of days of ’social ineptness’, then she reflected; she’s not that girls anymore!

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (32) Cross if you dare

  Tue, 17th May 2022, 6:14am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola McDowell shares important safety advice, relevant for everyone affected by CVI when it comes to crossing roads.

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (31) What does independence really mean?

  Mon, 6th Dec 2021, 6:55am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola McDowell explains why, for so long, she did not want to use a white cane, and how ableism has affected her.

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (30) - Can’t you just visualise it?

  Thu, 12th Aug 2021, 6:10am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola McDowell has just realised she can’t create images in her mind of what things might look like, and it can make every day simple decisions both difficult and frustrating.

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• Nicola McDowell’s Blog (29) The vision gremlins are back

  Thu, 6th May 2021, 6:18am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  Nicola has just moved house, and finds she is once again at the mercy of her ’vision gremlins’.

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• Nicola McDowells’ Blog (28) Time To Make Progress

  Tue, 29th Dec 2020, 12:55pm
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  An end of year blog from Nicola McDowell, combining both frustrations and fighting spirit - it’s time to make progress!

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• Nicola McDowells’ Blog (27) Blindsight

  Thu, 15th Oct 2020, 9:38am
  Posted by Helen St Clair Tracy

  In this fascinating blog, Nicola McDowell explains how she learnt to regain conscious vision in her right visual field where she had no vision! Blindsight.

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