Driving
I realise more than ever that it is almost certain I
will not be able to drive. I believe that one of the criteria is that
you have to be capable of reading a car number plate 20.5 metres away
- I can barely manage to read one 10 metres away! I also have great
difficulty in reading road signs when in a moving vehicle. There is
a point where I can read the signs, but it is only from about two metres,
I'd have to park underneath it! Even if I did manage to pass a driving
test I do not believe I would be comfortable driving in these circumstances.
For more information about your eyesight related to
driving visit the Driving
Standards Agency (UK) website, in particular the
page about
'Eyesight Requirements' under the 'Learners' section of their
website.
Because I will almost certainly not drive I have to think
about what sort of job I would look for, and the location of it. Obviously,
one easily accessible by public transport would be ideal. However if
you are registered as partially blind you will receive free or reduced
bus and train fares, which would be a benefit.
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Getting a Job
In the future when applying for a job I have to decide
whether or not to divulge the fact that I have Nystagmus. If I did,
they may decide that they don't even want to interview me because I
have this condition. However if I don't tell them about it, problems
may arise whereby, I am unable to do a particular task. So I will
have to decide whether I tell my possible employers that I have Nystagmus.
I think that being self employed would be the best thing
as I would be my own boss and I could control exactly what I do.
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