I took a week medical leave from work to work out if I can hold a job with my new visual disability. I noticed my reading ability has been hampered. It takes me longer to read now and I already was a slow ready because of dyslexia and my damaged left eye. Add in the scotoma maculopathy of my right eye and reading is a bit grueling.
It's like having a chip in middle of one of the lenses in your glasses. Yeah, it's annoying, but you can see around it and, in general, you can ignore it. Until, you need to see things in detail like reading. Then that small chip, that was so easy to ignore before, becomes prominent. The difference is, with a chip in your glasses as you move your eye past it you can see. My "chip" follows every where I look. It seems to get in the way of the first letter of every word. If the font is big enough my brain can fill in what the word is, but that takes extra time and energy. It's exhausting if done for a long period of time. Can I manage a job with this new hindrance? I honestly, don't know. I've been praying a lot and have been prayed for by others. Can work accommodate for this? Is there even a way to accommodate for this?
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