{"id":4887,"date":"2016-08-26T15:13:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=4887"},"modified":"2016-08-26T15:13:07","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T19:13:07","slug":"video-on-being-a-legally-blind-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/video-on-being-a-legally-blind-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: ON BEING A LEGALLY BLIND ARTIST"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as I can remember, my vision has always been blurry. It did degrade somewhat as a I got older. But it has \u00a0been normal to me. As a teenager, I was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic condition that causes my extreme nearsightedness and blurry vision. I&#8217;ve always been visually inclined towards doing arts and crafts. I had a natural eye for design and creativity. At some point in my life, I thought that it would be wise to give it up, seeing that my eyesight wasn&#8217;t great, perhaps it was the practical thing to do. Go get a safe and secure job, and lead a more conventional life. But safe has never been my thing, because boredom always sinks in. So here in this video, I talk about my challenges and overcoming them as a visually impaired person. I hope you will see that you too can overcome your challenges.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ibvHvIuVe_Y?rel=0&amp;controls=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For as long as I can remember, my vision has always been blurry. It did degrade somewhat as a I got older. But it has \u00a0been normal to me. As a teenager, I was diagnosed with Stargardt disease, a rare genetic condition that causes my extreme nearsightedness and blurry vision. 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