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Knitting in the dark: narratives about the experience of sight loss in a counselling context

RNIB Emotional Support Service, UK, sd2510{at}bristol.ac.uk

This report seeks to demonstrate how the telling of stories both within a counselling and research setting enables people to reconnect with strengths and abilities that `enable' rather than `disable' and how, by resisting disabling practices and medical models of understanding, people can find new ways of identifying themselves outside the labels of `visually impaired' and `blind'.

Key Words: counselling • visually impaired • narrative practices

British Journal of Visual Impairment, Vol. 26, No. 3, 269-278 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0264619608093644


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