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Podcast: The JD Dragon Disability Rights Podcast: Exploring how disability and diversity are connected
Episode: Growing up Partially-Sighted in the UK (Interview with Simon Iskander)
Description: Simon Iskander is partially sighted (severely sight impaired). He was born with a rare eye condition called aniridia (complete or partial absence of irises in each eye). He has also had nystagmus (involuntary eye movement), under-developed optic nerves and fovea (the fovea is an area of the retina at the back of the eye).since birth. More recently, he has also suffered from eye pain and further deterioration in his vision due to aniridia-related keratopathy (ARK) (corneal vascularisation) and development of cataracts. This has resulted in him needing to go through a process of developing self-acceptance and...