Last Saturday I arrived in Valencia after a very long day of travelling. I got up and started to get ready at 4 in the morning, feeding Isla and packing my laptop bag. Me and my dad left the house at half 5 so that we would be at the airport in plenty of time….
Author: Connor Scott-Gardner
It’s Official: I Decided to Study in Spain
Everything is ready to go, I booked my flights last weekend. I’ll be going to Valencia for 5 months where I’ll be studying Spanish. It’s actually an interesting choice of place, seeing as Spanish isn’t the only language spoken there. I still have things to do, like figure out what I need to take with…
My experiences as a young GDO
In July I wrote quite a detailed and personal facebook post about my experiences of being a guide dog owner. It was after an interview I did for guide dogs and I shared my thoughts first of how blindness is portrayed in the media and then my experiences as a young GDO. At the time…
ICC 2013
This summer I got to go to ICC for the first time. ICC is the international camp on communication and computers and it’s something I’ve wanted to attend for a few years. It’s held in a different country each summer and is attended by blind students primarily from Europe. This summer it was held in…
How braille changed my life
It’s not really a secret that I love Braille. It’s got to the point that whenever I go out with some of my friends from goalball and I get asked if I want a Braille menu they go “oh no”, or if there isn’t one tease me about how frustrated I get. It’s totally true…
I am not brave
Recently people keep saying to me that I’m brave and as much as I appreciate the fact that they are trying to pay me a compliment it really isn’t true. I live a pretty normal life, I go to school and I play sports in my spare time and just do what most teenagers are…