Volunteering gave me my life back!
Laura Kennedy lost her sight overnight at the age of 31. It was a devastating diagnosis. She had developed the rare condition of Acute Retina Necrosis following a virus. Her full sight would never return. A self-confessed workaholic, Laura worked as a PA to two directors in the NHS but as she lay in the hospital bed for five weeks and twenty operations/procedures later she just couldn’t imagine how it would be possible to continue with her career. Like many young people who become blind and partially sighted, she had to leave her dockside apartment because of the...
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