A review by zivan
Blind Man's Bluff: A Memoir by James Tate Hill

emotional informative reflective slow-paced

4.0

 

Hill's memoir touched me deeper then other blindness memoirs I've read. Probably because our level of vision is similar and we are both introverts. 

Asking for help is hard, from strangers and from family and friends. Finding the balance between trying to be independent and knowing when you need help is something I deal with every day and even after living with low vision for 38 years I still often get it wrong. 

The onus is not only on you, the way others react to your disability effects your willingness to out yourself. 

Becoming more comfortable with your identity as a person with a disability lets you both learn to use the tools that give you more independence and the ability to ask for help without feeling shame.