Your child will never..........

We have probably all been told what our children will never do and always wondered what they can do. OK my son is in the minority of people with albinism able to drive,my daughter like many will never be in that category


As you can see my daughter uses a symbol cane and is registered partially sighted. She is 7 and here are some of the things she has achieved over the last couple of years

Driving with albinism

I've got to share my son's latest achievement- he is learning to drive, that is one sentence I never thought I would write! He was always borderline then a couple of years ago his acuity went downhill and we were told (and we prepared for) the news that his vision would not meet UK driving requirements. Then he changed to coloured contact lenses and he could read more of the chart and the golden statement was announced- Your eyes are good enough to drive. My face must have said it all so the doctor reassured me that there are many people with worse vison driving- can't imagine why I didn't find that reassuring. Anyway he started driving last summer then when we tried to book his test we realised that he didn't have his medical conditions listed so his licence had to go back for medical review -this took 4 whole months!! His licence was reactivated and he took and passed his theory test last month ( and got 100%) and will be taking his practical test in a couple of months.Guess that you will all be wondering what sort of driver he is, actually he is a good driver, his instructor reckons he is her most capable student right now. He is very observant as he drives and because he is aware of his limitations, he is very cautious and sensible- very unusual for a teenager. Hopefully in a few weeks I will be able to post that he passed his test, fingers crossed.