Category: Disability

  • Maid of Fabuland

    Maid of Fabuland

    Estimated reading time: 13 minutes Lego kindly invited me to build a Fabuland ship for the prestigious Lego House in Denmark. Going blind in one eye has been the hardest year and this creative challenge absolutely helped me move forward. Read about the ‘Maid of Fabuland’ paddle steamer and one of the happiest days ever.

  • Women in STEM Illustrations

    Women in STEM Illustrations

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day 2024, I created two new colouring-in illustrations of notable Women in STEM – author and codebreaker Irene Jessie Brown, and geologist Charlotte Murchison. I also discuss AI enhancement tools and vision loss challenges associated with my design process.

  • FAB-AT-AT

    FAB-AT-AT

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Happy FAB-AT-AT Instructions Day! PDF building instructions for my FAB-AT-AT are finally available to buy from Rebrickable.

  • Typology of Lego Smartphones 

    Typology of Lego Smartphones 

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes To date, Lego has released 25 different smartphone models (1×2 printed tiles). Let’s take a wee journey through the last 12 years of Minifigure mobiles.

  • Braille Bricks

    Braille Bricks

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Whilst experiencing further sight loss last year, I went ahead and bought set 40656 ‘LEGO Playing with Braille’. My latest hangar MOC incorporates eight different Braille bricks, spelling out the word Fabuland.

  • Life Got Dark

    Life Got Dark

    Estimated reading time: 2 minutes Life got considerably darker last month. Unfortunately, after 12 months of fighting I have lost the sight in my left eye.

  • Old Blue Eye

    Old Blue Eye

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes DYK eye trauma can cause your iris colour to change? In an eventful summer health-wise, one of my blue eyes is now green.

  • A Patient’s Guide to Eye Surgery

    A Patient’s Guide to Eye Surgery

    Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Practical, honest and positive advice for attending a surgical hospital appointment. Written by a sight loss patient with type-1 diabetes (T1D).

  • Face Down, But Looking Up

    Face Down, But Looking Up

    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes It’s been a challenging winter health-wise, with multiple eye surgeries and extremely poor vision. But family, friends and NHS professionals have helped me find enough fortitude to reach the other side.

  • Happy St Andrew’s Day!

    Happy St Andrew’s Day!

    Estimated reading time: 2 minutes In just six weeks my ‘Hello, Toilet Dolly!’ fundraiser has reached its goal of £1,000 for the sight loss charity Sight Scotland!

  • Hello, Toilet Dolly!

    Hello, Toilet Dolly!

    Estimated reading time: 6 minutes ‘Hello, Toilet Dolly!’ is my latest Sight Scotland charity fundraiser. For a chance to win a unique and functional Lego toilet doll, please donate via my JustGiving page.

  • Fabuland Story Time

    Fabuland Story Time

    Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Finished a microscale version of Fabuland set number 341: ‘Catherine Cat’s House and Mortimer Mouse’ at the weekend.