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Katie has her dark hair down and curled, with a floral print dress on. She is standing in front of a grey background and the small boxed writing in the right hand corner reads “the shaw trust disability power 100 2024 shortlisted.”

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Shaw Trust Power 100 Short Listed

I have not only been nominated, but shortlisted to be in the @shaw_trust’s disability power 100 list as a high quality disability and mental health advocate 🥹 I’m honestly lost for…

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A photo of Katie and her 4 year old son, Saywer, on the swings at a park.

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You Wouldn’t Know

Katie, a mother with sight impairment, highlights that her disability is not obvious. She functions like any other parent, using magnification and zoom features on her phone to cope. The post emphasizes that only 2-8% of those with sight loss use a white cane, making such disabilities invisible to the casual observer.

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Katie Berrill with her curly hair holding a programme from the make a difference awards.

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BBC Radio Interview Audio – 30th January 2024

Here is the audio from the interview <3.

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A close up of Katie with her dark hair curled and a patterned strapy jumpsuit at the BBC make a difference awards. She is holding a make a difference award and smiling. There is a purple box with white writing that says “BbC Northampton Radio” in the bottom corner.

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BBC Radio Interview Tomorrow (30th January 2024)

Tomorrow morning between 7am and 9am, I will be on the BBC Northampton radio station talking about life with stargardts disease. On the same day @themichaelowen’s son, James Owen’s documentary is…

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Video shows Katie walking with her 4 year old in a shopping centre, then with her 4 year old at bowling. Then there is a close up of Katie with her hair down and in her garden and walking in a field with sunglasses on. Video then shows Katie holding her orange cat Mango, out at the zoo in front of penguins with her 4 year old and walking in London with her symbol cane. Captions read “Blindness is a spectrum. Don’t judge what you don’t understand. Sometimes I don’t need to use my symbol cane, other times I do but that’s my choice.”

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Blindness is a spectrum

Blindness is a spectrum. Many people with sight loss use what aids help and suit them. Some choose not to use a cane, others use just a symbol cane or…

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A picture of Katie with her long dark hair looking at the cameras she has a black jumper on and is standing in front of a fence outside. Caption reads I am that 1 in 10,000. I am rare ….. stargardts disease (in pink font)

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I am that 1 in 10,000, I am rare.

When I was diagnosed with stargardts disease in 2017, I had never heard of it before, nobody I knew had either. I felt so alone, like the only person in…

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Reflecting on the 3rd Anniversary of Losing my Driving Licence

Shaw Trust Power 100 Short Listed

You Wouldn’t Know

BBC Radio Interview Audio – 30th January 2024

BBC Radio Interview Tomorrow (30th January 2024)

Blindness is a spectrum

I am that 1 in 10,000, I am rare.

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