Using visual strategies to help you in everyday life may not be the most appropriate approach for you – perhaps because you don’t have enough residual vision or because what remaining vision you do have fluctuates too much.
There are plenty of non-visual strategies that you can use that will help promote your independence, for example using a mobility aid like a white cane. This can help you to detect objects and hazards and can also alert others to your vision impairment - they should know to move out of your way and understand if you’re unable to move out of their way.
Read on for more about non-visual strategies that you can try, including strategies for using your other senses.