Advocacy for San Antonio's Blind and Visually Impaired Communities: Latest Guest, Alexandria Clarimond

It's an unfortunate truth that we often don't wonder about, nor do we advocate for the issues that don't directly impact us. Considering this, and as we near the end of Blindness Awareness Month, our latest guest seems all the more relevant.

Alexandria Clarimond, author, U.S. veteran, and advocate for the visually impaired joined us earlier this month to discuss her personal experiences with Macular Degeneration, her writing process, her military experiences, and the true meaning of Sight, which happens to be the title of her novel.

Sight is a fiction narrative about 81-year-old Elora who reflects on her experiences of love, loss, and aging as she has slowly lost her vision over time. On our sister blog for Cedric D. Fisher & Company Publishers, we have a post up that discusses both the novel and what Macular Degeneration is in great depth, and if you're interested, you can find that here.

In San Antonio, there aren't many figures in the public eye who struggle with or speak out on the issues specific to those who are blind or visually impaired. Alexandria Clarimond, through her writing, illustrates a rare narrative to help all of us understand and see through the lens of visual impairment.

Sight is a pioneer work of advocacy, completely novel to other books or works of fiction that feature disability as central to their narratives. To hear from the creative mind herself about the writing process and the life experiences that brought her to this story, watch our latest interview with Alexandria Clarimond.