The joys of travel - and not being able to read the flight times

Image description: An illustration titled 'Navigating travel with a vision impairment'

Box 1: An airport departure board with a woman looking up. Text reads: ‘Ah perfect! Tiny text on a chaotic screen that rotates every 10 seconds. This isn’t difficult to read at all.’

Box 2: A watch around a wrist with the time 12:40pm. The text reads: ‘I guess I should take my night time medication soon… or is it my morning medication? We just crossed the international dateline and suddenly Thursday night is Saturday morning and where did Friday even go? What am I? Who am I?’

Box 3: A woman is walking along a lake looking at her phone. The text reads: Check maps… don’t trip over… check maps… don’t trip over…

Box 4: A blue car is driving in the city, with a head looking towards it. The text reads: Is that my Uber or is today the day I accidentally jump into a stranger’s car?

Box 5: A luggage conveyor belt with lots of brown and pink coloured suitcases. The text reads: Thank God I have a very distinct and easy-to-recognise pastel pink suitcase! Just like… everyone else… on my flight…

Box 6: A pair of glasses with two contact lens cases against a pink background. The text reads: Hmm, how to I want to see the world today - long distance contacts, short distance contacts, or glasses? It would be great to see the Manhattan skyline but I’d also love to be able to read the lunch menu…