'From one moment to the next everything went dark - now I'm too embarrassed to go to a polling station'
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMosie was walking into her opticians when everything suddenly went dark. The then 63-year-old had booked the appointment because of a minor complaint she’d developed in her left eye.
What followed was a life-changing diagnosis. She had gone blind. A shingles infection she’d had eight months previously had flared up and reached her optic nerves, causing permanent damage.
For the Horwich resident, who spent the last few years travelling the world and working part-time as a teacher, her sight loss was a 'major adjustment'. READ MORE: Huge emergency response as boy, 14, goes missing while swimming in River Mersey She's no longer able to vote independently. “The first time I went to a polling station after I went blind, I was so embarrassed,” she told the Local Democracy Reporting Service. “A friend took me there and I thought she’d come to the booth with me and help me vote - but she wasn’t allowed to.
The staff there didn’t know what to do. It was like they’d never encountered someone like me before and were scared of getting in trouble. “Eventually, they did let my friend to the booth with me.
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