Abuse, discrimination make blind woman’s world darker

Abigail Hamilton

Twelve years after she lost her eyesight, Abigail Hamilton still finds every day a struggle; and were it not for her three minor children and a few good friends, she would have given up already.

Hamilton knew that one day she would become blind; she had eyesight problems since her childhood days and for years she existed with just partial vision. However, when it finally happened it was still a shock.

“It is not easy existing in a black world. It is frustrating and the amount of advantage does happen is not fair. It is hard, very hard,” Hamilton told Stabroek News in a recent interview.

There were days when she was pelted