My name is Graham Isidore.

I have a progressive eye disease called Caritoconis.

And maying I'm losing my vision has been hard, but explaining it to other people has been harder.

Lately, I've been trying to talk about it.

Short-sighted is an attempt to explain what vision loss feels like by exploring how it sounds.

By sharing my story, we get into all the things

you don't see about hidden disabilities. Short-sighted from CBC's personally available now.

This is a CBC podcast. This series contains adult content and candid accounts of sexual abuse.

Take care in listening.

I really loved music and I really loved playing the horn.

There's a bittersweet history between Anne-Marie Robinson and the French Horn.

It goes back to her days in high school band.

After I left school, I just put it down and never touch it again.

In 2014, Anne-Marie's daughter was in her high school band.

I probably had to have mentioned to her a few times

that I played Frenchworn in high school.

Her daughter was 15, smart, innocent.

Exactly how a teen girl should be.

She started to think it would have been fun if we could play together.

And so she really begged me to start playing.

So she did.

I just started and I just had this longing.

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