article_snippet: Megan Johnston, from Newtown, Wellington, in New Zealand, has a degenerative eye disease that has left A 28-year-old blind woman with just five per cent vision.
article_snippet: A 28-year-old blind woman’s hereditary condition, Retinitis Pigmentosa, means A 28-year-old blind woman eyesight is approximately 170 degrees worse than a person with perfect eyesight and leaves A 28-year-old blind woman with no peripheral vision.
article_snippet: The 28-year-old has a degenerative eye disease that has left A 28-year-old blind woman with just five per cent vision .
article_snippet: Retinitis Pigmentosa is an inherited, degenerative eye disease that causes severe vision impairment and often blindness.
article_snippet: Retinitis Pigmentosa dramatically effects peripheral vision and is often described as extreme tunnel vision.
article_snippet: The degeneration is progressive and has no known cure.
article_snippet: Megan inherited Megan Retinitis Pigmentosa, which cannot be cured, from Megan father and is considered legally blind.
highlights_snippet: Megan Johnston, from Wellington, New Zealand, is legally blind .
  
highlights_snippet: Megan Johnston has extreme tunnel vision and just five per cent eyesight .
  