I'm visually impaired myself and I get the misconception that I can't see. People also ask how I use my IPone and how I get around. I also get asked how I read and how going to school is like for a visually impaired person.Lastly, I get asked how long I've been blind for. I explain to people that I'm not totally blind.
I like to be referred to as visually impaired. I love my guide dog Leah. Lots of people think it’s fine to come and just talk to her or stroke her, even when she’s wagging her tail, without asking me. This morning a nurse tried to steer me by the shoulders at the doctor’s surgery (meaning to help), and I asked the receptionists to put a note on the screen saying “please ask before offering help” and explained to them about not trying to physically help a patient with a sight impairment but letting the patient hold the staff’s elbow. I have useful vision so most of the time I’m very capable, particularly in familiar places.
I'm visually impaired and I have recently come across the term partially sighted. I always get asked how far I can see, but I've been sight impaired my entire life and I don't actually know. People tend to talk to my friends rather than me. Dating is hard though. My Guide Dog is my best friend.
in speak of glasses. Many pepole also think if a person wear glasses they see good like glasses fix all kind off vision trouble. It dont but for some it still makes it a bit better.
Yes! I get this a lot... ppl think that because I don t see well, my prescription must be like 9 dioptres... while it s 0.75 and my vision is not good due to other conditions that glasses don t help with... (nystagmus mainly)
You'd think some of these would be completely ridiculous, but apparently not as I get them too, and my vision's only 20/180! I also get the, "How many fingers am I holding up?" and the "Oh, do you know who I am?" Or the dreaded, "What does that sign over there say then?" I hate that last one, as I usually have to answer, "Um... what sign?" or "Ummm.... I think it's R... A.... No, wait... B... A...."
OMG Yes! I get the 'how many fingers am I holding' up too and the 'what does that sign say over there.' I also hate it when cars flash their indicators to me when I'm waiting to cross the road and when someone tells me they are doing this its like 'Urm yeah...thats really helpful.'
Someone last year actually got out of their car and tried to help me cross the street. I was like, Uh... thanks, but... I can do it! As nice as the intention is, it's just kind of off putting.
In regard to your answer about looking normal, it's "natural habit" to look in the direction the "sound" is coming from, such as a person talking. Great video. Nice topics. Just keep in mind, the situation changes with each individual.
I love doritos and supernatural but you're right. Whatever your disability living your life to the fullest is so important. Thank you for dispelling some myths here - really important info :-)
Brilliant. Thank you it was a breath of fresh air. I am registered blind (Albino) with some residual sight and I have a school friend from the 1950s who is totally blind and has a guide dog. She once asked someone for directions and they bent down and told the dog.
I am in school to become an Optician here in the "states" positively love this video and just had to thank you for posting it. All the best to you, your cute guide dog and loving mum. Peace
I'm glad you're doing this. You put the hardest truths so tactfully and with sensitivity to the sighted and encouraging to those of us with impaired vision. I think it also helps us communicate with sighted people with more confidence and wisdom. When people tell me "oh I'm sorry" or similar things when I tell them I'm visually impaired, I generally tell them 'You obviously don't know me very well."
Thanks. People generally hear the word "blind" and assume I have no sight at all. I say I'm visually impaiured. Most people get that. I think one thing I'd add is for people of faith to not try to get someone healed. I know people who want nothing to do with Christians because of that. They refuse to go to church because of a few people who feel the need to fix them. I've gone through it myself. I don't think anything's wrong with me. I know plenty of sighted people who can't do the things I do.
+Shelley Magnussen Exactly, we're all different and just because we are visually impaired doesn't mean we need to be fixed. I think people who act like that give religion a bad press which is a real shame. Thanks so much for all your wonderful, constructive comments and thoughts they really add another dimension to the videos :)
Thank you! I am tired of being visually-impaired being seen as some kind of hardship. I get after my Christian friends whenever they start talking like that. It's like we're inferior. My least favorite phrase is, "Even though you're..." One guy who wanted to give me healing prayer said he had a healing gift. He weight about 400 pounds. I was really offended, but I just said no thanks. It's amazing what people do and don't value.
Great Video Emily, you are very chirpy and upbeat too, I have Glaucoma and my sight is deteriorating to the point that it scares me if I stop and think about it, you have boosted my confidence immensely! Thank you.
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you liked my video and I am so pleased to hear that my video has helped to boost your confidence. You have made my day (truly)
I am frequently asked this stuff on the bus, 'admired' for how I handle my vision, etc. I just shared this on Facebook and asked friends to pass it on. You rock!
+Alaina Walker I get the "You inspire me!" a lot as well. It's so annoying. What? Because blind people aren't at home not doing anything, the are automatically heroes? It's crazy! I wouldn't go up to someone in a wheelchair and say that to them.
I have ocular albinism with nystagmus. 20/200 in right eye and 20/800 in the left. ive been this way since birth. I get asked about glasses all the time. my doctor says glasses won't really improve my vision but will help me focus better. also people think they can take advantage of me because of my disability. I may be blind but I'm not dumb. I know when someone is using me.
It's not a shame for me, i feel bad sometimes but i get help at school etc and with that help i've been given great help. I've got a ta who's an overqualified genius and i've got a great helper on our city's counsel who doesn't rest until everything's perfect. Thanks to this i'm ahead of almost everyone in my class
+Fashioneyesta thank you, i appreciate that you're helping spread awareness that eyesight is black grey and white rather than just the prima and latter and just any pther misconceptions about visibility in general. This i hope will also spread awareness for disabilities in general too
+jimmy alderson Thank you :) I'm glad you think so. I think disability in general faces a lot of misconception so if my videos can help change some of those perceptions even if only a little bit then I'll be very happy.
I actually came across your channel from Molly and i found her channel from Lucy Yesterdayswishes. And immediately subbbed to both of you. I have vision loss in my right eye and a small loss in my left.. While i do wear glasses they dont fully help me. I am constantly told just increase the strength on your lens.
I agree with all the things you said. It's such a shame that these things happen but unfortunately they do. I loved this video and the editing was great too xx
I had this lady in college who kept telling how she thought I "do so well." One day I said, "I think you do really well too." and she quit saying that kind of thing. I had a lady on the bus wh asked if I had someone help me dress? "Gosh, where's my foot? I can't find m foot! How am I going to put this shoe on???" and why do sighted people need the light on to go to the bathroom?
Yes the one about getting new glasses is absurdly funny and I have gotten that too but rarely. usually I hear wow you are amazing and I ask why. I get you don’t complain about it, you are always trying to find new ways and I respond that I am well supported and just do the next indicated thing. The newest has been applying for a guide dog and being accepted. ♥️
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Hey Emily! This video made my day. I am not visually impaired, but I had cancer at the age of 21 and I got a lot of people saying such things to me like:"you are so young, what a shame" and a bunch of things you said, but in a different context. I had never met someone visually impaired before, but you enlightened me about this subject. Great video!
Tira o lenço e vai ser feliz Hi Tira :) Thanks for your lovely comment I am so pleased that this video helped you with the comments you have faced in your life and that its helped you to understand a bit more about visual impairments. There's an amazing youtube called Charlotte Eades who makes videos about fashion beauty and dealing with cancer I think you may really like her videos. I did a blog with her recently x
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fashioneyesta She was the one who talked about you. :) I have been watching her videos for while now.
I had a lady in my apartment building ask if I had any sight. When I said I did, she said, "Oh. YOu dress too nice to be totally blind. I guess totally blind people are supposed to go around in ratty sweats or burlap or something. The level of stupidity out there is scary.
One thing I'd like to say about guide dogs, and not every dog can do this, but mine found McDonalds on Fisherman's Wharf with neither of us having been there before. I'd said to him since I brought him home when going to McDonalds, "Let's go to McDonalds. Where's McDonalds" and throw in a few suggestive directives. He did indeed, walk about two blocks and stop in front of the door. Must be the smell of those fires. They're not super dogs, but they can learn to associate words with places. At least this one did.
Some dogs are quick learners. I go to McDonalds frequently and I've always talked to my dog on the way there, although I am familiar with the route. I say, "Let's go to McDonalds. Where's McDonalds?" and by the 4th or 5th trip, they get it. This is what I sdid in SF. I think I said, "Where's McDonalds?" Twice and since they all smell the same, he went right to the door. You'd be amazed though, what people think guide dogs are trained to do. They think the dog decides when to cross the street. The command and hand signal becomes more minimal wwhen we're bnded. They don't notice hand signals. So it looks like the dog is running things. It is pretty cool though, when they find one in unfamiliar areas. My current dog will walk through the food court until he spots a completely empty table and turns toward it. This cracks me up.
I just wanted to say i love absolutely love this video. I have several of those same thoughts. I am visually impaired and have wanted to get a guide dog. You gave me more confidence to get one. I plan on sharing your video with my groups. I have a group at the college i attended and they are so curious about fashion. They are blind and visually impaired. Keep doing what you are doing you are awesome.
Thank you for doing this.. I have severe sight loss and I always get the you don’t look blind/how does your guide dog know … my Jeanie is amazing but she can’t find out what train we will get on .. we would go on some interesting journeys if it was left up to Jeanie! Usually to my mums or the pet shop 😂
I am visually impaired too. I think it is 250:20 in my right, left I forget. I have gotten some of those, they all were nice about it though, they were just curious. :) I have been asked 1 and 3. I do not mind answering them, I just try to explain it. I often get asked if I can see them, which I can. I always just try my best to explain. People are surprised too cause I do walk pretty confidently, although I do have a habit of looking down and when I use my cane not trusting it I do try on both :) Plus, my friends just know me so well and see how I am confident, they forget that I am even blind, which I guess is nice because they know me so well and that is just ONE not the only sign by far of a good friendship! :) I do only use my cane when I am at school and walking there pretty much even though i should use it more, and that could be why they forget too at times.
Number 7! This wasn’t actually “I don’t know how you do it”, but I was telling mmy teacherabout where I was going to college and she replied all surprised, “You’re going away from home??”like yeah what do you expect me to finish high school and community college and go no further because I’m visually impaired and it involves leaving home? One of my friends was telling her how she was going across the country for college and the teacher thought that was cool and stuff. It’s like since I am visually impaired she rxpects me to stay at home my whole life.
I have watched this vid a great deal. I'm kind of a nerd. I love documentaries and reading and listening to audiobooks. I'm a visually impaired nerd. When I was younger, I was teased a a great deal. Therefore I really did good in school and read a lot of books. I still do a lot of those things and I also play video games. On my UA-cam channel I have a lot of book reviews and I've started doing let's plays.
Thank you :) I actually uploaded a similar one to this this morning the link is below. I know exactly what you mean, people ask me how I do my make up when I'm visually impaired and it gets on my nerves too. ua-cam.com/video/yKqgz48Q624/v-deo.html&a
So there are so many misconceptions about blindness today. The one big misconception that drives me up the wall is you can't see anything so you can't use the stove or the oven. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 When people assume this I want to scream at the top of my lungs, do you know how many people there are that have no vision and they can use the stove and the oven??? 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 You know people need to understand that glasses so not always help and they also need to realize that, not everyone is born blind and a lot of the time blindness happens later in life. 💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️ ❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜❤️💜 Fashioneyesta 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍 You did great and you should be a motivational speaker like Molly Burke. 💜💚❤️💙 Jacqueline
Just submitted a subtitle track for this one in case it's useful, following your blog post today. This was one of the first videos of yours I saw and commented on (using a different account at the time), and it's nice to be able to give something back given all the effort you put into your content. :)
Hahahaha. "Won't glasses help?" All. The. Time. Even better is "what about LASIK?" I know people don't understand the science of eye problems, and that LASIK corrects the curvature of the eye whereas my vision isn't a curvature problem, but it is exhausting. I always feel awkward. I ride the bus around, but I don't use a cane or a guide dog, so it always awkward requesting the disability pass since my visual impairment isn't obvious. "I don't know how you do it" I definitely get that to not driving. I live in a city with poor public transportation but you learn... My vision is strong enough hear I can bike and walk and catch an uber or bus so it works. I live here in part because I have family that can help me go grocery shopping too.
You hit the nail right on the head :) It is so frustrating when you're constantly asked to prove yourself all the time. The end of the day in life we all have to learn to adjust to new situations and disability is one of them. So when people say 'oh I don't know how you do it' its because we have no other choice but to try and get on with our lives.
I've had people come up to me on the street and tell me that if I pray I'll be 'healed', or others say that God is cruel and hug me! People I've never met! It's really funny but a little embarrassing when I'm with my friends. I agree with this list!
Hi everyone! I just wanted to come on here to say thank you all so much for your amazing comments and that if you liked this video you might like the one I have in store for your guys tomorrow going up at 9am GMT (stay tuned.)
Fashioneyesta Yes you're 100 percent right. In my head I am thinking what in the world is going on in your head that made you want to say something so ignorant? I would probably ask that to everyone who made the comment well.............. You don't look blind. In my head I would be thinking do you have any idea how crazy and stupid you sound right now. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱 I'd also be afraid if someone told me to prove I am blind. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱
terminology is so interesing...a D/deaf/hard of hearing person would usually consider the term "hearing impaired" outdated and insulting, but "visually impaired" seems to be the opposite. language is cool and crazy
Impairments are what they are. Calling them something else isn't going to make them lessen or go away. I have a deficit. Calling it "Differently able" or "Seeing differently" isn't going to change the fact that it is a limitation. Everyone has strong and weak points. I tend to steer away fro "blind" because of the stigma and that people think it means I have no sight at all. If I was hearing impaired, I certainly wouldn't want to be described as "deaf" if I still had some usable hearing. I think al this hypersensitivity is doing as much damage as the old clichés.
Cannot stop laughing at the bus number thing. I just sponsored a guide dog and if they could read, I wouldn't be funding it's training but stealing it. Maybe people think they must put different scents on the bus so the dog can work out which one it is. The bus that smells of bacon takes you to the shopping centre that smells of bacon. My cousins young son is visually impaired but he's still too little for us to understand how his sight is but it will probably be the case that he needs a guide dog when he's a bit older. I hope he gets one that can read.
I agree with all of this. My friend is legally blind and all these happen a lot. One thing she gets a lot if little kids asking her about her cane and saying that its scary. Not sure why... She does her make up all by herself she is 21 and is blind in left eye tunnel vision in right she also has a black spot in her tunnel so she can't see faces so people see her with her cane and her makeup done and think oh she can do her make up she's faking. Happens a lot!
I used to get that sort of thing too, little kids used to say that I was a witch and that my cane was a wand (which was utterly hilarious.) But it does happen so much sadly and the general public always seem to thing that theres no grey areas when it comes to sight loss and other disabilities
I have a severe wrist disorder and the biggest misconception I keep hearing is I can do everything with the other hand. That’s not true bodies were never meant to do one handed grocery shopping cooking etc.
When I was at henshaws I did an evening karate class. Despite being told oh visually impaired/blind people can’t do martial arts. Every time somebody tells me I can’t do something because I’m visually impaired/blind I say just watch me.
Great video! Thanks for making it :) I get number 6 all the time. It's horrific. I have no peripheral vision, and i get a lot of people waving their hands around the sides of my face to see if i'll react! RUDE!
searching for the video on the technology. very important to get the reality of partial vison out there, so each person respectfully get aid they need without being treated wierd or taking from the accually blind.
I have a contact lense for my left eye and it’s amazing, doesn’t give me full vision obviously but it does improve it. However that doesn’t work for all visually impaired people. Here is something for you, we have just solved my reading with contact lense in issue with some glasses I wear with my contact lense and the glasses magnify font, I read the smallest print I have ever read.
Great video! I'm also severally sight impaired but thankfully manage to get about alright without a cane or guide dog, even though I would love to get a guide dog! Haha. I find a question a lot of sighted people ask me when I tell them I have a visual impairment is: "How much can you see then?" It is one of the hardest questions because I've had my sight loss from birth so don't know any different. Am I the one who had this asked to them? :)
I am visually impaired and most of what you speak of happens to me. I think the only thing that happens to is everytime I went to a rock concerts people point and talk about what's on stage but I tell them I am visually impaired and the just say oh and won't talk to me but in one a guy described everything to me
Yeah I know what you mean, I think certain people are better at understanding how to describe things to people with visual impairments than others. My friends are amazing, but thats because they've known me for years. But I'm glad to hear that someone was able to describe what was going on in the concert
Im 16 and iv got optic nerve hypoplasia which is basically a vision impairement that makes my optic nerves a lot smaller. This causes my eyes to get really tired and ache and hurt a lot all the time. I also have photophobia which makes my eyes react to light differently it causes pain in my eyes a lot and with both optic nerve hypoplasia and photphibia can cause my right eye to go blind temporarily. I struggle to read anything from more than 2/3 inches away and It causes headaches and a bunch of other problems. Also the hospital is finding more problems with my eyes.
The Dragons demise have the same eye condition since birth. Some of the other fun health conditions came along with it like motor optic skills and needed to have occupational therapy and playing piano was the best thing to increase my finger strength. Do you have that bump on your pituitary gland? I also about the seizure disorder that comes as a side effect with the optic nerve hypoplasia on when you have that bump on your pituitary gland. I focal disc alternative seizures. But hey you have your life and disabilities and you just deal with it even though it sucks.
I totally agree with all you said especially with the last one. WHY SHOULD I FEEL ASHAME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I BORN WITH?! That is the biggest "Why?". Just think of this, I'm almost blind but why I should act like that is the end of the world? I'm really laughing about it when it comes to some people who may missing 1 finger but acting with a complete complex about theirselfs, getting pitty, not talking to other pople, ashame to admid it "I have a small disability" b'coz they think that people are going to judge them. They act like Viagra (They make the very small thing to look like a giant shit). by the way, Ray Charles and steve wander was blind, but they were artists. The drummer of Def Leppard was missing (a hand of a feet I don't remember) but his is the drummer of def leppard. Offcorse blind and disabled people can do a lot of things! :) I'm a disabled-blind, I have a band! So?! hehe
I once asked a bus driver "which number bus is this?", upon which he asked "what? can't your dog tell you?"... I flat out told him that no, my nine-month-old puppy has not developed the skill of reading numbers!
I went to the hospital to see my neurologist for a check up on my out of control epilepsy on friday, I sat on a chair next to a lady who suddenly came up with oh it’s such a shame for you, I asked why and she said because your blind, I know your blind because you have a long cane. Erm noooooo I’m not blind not completely anyway love, I have a bit of vision in my left eye 2 meters blurred tunnel vision. It’s not a shame I’m visually impaired. The actual appointment however Emily, the appointment was a disaster to say the least.
Come to manchester you might see me collide with the local overgrown tree or even the glass automatic doors that choose when they want to work. I can’t see glass. Or even tripping over my dog Buddy.
i'm half blind so my pupils are always like, unevenly shaped. and a day has not gone by where i think about how noticeable it is, how different i look.
Dear God. It absolutely beggars belief that someone things they'd be able to get it on with you because you have a disability. And btw....fuck...they should be so lucky...you're beautiful and cool and smart. I can barely believe anyone asks have you tried glasses......*shakes my head*
A lot of that is very irritating. Oh my God the dating one. Not even just at a bar but let’s say you become friends with someone and they try to use their friendship and your disability in hope that you will date them. I had that happened to me years ago when I said no I don’t remember the entire comment but he said something like we are just some angry and bitter and animosity filled blind girl with no life and no taste for I don’t member what the rest of it was. I have the right to reject you. I will honestly say I don’t like American man. I met a German who wasn’t bothered by my disability respect it and we’ve been friends since 2008 then got in a relationship and got married in 2014. I’ve lived in Germany for a while. I’ve just noticed with a lot of Americans back at home desperate enough to get in your pants when you reject them that even goes for able-bodied girls but especially when you’re disabled it’s like how dare you disrespect and reject me I have the bigger say because I’m able bodied and you’re just some pathetic little blind girl. All the more reason to dislike able-bodied American man. Sorry that’s been my experience. There are jerks everywhere but to come across someone as nice as I did was very and is still very rewarding. The other thing with make up and some people especially with facial make up. Oh you probably don’t use it because you’re blind. Actually I’ve used it only for pictures but it’s not because I’m visually impaired it’s because I get a lot of floaters and crusty things in my left eye so what would be the point of keeping on mascara for seven hours when it’s nearly impossible and I’m just gonna end up rubbing it all over my eyelids to get the floater in the Krusteaz out of my eyes? Makes no sense does I don’t use it unless it’s photos like for my wedding party or special event. Then I simply wash it off.
Michelle Fitchett What sort of advice. It really depends on the vision etc. I have to keep my left eye in one place or it goes walkies so yes I’m seeing the end of my nose but it’s the only way I can control it.
fashioneyesta there is no link on the video to the original article on the misconceptions about disability that inspired this one. Can you post the link here or in the video info please?
Thanks for telling me I hadn't included it :) That was a oversight on my part. It is now linked in the description and here it is www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/access-all-areas/most%20ridiculous%20FAQs%20and%20opening%20lines/
Hi, I like your channel. I am blind in my left eye but been told I am not visually impaired. I have a eye disease called keratoconus. This disease took the vision in my left eye. My right eye is 20/40 with wearing hard contacts. Looking for some thoughts and support
It winds me up when people ask me if I wear glasses and I totally ignore them, because I feel like they’re implying I’m stupid. Why would I struggle with a visual impairment if I could use glasses?
Hey guys! If you liked this video then you'll love the sequel! Check out my top ten misconceptions of visual impairment part 2!!!!!!!! ua-cam.com/video/zHcLDnwQq4E/v-deo.html
I collided with a tree branch I couldn’t see on friday. Hit me in my left eye so I was hey I need that left eye it’s the only eye that works. People still ask me today with regards to my false right eye can you see out of your right eye now.
Now is agree with u on its politically correct but I'm against political correctness but some service dogs are not guid dogs ask what impairment or disability do you have
The main thing behind political correctness is mainly just so you aren't calling someone something they aren't. Kind of like, if you see someone with a cane you don't just call them blind since they may not be blind. Political correctness is just to help us to not jump to a conclusion. Teaching ourselves to call someone visually impaired rather than blind helps us to be aware that there are many different forms of sight loss rather than complete blindness.
Becky Hyams I do. When I go for check ups at the eye hospital ittakes ages but thankfully they are patient because they know full well I can’t control it. In fact just to get it to focus I have to hold it in one place but it still goes walkies.
+Kayla Collins Lol Just random people say it to me when I talk to them, it could be someone doing my nails, a passer by, someone who I meet walking my dog. The list goes on.
When I went to College there was a disability office. Well at my school they were doing a great deal of construction. Well there are some visually impaired people on campus. Well someone was very concerned and found the disability services' phone number and called them. Well this is how the conversation went: Office: Hello person: Hello, I am very concerned I saw a blind person walking and crossing the street... Office: Alright...? Person: I called because I'm concerned... Office: Let me see if I understand you. You took ten minutes to find and call our number but you couldn't take two seconds to go up to that person and ask if they needed assistance? Person: But I don't know how to approach them... Office: Just go up and ask them if they need help? Yes that really happened. LOL
I'm visually impaired myself and I get the misconception that I can't see. People also ask how I use my IPone and how I get around. I also get asked how I read and how going to school is like for a visually impaired person.Lastly, I get asked how long I've been blind for. I explain to people that I'm not totally blind.
I like to be referred to as visually impaired. I love my guide dog Leah. Lots of people think it’s fine to come and just talk to her or stroke her, even when she’s wagging her tail, without asking me. This morning a nurse tried to steer me by the shoulders at the doctor’s surgery (meaning to help), and I asked the receptionists to put a note on the screen saying “please ask before offering help” and explained to them about not trying to physically help a patient with a sight impairment but letting the patient hold the staff’s elbow. I have useful vision so most of the time I’m very capable, particularly in familiar places.
I’m on the waiting list for a guide dog. It will be my first guide dog.
@@danielledewitt1 oh wow! Best of luck with that and hope they find you a wonderful friend as well as a great help. 🥰
@@annabarham155 Thank you. Til then I’m regularly practicing my routes.
I'm visually impaired and I have recently come across the term partially sighted. I always get asked how far I can see, but I've been sight impaired my entire life and I don't actually know. People tend to talk to my friends rather than me. Dating is hard though. My Guide Dog is my best friend.
in speak of glasses. Many pepole also think if a person wear glasses they see good like glasses fix all kind off vision trouble. It dont but for some it still makes it a bit better.
+Pierre Eriksson Absolutely, thats another misconceptions that surrounds people who wear glasses so thank you for addressing it :)
Yes! I get this a lot... ppl think that because I don t see well, my prescription must be like 9 dioptres... while it s 0.75 and my vision is not good due to other conditions that glasses don t help with... (nystagmus mainly)
You'd think some of these would be completely ridiculous, but apparently not as I get them too, and my vision's only 20/180! I also get the, "How many fingers am I holding up?" and the "Oh, do you know who I am?" Or the dreaded, "What does that sign over there say then?" I hate that last one, as I usually have to answer, "Um... what sign?" or "Ummm.... I think it's R... A.... No, wait... B... A...."
OMG Yes! I get the 'how many fingers am I holding' up too and the 'what does that sign say over there.' I also hate it when cars flash their indicators to me when I'm waiting to cross the road and when someone tells me they are doing this its like 'Urm yeah...thats really helpful.'
Someone last year actually got out of their car and tried to help me cross the street. I was like, Uh... thanks, but... I can do it! As nice as the intention is, it's just kind of off putting.
In regard to your answer about looking normal, it's "natural habit" to look in the direction the "sound" is coming from, such as a person talking. Great video. Nice topics. Just keep in mind, the situation changes with each individual.
I am Visual Impairment. & I have found ur videos great 😀😀
Thanks for sharing your video. I'm also VI!:)
I love doritos and supernatural but you're right. Whatever your disability living your life to the fullest is so important. Thank you for dispelling some myths here - really important info :-)
Brilliant. Thank you it was a breath of fresh air. I am registered blind (Albino) with some residual sight and I have a school friend from the 1950s who is totally blind and has a guide dog. She once asked someone for directions and they bent down and told the dog.
I am in school to become an Optician here in the "states" positively love this video and just had to thank you for posting it. All the best to you, your cute guide dog and loving mum. Peace
Aww thank you so much, that means a lot x
I'm glad you're doing this. You put the hardest truths so tactfully and with sensitivity to the sighted and encouraging to those of us with impaired vision. I think it also helps us communicate with sighted people with more confidence and wisdom. When people tell me "oh I'm sorry" or similar things when I tell them I'm visually impaired, I generally tell them 'You obviously don't know me very well."
+Shelley Magnussen Aww thanks! I'm glad you think so
Thanks. People generally hear the word "blind" and assume I have no sight at all. I say I'm visually impaiured. Most people get that. I think one thing I'd add is for people of faith to not try to get someone healed. I know people who want nothing to do with Christians because of that. They refuse to go to church because of a few people who feel the need to fix them. I've gone through it myself. I don't think anything's wrong with me. I know plenty of sighted people who can't do the things I do.
+Shelley Magnussen Exactly, we're all different and just because we are visually impaired doesn't mean we need to be fixed. I think people who act like that give religion a bad press which is a real shame. Thanks so much for all your wonderful, constructive comments and thoughts they really add another dimension to the videos :)
Thank you! I am tired of being visually-impaired being seen as some kind of hardship. I get after my Christian friends whenever they start talking like that. It's like we're inferior. My least favorite phrase is, "Even though you're..." One guy who wanted to give me healing prayer said he had a healing gift. He weight about 400 pounds. I was really offended, but I just said no thanks. It's amazing what people do and don't value.
Great Video Emily, you are very chirpy and upbeat too, I have Glaucoma and my sight is deteriorating to the point that it scares me if I stop and think about it, you have boosted my confidence immensely! Thank you.
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you liked my video and I am so pleased to hear that my video has helped to boost your confidence. You have made my day (truly)
I am frequently asked this stuff on the bus, 'admired' for how I handle my vision, etc. I just shared this on Facebook and asked friends to pass it on. You rock!
+Alaina Walker I get the "You inspire me!" a lot as well. It's so annoying. What? Because blind people aren't at home not doing anything, the are automatically heroes? It's crazy! I wouldn't go up to someone in a wheelchair and say that to them.
I have ocular albinism with nystagmus. 20/200 in right eye and 20/800 in the left. ive been this way since birth. I get asked about glasses all the time. my doctor says glasses won't really improve my vision but will help me focus better. also people think they can take advantage of me because of my disability. I may be blind but I'm not dumb. I know when someone is using me.
The most informative video on UA-cam about this subject, very candid and original. x
Charlotte Eades Thanks charlotte xx
It's not a shame for me, i feel bad sometimes but i get help at school etc and with that help i've been given great help. I've got a ta who's an overqualified genius and i've got a great helper on our city's counsel who doesn't rest until everything's perfect. Thanks to this i'm ahead of almost everyone in my class
+jimmy alderson Totally agree and thats fabulous i'm glad to hear you're doing so well :)
+Fashioneyesta thank you, i appreciate that you're helping spread awareness that eyesight is black grey and white rather than just the prima and latter and just any pther misconceptions about visibility in general. This i hope will also spread awareness for disabilities in general too
+jimmy alderson Thank you :) I'm glad you think so. I think disability in general faces a lot of misconception so if my videos can help change some of those perceptions even if only a little bit then I'll be very happy.
I actually came across your channel from Molly and i found her channel from Lucy Yesterdayswishes. And immediately subbbed to both of you. I have vision loss in my right eye and a small loss in my left.. While i do wear glasses they dont fully help me. I am constantly told just increase the strength on your lens.
I agree with all the things you said. It's such a shame that these things happen but unfortunately they do. I loved this video and the editing was great too xx
nuber 6 is mostly happens with female VIP'ers. Most annoying is when I get stopped and say "you are an inspiration seeing you out on your own.
+Michael Board I know I hate that one too.
I had this lady in college who kept telling how she thought I "do so well." One day I said, "I think you do really well too." and she quit saying that kind of thing. I had a lady on the bus wh asked if I had someone help me dress? "Gosh, where's my foot? I can't find m foot! How am I going to put this shoe on???" and why do sighted people need the light on to go to the bathroom?
Yes the one about getting new glasses is absurdly funny and I have gotten that too but rarely. usually I hear wow you are amazing and I ask why. I get you don’t complain about it, you are always trying to find new ways and I respond that I am well supported and just do the next indicated thing. The newest has been applying for a guide dog and being accepted. ♥️
Hey Emily! This video made my day. I am not visually impaired, but I had cancer at the age of 21 and I got a lot of people saying such things to me like:"you are so young, what a shame" and a bunch of things you said, but in a different context. I had never met someone visually impaired before, but you enlightened me about this subject. Great video!
Tira o lenço e vai ser feliz Hi Tira :) Thanks for your lovely comment I am so pleased that this video helped you with the comments you have faced in your life and that its helped you to understand a bit more about visual impairments. There's an amazing youtube called Charlotte Eades who makes videos about fashion beauty and dealing with cancer I think you may really like her videos. I did a blog with her recently x
fashioneyesta She was the one who talked about you. :) I have been watching her videos for while now.
Tira o lenço e vai ser feliz Oh thats so cool :)
I had a lady in my apartment building ask if I had any sight. When I said I did, she said, "Oh. YOu dress too nice to be totally blind. I guess totally blind people are supposed to go around in ratty sweats or burlap or something. The level of stupidity out there is scary.
One thing I'd like to say about guide dogs, and not every dog can do this, but mine found McDonalds on Fisherman's Wharf with neither of us having been there before. I'd said to him since I brought him home when going to McDonalds, "Let's go to McDonalds. Where's McDonalds" and throw in a few suggestive directives. He did indeed, walk about two blocks and stop in front of the door. Must be the smell of those fires. They're not super dogs, but they can learn to associate words with places. At least this one did.
That's amazing, I didn't know guide dogs were so flexible in taking people places!
Some dogs are quick learners. I go to McDonalds frequently and I've always talked to my dog on the way there, although I am familiar with the route. I say, "Let's go to McDonalds. Where's McDonalds?" and by the 4th or 5th trip, they get it. This is what I sdid in SF. I think I said, "Where's McDonalds?" Twice and since they all smell the same, he went right to the door. You'd be amazed though, what people think guide dogs are trained to do. They think the dog decides when to cross the street. The command and hand signal becomes more minimal wwhen we're bnded. They don't notice hand signals. So it looks like the dog is running things. It is pretty cool though, when they find one in unfamiliar areas. My current dog will walk through the food court until he spots a completely empty table and turns toward it. This cracks me up.
I just wanted to say i love absolutely love this video. I have several of those same thoughts. I am visually impaired and have wanted to get a guide dog. You gave me more confidence to get one. I plan on sharing your video with my groups. I have a group at the college i attended and they are so curious about fashion. They are blind and visually impaired. Keep doing what you are doing you are awesome.
Thank you so much!
you are very welcome. How long have you been doing your video blog?
Amy Plumlee I've been doing my video blog now for about a year an a half now, i've been writing my blogs for two years :)
Thank you for doing this.. I have severe sight loss and I always get the you don’t look blind/how does your guide dog know … my Jeanie is amazing but she can’t find out what train we will get on .. we would go on some interesting journeys if it was left up to Jeanie! Usually to my mums or the pet shop 😂
I am visually impaired too. I think it is 250:20 in my right, left I forget.
I have gotten some of those, they all were nice about it though, they were just curious. :)
I have been asked 1 and 3. I do not mind answering them, I just try to explain it. I often get asked if I can see them, which I can. I always just try my best to explain. People are surprised too cause I do walk pretty confidently, although I do have a habit of looking down and when I use my cane not trusting it I do try on both :) Plus, my friends just know me so well and see how I am confident, they forget that I am even blind, which I guess is nice because they know me so well and that is just ONE not the only sign by far of a good friendship! :) I do only use my cane when I am at school and walking there pretty much even though i should use it more, and that could be why they forget too at times.
Number 7! This wasn’t actually “I don’t know how you do it”, but I was telling mmy teacherabout where I was going to college and she replied all surprised, “You’re going away from home??”like yeah what do you expect me to finish high school and community college and go no further because I’m visually impaired and it involves leaving home? One of my friends was telling her how she was going across the country for college and the teacher thought that was cool and stuff. It’s like since I am visually impaired she rxpects me to stay at home my whole life.
I have watched this vid a great deal. I'm kind of a nerd. I love documentaries and reading and listening to audiobooks. I'm a visually impaired nerd. When I was younger, I was teased a a great deal. Therefore I really did good in school and read a lot of books. I still do a lot of those things and I also play video games. On my UA-cam channel I have a lot of book reviews and I've started doing let's plays.
You are awesome! Please do more videos like this one. People keep asking me how i learned to play the guitar if i'm blind. It annoys me!
Thank you :) I actually uploaded a similar one to this this morning the link is below. I know exactly what you mean, people ask me how I do my make up when I'm visually impaired and it gets on my nerves too. ua-cam.com/video/yKqgz48Q624/v-deo.html&a
Yup i already watched it and shared it with friends.
I'v h low vision and thank y for giving the fact straight you given the low sighted and the blind community Justice and y g girl
So there are so many misconceptions about blindness today.
The one big misconception that drives me up the wall is you can't see anything so you can't use the stove or the oven.
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When people assume this I want to scream at the top of my lungs, do you know how many people there are that have no vision and they can use the stove and the oven???
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You know people need to understand that glasses so not always help and they also need to realize that, not everyone is born blind and a lot of the time blindness happens later in life.
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You did great and you should be a motivational speaker like Molly Burke.
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Jacqueline
Just submitted a subtitle track for this one in case it's useful, following your blog post today. This was one of the first videos of yours I saw and commented on (using a different account at the time), and it's nice to be able to give something back given all the effort you put into your content. :)
Thank you so much :) I'll be sure to add you to my transcriber page and give you a shootout in my next video. I really appreciate the help :)
Hey +fashionysta I am visually impaired myself and I found this video while I was just trying to find a video to watch on my home screen.
I loved this, laughed so much!!! I'm also visually impaired and get some of those questions quite often. Great video, very informative :)
+nineu313 Thank you so much, glad it made you laugh :)
So true.
i been particularly sighted since birth
Great video
+steve cleworth Thank you!
This is fantastic. I love everything you shared. Thank you.
Thank you :)
Hahahaha. "Won't glasses help?" All. The. Time. Even better is "what about LASIK?" I know people don't understand the science of eye problems, and that LASIK corrects the curvature of the eye whereas my vision isn't a curvature problem, but it is exhausting.
I always feel awkward. I ride the bus around, but I don't use a cane or a guide dog, so it always awkward requesting the disability pass since my visual impairment isn't obvious.
"I don't know how you do it" I definitely get that to not driving. I live in a city with poor public transportation but you learn... My vision is strong enough hear I can bike and walk and catch an uber or bus so it works. I live here in part because I have family that can help me go grocery shopping too.
You hit the nail right on the head :) It is so frustrating when you're constantly asked to prove yourself all the time. The end of the day in life we all have to learn to adjust to new situations and disability is one of them. So when people say 'oh I don't know how you do it' its because we have no other choice but to try and get on with our lives.
I've had people come up to me on the street and tell me that if I pray I'll be 'healed', or others say that God is cruel and hug me! People I've never met! It's really funny but a little embarrassing when I'm with my friends.
I agree with this list!
It is very awkward and thats putting it lightly :)
Hi everyone!
I just wanted to come on here to say thank you all so much for your amazing comments and that if you liked this video you might like the one I have in store for your guys tomorrow going up at 9am GMT (stay tuned.)
"You don't look blind!" I'm just curious people what does a blind person look like?
+Kayla Collins EXACTLY! Thats what I always want to ask
Fashioneyesta
Yes you're 100 percent right. In my head I am thinking what in the world is going on in your head that made you want to say something so ignorant?
I would probably ask that to everyone who made the comment well..............
You don't look blind. In my head I would be thinking do you have any idea how crazy and stupid you sound right now.
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I'd also be afraid if someone told me to
prove I am blind.
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terminology is so interesing...a D/deaf/hard of hearing person would usually consider the term "hearing impaired" outdated and insulting, but "visually impaired" seems to be the opposite. language is cool and crazy
hpispwn98 I know indeed it is :) it just proves how diverse the world of disability is.
Impairments are what they are. Calling them something else isn't going to make them lessen or go away. I have a deficit. Calling it "Differently able" or "Seeing differently" isn't going to change the fact that it is a limitation. Everyone has strong and weak points. I tend to steer away fro "blind" because of the stigma and that people think it means I have no sight at all. If I was hearing impaired, I certainly wouldn't want to be described as "deaf" if I still had some usable hearing. I think al this hypersensitivity is doing as much damage as the old clichés.
Cannot stop laughing at the bus number thing. I just sponsored a guide dog and if they could read, I wouldn't be funding it's training but stealing it. Maybe people think they must put different scents on the bus so the dog can work out which one it is. The bus that smells of bacon takes you to the shopping centre that smells of bacon. My cousins young son is visually impaired but he's still too little for us to understand how his sight is but it will probably be the case that he needs a guide dog when he's a bit older. I hope he gets one that can read.
oldgregg93 A guide dog is a dog, they can’t read.
I agree with all of this. My friend is legally blind and all these happen a lot. One thing she gets a lot if little kids asking her about her cane and saying that its scary. Not sure why... She does her make up all by herself she is 21 and is blind in left eye tunnel vision in right she also has a black spot in her tunnel so she can't see faces so people see her with her cane and her makeup done and think oh she can do her make up she's faking. Happens a lot!
I used to get that sort of thing too, little kids used to say that I was a witch and that my cane was a wand (which was utterly hilarious.) But it does happen so much sadly and the general public always seem to thing that theres no grey areas when it comes to sight loss and other disabilities
I have a severe wrist disorder and the biggest misconception I keep hearing is I can do everything with the other hand. That’s not true bodies were never meant to do one handed grocery shopping cooking etc.
Just subscribed to you after hearing you on BBC Ouch! :)
Thank you :)
When I was at henshaws I did an evening karate class. Despite being told oh visually impaired/blind people can’t do martial arts. Every time somebody tells me I can’t do something because I’m visually impaired/blind I say just watch me.
Great video! Thanks for making it :)
I get number 6 all the time. It's horrific.
I have no peripheral vision, and i get a lot of people waving their hands around the sides of my face to see if i'll react! RUDE!
searching for the video on the technology. very important to get the reality of partial vison out there, so each person respectfully get aid they need without being treated wierd or taking from the accually blind.
Blind can steal hear tone and attitude.Thats what women fall in love with too in general.
This video is 6 years old. But you don't look a day older in the 2021 videos
I have a contact lense for my left eye and it’s amazing, doesn’t give me full vision obviously but it does improve it. However that doesn’t work for all visually impaired people. Here is something for you, we have just solved my reading with contact lense in issue with some glasses I wear with my contact lense and the glasses magnify font, I read the smallest print I have ever read.
Great video! I'm also severally sight impaired but thankfully manage to get about alright without a cane or guide dog, even though I would love to get a guide dog! Haha. I find a question a lot of sighted people ask me when I tell them I have a visual impairment is: "How much can you see then?" It is one of the hardest questions because I've had my sight loss from birth so don't know any different. Am I the one who had this asked to them? :)
I am visually impaired and most of what you speak of happens to me. I think the only thing that happens to is everytime I went to a rock concerts people point and talk about what's on stage but I tell them I am visually impaired and the just say oh and won't talk to me but in one a guy described everything to me
Yeah I know what you mean, I think certain people are better at understanding how to describe things to people with visual impairments than others.
My friends are amazing, but thats because they've known me for years.
But I'm glad to hear that someone was able to describe what was going on in the concert
Im 16 and iv got optic nerve hypoplasia which is basically a vision impairement that makes my optic nerves a lot smaller. This causes my eyes to get really tired and ache and hurt a lot all the time. I also have photophobia which makes my eyes react to light differently it causes pain in my eyes a lot and with both optic nerve hypoplasia and photphibia can cause my right eye to go blind temporarily. I struggle to read anything from more than 2/3 inches away and It causes headaches and a bunch of other problems. Also the hospital is finding more problems with my eyes.
The Dragons demise have the same eye condition since birth. Some of the other fun health conditions came along with it like motor optic skills and needed to have occupational therapy and playing piano was the best thing to increase my finger strength. Do you have that bump on your pituitary gland? I also about the seizure disorder that comes as a side effect with the optic nerve hypoplasia on when you have that bump on your pituitary gland. I focal disc alternative seizures. But hey you have your life and disabilities and you just deal with it even though it sucks.
hey I love your videos ,I have vision loss, and I hear those comments a lot ,
+Glorya Artist Glad you enjoyed it :)
This is such a great video! I can’t possibly tell you how many people have told me… “You really need to get a new prescription,” LOL!
Thank you! OMG the amount of people who are like “you need glasses don’t you?” 😂
For sure! Ppl say sooooo many stupid things to me, lol! 😆 but at least we can laugh about it.
Daniel X I mean you have to right? It’s hard not to laugh 😂
Fashioneyesta You’re right! And ironically, most of these people that make these ridiculous comments actually think that they are helping us. LOL! 😆
Daniel X that’s the thing people aren’t saying it to be unkind or offensive. They actually think we haven’t tried glasses 😂
I totally agree with all you said especially with the last one. WHY SHOULD I FEEL ASHAME ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I BORN WITH?! That is the biggest "Why?". Just think of this, I'm almost blind but why I should act like that is the end of the world? I'm really laughing about it when it comes to some people who may missing 1 finger but acting with a complete complex about theirselfs, getting pitty, not talking to other pople, ashame to admid it "I have a small disability" b'coz they think that people are going to judge them. They act like Viagra (They make the very small thing to look like a giant shit). by the way, Ray Charles and steve wander was blind, but they were artists. The drummer of Def Leppard was missing (a hand of a feet I don't remember) but his is the drummer of def leppard. Offcorse blind and disabled people can do a lot of things! :) I'm a disabled-blind, I have a band! So?! hehe
I once asked a bus driver "which number bus is this?", upon which he asked "what? can't your dog tell you?"... I flat out told him that no, my nine-month-old puppy has not developed the skill of reading numbers!
You're really funny, and Unity is so cute.
I went to the hospital to see my neurologist for a check up on my out of control epilepsy on friday, I sat on a chair next to a lady who suddenly came up with oh it’s such a shame for you, I asked why and she said because your blind, I know your blind because you have a long cane. Erm noooooo I’m not blind not completely anyway love, I have a bit of vision in my left eye 2 meters blurred tunnel vision. It’s not a shame I’m visually impaired. The actual appointment however Emily, the appointment was a disaster to say the least.
Come to manchester you might see me collide with the local overgrown tree or even the glass automatic doors that choose when they want to work. I can’t see glass. Or even tripping over my dog Buddy.
i'm half blind so my pupils are always like, unevenly shaped. and a day has not gone by where i think about how noticeable it is, how different i look.
Dear God. It absolutely beggars belief that someone things they'd be able to get it on with you because you have a disability. And btw....fuck...they should be so lucky...you're beautiful and cool and smart.
I can barely believe anyone asks have you tried glasses......*shakes my head*
Man, I am visually impaired and I like to swordfight. People are so ignorant.
Nathaniel Wilcox that’s very cool!
@@fashioneyesta Thank you for the response.
A lot of that is very irritating. Oh my God the dating one. Not even just at a bar but let’s say you become friends with someone and they try to use their friendship and your disability in hope that you will date them. I had that happened to me years ago when I said no I don’t remember the entire comment but he said something like we are just some angry and bitter and animosity filled blind girl with no life and no taste for I don’t member what the rest of it was. I have the right to reject you. I will honestly say I don’t like American man. I met a German who wasn’t bothered by my disability respect it and we’ve been friends since 2008 then got in a relationship and got married in 2014. I’ve lived in Germany for a while. I’ve just noticed with a lot of Americans back at home desperate enough to get in your pants when you reject them that even goes for able-bodied girls but especially when you’re disabled it’s like how dare you disrespect and reject me I have the bigger say because I’m able bodied and you’re just some pathetic little blind girl. All the more reason to dislike able-bodied American man. Sorry that’s been my experience. There are jerks everywhere but to come across someone as nice as I did was very and is still very rewarding. The other thing with make up and some people especially with facial make up. Oh you probably don’t use it because you’re blind. Actually I’ve used it only for pictures but it’s not because I’m visually impaired it’s because I get a lot of floaters and crusty things in my left eye so what would be the point of keeping on mascara for seven hours when it’s nearly impossible and I’m just gonna end up rubbing it all over my eyelids to get the floater in the Krusteaz out of my eyes? Makes no sense does I don’t use it unless it’s photos like for my wedding party or special event. Then I simply wash it off.
Can you give me advise on how to deal with only seeing out of one eye?
Michelle Fitchett What sort of advice. It really depends on the vision etc. I have to keep my left eye in one place or it goes walkies so yes I’m seeing the end of my nose but it’s the only way I can control it.
fashioneyesta there is no link on the video to the original article on the misconceptions about disability that inspired this one. Can you post the link here or in the video info please?
Thanks for telling me I hadn't included it :) That was a oversight on my part. It is now linked in the description and here it is www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/access-all-areas/most%20ridiculous%20FAQs%20and%20opening%20lines/
fashioneyesta Thank you, it's a great read. I think we've all seen the 'Does he take sugar?' type comment before :)
Good video!!
Thank you :)
Hi, I like your channel. I am blind in my left eye but been told I am not visually impaired. I have a eye disease called keratoconus. This disease took the vision in my left eye. My right eye is 20/40 with wearing hard contacts. Looking for some thoughts and support
Thanks for stopping by :) always happy to help
Love this vid! I feel u
It winds me up when people ask me if I wear glasses and I totally ignore them, because I feel like they’re implying I’m stupid. Why would I struggle with a visual impairment if I could use glasses?
Evey Ariel Exactly! Like don’t people think that was the first thing we thought of? 😂
I've had "But you don't *look* schizophrenic" multiple times. Because apparently we're supposed to look a certain way? I don't know.
Hey Emily (I'm an Emily too but people call me Em) I get so many of these as well as did you see your sight loss coming??
+em krynicki Hi Em! I'm glad to hear it's not just me. People always ask me "how did you loose your sight' people always assume that I lost it x
Fashioneyesta I’ve had the did you see your sight loss coming line occassionally. Erm nooooo I didn’t because I was born with my visual impairment.
Hey guys! If you liked this video then you'll love the sequel! Check out my top ten misconceptions of visual impairment part 2!!!!!!!! ua-cam.com/video/zHcLDnwQq4E/v-deo.html
I collided with a tree branch I couldn’t see on friday. Hit me in my left eye so I was hey I need that left eye it’s the only eye that works. People still ask me today with regards to my false right eye can you see out of your right eye now.
I'm partially sighted
Doritos Supernatural? that's a good plan
Totally is! But I think I'd get bored if I did it every day :D
Fashioneyesta I couldn't eat Doritos everyday but i did binge-watch Seven Seasons of supernatural, no regrets
Love it! Who's your fav character then?
Fashioneyesta it has to be Castiel especially when he was clueless and the actors performance in season 11 was brilliant, who is your favourite?
You're like my friends, they love Cas too! But I had to say I'm team Dean, I absolutely love him :D
Now is agree with u on its politically correct but I'm against political correctness but some service dogs are not guid dogs ask what impairment or disability do you have
The main thing behind political correctness is mainly just so you aren't calling someone something they aren't. Kind of like, if you see someone with a cane you don't just call them blind since they may not be blind. Political correctness is just to help us to not jump to a conclusion. Teaching ourselves to call someone visually impaired rather than blind helps us to be aware that there are many different forms of sight loss rather than complete blindness.
Do you have a Nighstagmous, I do
I do indeed, yes :)
Becky Hyams I do. When I go for check ups at the eye hospital ittakes ages but thankfully they are patient because they know full well I can’t control it. In fact just to get it to focus I have to hold it in one place but it still goes walkies.
You'er xo normal LOL. Who says that.?
+Kayla Collins Lol Just random people say it to me when I talk to them, it could be someone doing my nails, a passer by, someone who I meet walking my dog. The list goes on.
When I went to College there was a disability office. Well at my school they were doing a great deal of construction. Well there are some visually impaired people on campus.
Well someone was very concerned and found the disability services' phone number and called them. Well this is how the conversation went:
Office: Hello
person: Hello, I am very concerned I saw a blind person walking and crossing the street...
Office: Alright...?
Person: I called because I'm concerned...
Office: Let me see if I understand you. You took ten minutes to find and call our number but you couldn't take two seconds to go up to that person and ask if they needed assistance?
Person: But I don't know how to approach them...
Office: Just go up and ask them if they need help?
Yes that really happened. LOL