Top 5 Things Not To Say To A Visually Impaired Person
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- This is my list of the top 5 things you should not say to a visually impaired person.
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If I had a dollar for every time I heard "It's over there" and "You can't see that?" I'd probably be able to afford a new memory card for my camera.
JC5 Productions lol I think I would have enough to pay off my house
I love that you mention your camera... My big beef is that there is yet to be a publicly recognized Spectrum and we are also labeled blind, along with the organization's supposedly in place to support the vi Spectrum folks..... cameras actually open up possibilities like never before!
I think that's the tricky part of it all. It definitely is a spectrum and the fact that no two VI people see exactly the same makes it even trickier to form a spectrum label.
@@JuanAlcazar "VI Spectrum"? ;) I call us VIPs hahaha
heather valade hehe I mean it’s a spectrum but yeah both blindness and visual impairment are a spectrum. At least for me it is but hey I use the term VIPs too.
Totally with you on #1! I think the next time someone tells me that I’m lucky I couldn’t drive, I’m going to reply with “Wow, thank you for volunteering to be my chauffeur! I need to go grocery shopping this afternoon, so just pick me up at 2 o’clock, and then tomorrow I have a dentist appointment at 10 AM, so I’ll be waiting for you at 9:45.“
One that’s at the top of my personal list is “Can’t you just get stronger glasses or have surgery?” Oh, gee, wow, I NEVER would have thought of that! And to think, I’ve been dealing with this my whole life! I’m so happy you came along and made this suggestion because this just never occurred to me, my parents or the dozens of doctors I’ve seen in my lifetime!! 🤣
Soling106 yes! That one definitely belongs on the list
That is too funny. I normally reply with. Thanks, now you made me feel horrible because I can't do something I have been wanting to do my whole life. Especially since I lost most my vision a year ago and I am now 18 and was about to start driving.
@@carynjaramillo6410 I always reply to them excited people problems lol
@@CaylawithaC hi if you don’t mind I love to talk to you you can call me anytime
This is so relatable. I was born visually impaired but didn’t realize it until like 5th grade, and people are like “what happened to you?”. I usually go like well my parents had a particularly long night...
I actually get that sometimes too. Since I hid my vision impairment so well, people that I knew in elementary school or even high school wonder what happened to me
Agreed!! Not being able to drive is the worst part of being visually impaired. I hate when people are like “you’re lucky you get chauffeurs driving you around.” It also frustrates me greatly when people whose vision is corrected with glasses complain about it!! P.s. I like your hair cut!
HAH! Yeah, I fuckin' love having to bug my friends and family for ride after ride to doctor's appointments so they can wile away the day waiting for me to be done. Nothing I love more than literally burdening everyone I know because I was lucky enough to be born with craptastic eyesight.
Sometimes, ya just wanna shake 'em! :P
Rachael Apter yes, I hate that so much. They call it a chauffeur like it’s something fancy. And thank you so much! I’m still getting used to how much shorter it is lol
I can understand where you're coming from. The only positive thing about us not being able to drive is not having to pay car ensurance, gas money, repares, or even buy a car, although I do know some visually impaired people who own a car but just don't drive it. But in return we either have to take Uber or Lyft which is vry expensive, or have to take paratransit busses that often suck, at least here in Cleveland they do. So it's a give and take.
Thank you so much for your videos.
My Mom has RP and is struggling to come to terms with it. She’s staying with me whilst on lockdown. She normally lives independently in her own flat
She said earlier , I don’t know why I say I’m watching the tv because I can’t see a thing . I told her that it’s a figure of speech and that I’m sure most blind people say , I’m watching a movie or the news.
I came across your videos whilst trying to find some helpful info.
She listened to you intently and nodded at things that resonated with her.
Heartfelt thanks 💕
Aprill Roberts Aw thank you! That is so great to hear. And yes, I definitely say all the time that I saw something or watched something
When someone says, "Over there!" I say, "Oh, you must be pointing".
My typical response is "Define over there?" or "That's so informative, thank you" or "Where/how do I find over there?"
The crazy thing is that even people who have been around blind people for decades, like otherwise awesome and supportive parents, still make this mistake! I think that, in my case, it's because I do have some useable vision and sometimes they just forget.
Thanks for posting this! I was in the bathroom earlier today complaining about how thin my hair is not remembering the lady I was talking to has to wear a wig as her hair recovers from chemotherapy. Completely ignorant of me to say and while I am entitled to my opinion she is not the person that wants to hear the woes of fine hair when she has none.
Also never realized how absolutely rude it is to ask the person beside you questions. I am not sure why I do that especially when you clearly have a voice and understand what's going on. I am sorry and will try to better!!
Lia R thanks so much for watching, and I think it’s great that you learned something❤️. That’s the reason why I make these videos
My favorite is when they stop and say would you rather be blind or deaf? And I always answer that by saying what?
I think I’ve only been asked that a handful of times. Obviously I’d rather be blind since that’s what I’m used to
The other day I took my daughter to her first day of high school. There is construction on campus and we couldn't figure out how to get to the art building. So we went to the office to ask. Now, I'm visually impaired and my daughter has generalized anxiety disorder so all of this was a struggle for both of us. When we asked the woman in the office how to get to the art building, she said "there will be a group of kids heading there. Just follow them". What? Lol there are a good 1,200 kids on campus. She gave us these directions not once but again the next day. So frustrating!
Shauna Light & Dark ugh I can’t stand when people are so unhelpful like that. One time I was in a disability’s office and approached the receptionist with my cane and asked her where the restrooms were. She told me to walk down the hall and I would see a blue sign that says restrooms…. literally the most unhelpful response ever, and from a lady who worked at a disabilities office.
I couldn’t have said any of this better myself. You just probably articulated it better. I love all these I don’t know which one annoys me the most.
Since I live alone and therefore independently, and don’t have a lot of other sighted people around me going to appointments I must advocate for myself. Every once in a while, I will have a medical driver bring me in or para transit and they will ask them personal questions about me and I’m like excuse me, they are my driver they don’t know anything about me.
And yes, the land of its over there.
Sometimes I think people think, that because we’re blind, we are also mentally challenged. That’s why I think they address the people that are with us, instead of addressing us, directly. Have you also noticed, that they tend to talk to us like we are little children? Thanks for your video. God bless.
Yes I completely agree. And yes people speak to me like I’m a child all the time
Yes. I totally agree! I often think that if one more person tells me that I don't look blind...I am totally loose it.
I am with you on that
Kayla you literally just named all of my five things. Well except for the first one. I’ve never had anyone tell me I’m lucky at not to drive. I can’t believe they would say that to you. People can be ridiculous sometimes. Then there is the age old over there. Believe me I can definitely relate to the frustrations of that. Even though my friends and relatives do it sometimes and it’s really annoying.
I get #5 as well. And the extra. As a legally blind person what I get annoyed with alot is. "How come you didn't move when you know I needed to get by". (Sorry, I didn't see you there) "Yes you did, what are you blind". (Actually I am, I said I was sorry). Or the can you please read to me the menu, I am visually impaired. And it always feels like an inconvenience to them. Which makes me feel like crap and makes me not want to ask for help.
Caryn Jaramillo I can relate to those. What I started doing with menus is looking them up online on my phone and having voiceover read it to me.
Caryn Jaramillo that is unfortunate. Isn’t it?
I honestly don’t think that people are being rude on purpose. I think that many individuals have no idea what it’s like to be in your shoes.
@@leekshikapinnamneni4835 or the one I got yesterday. I was at Target and bumped into a guy. I told him sorry. He said you need to watch out. I replied with. I am visually impaired and that I cant see and i didnt see him. He told me, If you cant see then you should not be out, you should stay at home. Where you belong. That was the worse I have experienced.
You are speaking to my soul. Honestly. I've learned to look over a lot of things like not being spoken to, or having people complain about driving and 20/40 vision, the this and that terms and what not. I just get upset when someone knows I can't see and don't help me out or expect me to put on a show about how hard it is to walk around.
I can totally relate to that
I know how you feel. Not being able to drive is so hard. Once I was in a coffee shop with my O and M teacher and the cashier refused to give me my change. My teacher told the cashier to give me my change instead of trying to give it to her.
I get “you are not blind enough.” Just because I wear glasses.
I’m glad you can relate. And that is so ridiculous that the cashier wouldn’t hand you your change. Situations like that can be so frustrating
very true about the eyesight thing. A lot of co-workers complain about their vision and I'm like "do they not realize I can hear them?" Today I saw a friend online complaining about her foreigner husband having to take a driving test now that he lives in the US. I'm like "that's not a big deal. Visually impaired people would gladly re-take a drivers ed test. "
Kristina Arntz so true!
My brother's boyfriend always complains that he can't see and hes going blind and I'm saying oh wow's you I'm like do you not know who you're complaining your vision too
What I normally get is, "Why don't you wear glasses?"
"Are you blind?"
"Well yes, probadly in 5 years."
Then they would act like i was rude to them and left lmao.
Faithfair it’s a lose lose. If you wear glasses they say why can’t you see, and if you don’t wear glasses they say why don’t you try glasses
Here’s a bonus question that drives me nuts, Kayla!
People ask me whether I will send a television, to a game, or to a movie.
I don’t think people realize that when a totally blind person says that they have watched a movie, it is a figure of speech.
One that I have often heard is, you’re lucky you can’t see, there is nothing good to see in this world. Wtf??? I’m not even going to try and write a response, I would need to write a book.
Yeah that is a terrible thing to say. How sad their life must be to think that
Cayla, I'm with you 100% on everything. Another is when people say that they have a friend or know of someone who's blind and they're able to do this and that, so how come I can't?
That’s a good one to add to the list
I totally identify with the second item on this list. I had that happen about six months ago. I was at Walmart for something, and I asked the clerk where something was, and he did that whole pointing and saying it’s over their thing, luckily about a split second later, a fellow customer stuck up for me.
Yes, I feel like people in retail are particularly bad about this one
Cayla with a C can they not see the cane? It’s only about 5 feet tall.
Watch your step or look out are a couple of my favorites.. the rudest lady I’ve encountered was in a store- I asked her where something was and she pointed above the aisles and said, “see those neat signs above the aisle? They’re there for your navigational needs- please read them!” I honestly wanted to die 😞
Wow that is so rude
I always hated in school when people would do an impromptu eye test holding up fingers in front of my face. All the sudden they become an ophthalmologist. For some reason they always hold up two fingers. So I would hold up one finger in response.
Another awesome video! Loving it!
I would add:
1.”Oh I don’t think you can do that because you can’t see well”
2. “Are you sure you can do that”
3. Directing me where to go by using my shoulders
4. “I don’t think you can or should work there because you can not see well”
I definitely agree with all of these!
I’ll bet there’s been many occasions where someone reached their hand out for a handshake or a high five, and then realized their mistake and silently lowered their hand. You probably never hear about those LMAO
Oh absolutely
I have my direct report at work has RP and I have Ménière’s disease with severe hearing loss & balance issue.
Once a while we talk about our disability and we have similar feeling about how others look at disability but in the meantime I have been thinking my hearing issue and her vision issue are different from each other and have something that I should not say. And you just explain to me what I may say but I should not say. This helps a lot!
I hate it when people assume they know what I'm able to do what I'm able to see. They don't know what I'm able to see just like I don't know if they're able to see. I get so frustrated and so emotional when people assume they know what I'm able to do. And it does hurt my feelings. 😢
I can totally relate. I also get very frustrated with people assuming what I can and can’t do or what I can and can’t see
I was diagnosed with a vision disease called Dominant Optic Atrophy. i am also colorblind. So I totally understand this. People tell me this all the time. Normal People just don’t understand what it is like so they make fun of me.
I’m sorry people make fun of you. It’s so frustrating how uneducated people can be and how that ends up being hurtful to us. Hang in there ❤️
This one time I was at my college talking to lady in the registration office and my mom with me and you turned to my mom and she goes what year is she in and I’m thinking I’m standing right here my mom didn’t answer I did and she spoke to me after that but I’m like how rude and unnecessary.
A court of clockwork hallows yes, very rude and unnecessary. Situations like that happen to me all the time.
Cayla with a C any advice about handling them?
A court of clockwork hallows I usually just interject and answer the question before whoever I’m with does so that they know I can speak for myself. I also tell people that I go out with often to not say anything in those situations and let me speak for myself.
Cayla with a C that makes sense. Yeah I do that pretty much to
This video is great I understand how you feel you explaining your top 5 reasons made me understand.
Latonya Dumas thank you!
These are so relatable!!!!!
So glad you can relate! It’s nice to know I’m not alone
I'm legally blind myself. I really agreed with the points you made.
I get number 5 a lot lol!
Whenever I’m out with my family like in social gathering, people start asking them questions when I’m right next to them.
They ask things like:
How did she become blind?
Was she born like that?
Or,
Can she go to the toilet by herself?
Or,
Does anyone have to help her have a bath or a shower?
Or,
How can she use a phone if she can’t see?
And these things really annoy me because:
A. They’re being discriminative towards me because technology is so advanced now that anyone can use a phone no matter what disability they have.
B. They’re asking too many personal questions.
C. I have the capability of speaking for myself.
That is really frustrating. And what intrusive and ignorant questions
Yes, right on, Cayla! These are all irritants to me as well. They don't super offend me or anything but they do ruffle my feathers.
Even people familiar and supportive and knowledgable of blind people, like parents, can make some of these rookie mistakes. My dad still says sometimes, after over two decades, "It's over there" or something of that nature. My response is typically along the lines of "Define over there?"
I've had family say I'm lucky I don't have to drive myself, that it's a real pain in the butt. However, it's definitely limiting, particularly in a rural or even a small city type setting. I typically don't think a lot about my inability to drive, but I do sometimes get envious. I dream of a day when I can own and operate my dream car, a cute little Volkswagen Beetle. I'll take self-driving cars as they come, but a modern, selfdriving beetle would be ultimate!
Also, it does kind of get me when people with very good vision complain about vision loss as if it's such a big deal. My mom has gone in the last 3 or so years to picture perfect vision to somewhat poor close-up vision, needing some of the strongest over-the-counter reading glasses. To her, it's kind of a big deal. Now, she perpetually needs her readers at hand and, while she doesn't often complain, she does sometimes, especially when she notes how quickly it happens. It might be insensitive of me, but sometimes I think, and occasionally say, that least she has an expert at hand should she need one! 😄
My WORST blindness irritant, by far, is when people don't talk directly to me. This happens most often at restaurants with family when the server asks someone else at my table what I would like to drink or eat. However, I always just play it cool and say something like "Oh, I would like..." insert food or drink here. Fortunately for me this doesn't happen much. I always just figured people treated me as a non-entity like that because they figured blindness could be equated to intellectual disability, though I can totally agree with your possible reasons as well, Cayla. For some people, it might be a combination of the Helen Keller effect, awkwardness, assumption of intellectual disability, and the other reason you mentioned.
I've never quite gotten the "you can't see that?" question, or haven't quite noticed it. I try to be calm about blindness-related things and let them roll off my back because I figure that I need to take these instances and try to use them as teaching moments and modeling moments that, hopefully, people will remember. Even if they don't remember, it's better than them remembering me as that rude blind woman..
Jade Scribbler yes I agree that well intentioned and people who are well educated about blindness can still make some of these mistakes. My family and friends still occasionally do some of these things. And What a coincidence that your dream car is a cute little volkswagen beetle, that was always my dream car as well
Cayla with a C That’s so awesome! I don’t know why but I just find them the cutest cars ever. They’re little while I’m rather tall, but I just can’t help loving them. Maybe it’s the cute and distinct fenders; that’s part of it.
I build lego as a hobby to help me relax and save my sanity through my undergrad psychology program, plus the models are often adorable and have such awesome tactile detail, and they have a model beetle. I’ve not purchased it yet, but I will, and I’ll have to settle for that for awhile yet :)
I've heard the driving thing a lot, or when I actually comment about something that pertains to driving and cars, a lot of people don't think that not everyone was born blind. I had to stop using a car in my mid-thirties.
Or the phrase, "I'm legally blind without my glasses." wtf is that supposed to mean to me when I'm still blind if I wore glasses?
Darque Queen yes, that one really bugs me. They need to look up the definition of legally blind
Cayla with a C Definitely! 👍🏽
Cayla when you said it bothers you when people say you can’t see that, you should have made that person wear your glasses 👓 for the entire day or maybe a week.
The main thing I hear that I hate the most is, "It's not MY fault you're blind! Said after they get annoyed because I couldn't see what they meant when they pointed and said "It's over there." I then tell them it's not my fault either but that fact rarely matters. I just wish they could have my eyes for a day.
That’s a good one to add to the list. I’ve heard that a time or two.
Awkward situation happened to me once I went to restaurant someone said to me do you want a drink I didn’t know that person was looking at me and all of this was so awkward
I understand. I have been in many awkward situations similar to that
People who tell me “ I wish I could have your iPad! “ I almost always answer with “ Would you rather drive or have an iPad, because I’d take drive “
Wow. I can’t believe people actually say that. I agree, I would rather drive then have an iPad
Wauw Cayla. All the things you noticed are so familiar to me. Like hello, I am blind but that doesn’t mean I can’t talk.
Really strange how people behave when you are impaired. Well, I wanted to say that this is a really good video.
Charissa Kalloe thanks so much for watching and for your comment!
Yes! Sighted people complaining about their slightly less than perfect vision has got to be one of the most annoying things ever. A lot of my friends say stuff like “lol im so blind”... um no you’re literally not. Or “I’m totally blind without my glasses” well lucky for you that as soon as you put them on you have perfect vision! Wonder what that’s like
Sophia Evangelatos yes, I hear those comments all the time. So annoying!
You should tell your friends and family to close their eyes and walk around for 4 to 5 hours.
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If they think it is much easier to be blind and not have to do things like drive.
After you say that to your friends and family, you should say it's harder than you think right?????
People don't realize hey this is much easier for Andrew because he is cited and Molly might not be able to do this the way Andrew did, because Molly is blind.
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It is just a scenario that actually makes more sense than most people think.
My vision is 20/400 in my better eye.glasses can’t help.I hear why don’t you wear glasses. Like it’s never occurred to me before. I’m also tired of people comparing me to some random they kno with low vision. Like we have a bond or something.
Melissa Piatt I bet that does get annoying. But if you did have glasses then people would ask you “Can’t you see since you wear glasses?” Like they do to me lol
You are doing a awesome job you are great person
Travis Jones thank you!
Cayla with a C your welcome
Cayla with a C well done you are making a difference.
I love your videos
Jordan Mahony thank you!
Cayla with a C your welcome
I so understand all of these points you made somthing that makes me mad is when my parents or someone I know says over there I don’t know what over there is I can’t see it ....Or get this ...um what this ..... and then my parents are like just feel for it so you want me to feel all over our table untill I find it .....Just day it is at this persons set ...So frustrating 1 OT YOUR LAST POINT I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS BUT PEOPLE TALK BEHIJD YOUR BACK AND ACT LIKE YOU CANT HEAR I SAY JUST BECAUSE I CANT SEE DOES NOT MEAN I CANT HEAR SO FRUSTRATING !
Whitney Sanden yes that happens to me all the time that people will talk about me once I walk past them, like they think I can’t hear them just because they are behind me
I can definitely agree with all five. I will say that out here in the professional world, I have run into people asking my coworker things that I know. Example they come to the office my coworker is not there I tell them he is not here at the time but how can I help you? they just say oh I’ll come back when The other guy is back, later they stop by the office when we are both there they end up asking the question to my coworker and most of the time it is a question that I know the answer to and sometimes it even has happened that my coworker doesn’t know the answer and he refers to me and I end up telling them the answer to their question or concern. This is very annoying and I have actually confronted some of them but they are so defensive and all I say is that I’m just letting them know if they have any questions about my blindness I am a very open person. It’s pretty difficult at times though but at the end of the day it’s their waste of time so after a while in certain cases I just let things go. But if it is something that interferes with my ability to complete certain tasks then I will advocate for myself and confront the person in the most respectful of ways but usually people get pretty uncomfortable LOL
Life Beyond Vision that’s so frustrating. I had similar problems when I was working, people just didn’t take me seriously or think that I knew anything. Plus, since I look so young, everyone just thought I was a teenager, so that really didn’t help with the whole people not taking me seriously thing.
My husband does the “it’s over there” and “you can’t see that??” all the time. I realize I’ve only been a VIP for 18 months and it’s been an adjustment for him as well and he mostly is great about it. However- ANNOYING. As for driving- I’m 49 and drove until 18 months ago. I miss it. My options are relying on others, Uber, or taxis. Losing that independence sucks. Being able to drive is a choice as you said, but it’s also a privilege that is taken for granted until you can’t do it any longer.
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My husband still makes some of these mistakes too. It is definitely a learning curve. I’m sorry, I know losing the ability to drive must suck. The good news is that now is the best time to not be able to drive since Uber and Lyft are so popular
My husband still makes some of these mistakes too. It is definitely a learning curve. I’m sorry, I know losing the ability to drive must suck. The good news is that now is the best time to not be able to drive since Uber and Lyft are so popular
I’am 57 and have been legally blind since birth, so I have experienced these 5 thing countless times and the one common factor is “ignorance” some people just don’t get it.smh
I agree. A lot of people are extremely ignorant
Golden words .
I know I'm a year late, but what annoys me the most is "You need to get some glasses", or "Why don't you get glasses"? I get tired of having to explain that's not how visual impairments work.
Yes that would definitely be annoying. And on the flipside of that people ask me well can’t you see if you have glasses?
Hey Kayla it's me Sam, I'm also visually impaired have been practically most of my life completely blind and right eye a little more than halfway blind in the left eye. I really don't like it when people tell me that as well it's over there specially at grocery stores. I can usually find items on my own but it does take me a bit longer than a normal sighted person would I also wear glasses so at first glance I also don't look blind to certain people. I don't consider the inability to drive being lucky it does limit our independence substantially sure there are bus routes taxis and Uber but if you have to do that all the time it gets expensive probably a lot more expensive than owning your own car. Not only that you have to give yourself an extreme amount of time to get to your destination when using any kind of public transit. Walking is another option but if it's a long distance from point A to point B walking can be a little tiring and sometimes it's just not feasible in bad weather conditions. Employment can be difficult to obtain most employers want you to have personal Transportation that is one of the first things they will ask you in an interview how are you going to be getting to work? Also talking about employment some employers are reluctant to hire visually impaired people because they feel that it's a liability issue which is the reason why some visually impaired people usually just live off of Social Security because you can get benefits if you're legally blind and of course there are some blind or visually impaired people that actually do work as for the ones that work they are the lucky ones. Anyway thanks for sharing great video.
bluetech7753
Yes you took the words right out of my mouth. The real problem is when you have someone with multiple disabilities like Cerebral Palsy and shunts and Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Yes children get arthritis too.
I was diagnosed at age 11 and the year was 2005.There are many different forms of arthritis.
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In some cases arthritis attacks the eyes and in my case that is what happened to me.
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I was born with an eye disease called Retinopathy Of Prematurity as well.
R.O.P is a potentially blinding eye disease that causes the eye and the blood vessel to detach away from the retina.
As for the eye inflammation from the Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis, uveitis and iritis can occur. Sometimes patience may develop cataracts or glaucoma.
There is a video on RUclips titled Rheumatoid Arthritis and it's effects on our eyes. Check it out.
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I have RP and I can't tell if someone wants to shake my hand , I have to have my head on a swivel constantly and I don't leave home without my flashlight and dark sunglasses .I miss having a license and car but hey no one can drive forever .
Yes handshakes are the worst!
Hi my name is Dustin I am from Columbus Ohio I also have a visual impairment and I love the video I can see I just can’t see far away
Hi Dustin! I’m so glad you liked the video
My wife's first day living with me had a hilarious bit. We were making french bread pizzas. Forgetting I'm legally blind, she asked me to check them. Shows how important disabilities really are in a relationship, eh?
Edit: I'm going to do a companion video for this because some of these FUCKING INFURIATE ME!
I agree with you
All annoys me as a visionally impaired + being judged for being a mother with a toddler.
I hate that visually impaired parents have to deal with such harsh judgment. I’m sorry you have to go through that. I know I will inevitably have to deal with it myself when I am a mom
I'm visually impaired myself and I don't like it when people say that especially if you're on the bus or train and if you're visually impaired and sometimes people don't want to give up their seat for people who are visually impaired when the training announces they need to get off for people to sit down for visually impaired
I agree that can be very frustrating when people don’t give priority seats to people with disabilities
People often say that why don't I wear spectacle if I can't see well.Another annoying thing is people backbite & make fun of my visual impairment around me as if I'm deaf.Some people even talks to me in loud voice.
Sajju Gurung I get comments on the flipside of that, people ask me why I can’t see if I wear glasses. And yeah, I don’t know why so many people think that blind people are also death.
Cayla with a C that's the reason I don't wear glasses when I go out.I wear them while reading.Why to wear if that doesn't helps us
Hi I don’t like when people talk to somebody with me, but I think it happens because it’s takes a few seconds to realise that someone is talking to me
Omg wow I hear all of those but driving and the last one you said
okay, yea on the driving one especially. i have become so much more socially anxious when going out alone(which is basically never) simply because i usually have someone with me all the time. also i feel like such an infant having to depend on others to get me basically anywhere. so yea! super lucky to not be able to drive! love that fo rus!
I totally agree with you. I rarely go out alone and do feel very anxious when going out. And having to constantly depend on others is definitely not fun
Oh，my god. I feel you，lady，I feel you. I cannot drive and it makes me so sad and depressed
I’m glad you can relate. Not being able to drive is definitely one of the toughest things about being blind
One time in my last year of high school, I told my math teacher I was visual impaired and she gave me a (sorry for my cussing) fucking braille ruler because she thought I was blind. I thought to myself, I may be visual impaired but, I can still see! I just can't see thing from far away. I was about to snap that ruler in half but, I didn't.
Lol. People can be very misinformed about the spectrum of blindness. Once a few years ago I was at a restaurant and the server gave me a braille menu and at that time I had no idea how to read braille
@@CaylawithaC Wow....... I'm sorry.
Who won the medicine noble price in 2012? Jointly an American & a Japanese. They proved that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent. Their research was completed respectively in 1962 & 1976. Still there is no success in human retina with stem cell. Isn't it frustrating?
Yes not being able to drive is very limiting and I get shamed for not driving I chose not to drive because I tried and it is difficult because I can't see things I need to and my depth perception is bad so I don't think it's safe
Yes to all of what. You say. People will look at me when I say what do you mean over there or hand me that what are you talkin about I can't see it the worst one I hate is when people percent something in their hands and I go to do a pallet touch and they pull it away like it's a game that one is the worst
I agree that’s very frustrating
I agree!!!!
I’m glad to hear you agree
Well when somebody asked me if I am blind because I am walking with a cane I am a smart Alec and I say nope I’m just walking around with the king Chris I’m blind are you don’t understand a lot of people I think people want to just make fun of blind visually impaired people I don’t like it when somebody have to ask somebody else what do I want when I go to a restaurant my doctors office or somewhere and if they talking to someone for me I always speak up and tell them I’m might be blind but I can talk so why can’t you talk to me
Spot on! Lol.
I’m glad you can relate
I really like ur eyes note i know what u exactly feel
Thank you so much for this vedio
Mohsin Mirza You are very welcome!
Omg thank you somebody feels the same way
I’m blind out my left eye and I have glaucoma in my right eye and ppl don’t really understand me
I’m so glad you can relate ❤️
Hi you make great points in this video
Sarah Mc Nabb thank you! I’m glad you agree with them. Thanks so much for watching and commenting!
People saying “I’m so blind” when they are sat reading size 10 font because they wear glasses when I’m wearing glasses and reading size 48.
Caitlyn Saddington yes! That drives me crazy!
I'm visually impaired myself so I would want to speak for myself and not have anyone do it for me and also people should be treated the way that you want to be treated whether you have a vision impairment or not
Larry Testut totally agree!!
I know that's right
if you have light perceptuon then stick a light on your camera and you will be able to see at camera you are seeing some cross btw love you
tried to post this yesterday but it didn't stick. I have a Marine friend who has macular degeneration. She likes to fish but wore trifocals since before she was 30. Anyway is it polite to just pick her up & carry her to a good spot?
Hi! I would encourage you to just ask your friend if that would be ok with her or not. Often times when I am with my husband and their is ground that is hard to navigate he will carry me over it and I don’t mind that at all. But there are probably some people who would not be comfortable with that. So always just ask what they would be most comfortable with. I hope this helps :)
Yeah! Number 5 is the one that really winds me up. Just because you’re visually impaired you’re also brain dead!
Yes that one is super frustrating and rude
Honestly this world is so judgemental I think because VI isn’t a n obvious or well known disability and if I (someone who is visually impaired) are a while to do something I get judged. I use a cane but wear glasses so that also for some reason confuses them. I think the general society isn’t informed enough about the stuff we have to go through to make this world a level playing field.
I completely agree!
Wow you too huh? Especially about driving
People are morons.
I’m always asked “So how well can you see?”
JimboLogic I get asked that a lot too
I don’t understand why the receptionist did that to you?
I don’t understand either. But situations like this are extremely common, not just for me but many other blind people as well
Hi Cayla. I wear glasses. I’m legally blind in eye 20/320 and have almost perfect vision in my right 20/40. I have no peripheral vision and depth perception. My doctor says I have third word vision. Am I a VIP or not. Is it ok I use a cane?
Tina Caruso I don’t know for sure, but it sounds to me like you would be considered visually impaired. I think it’s perfectly acceptable to use a cane if you feel like you need one.
My 6 year old daughter's visual acuity fluctuates a lot, but in a perfect environment of the ophthalmologists office, her last measurement was 20/25 and 20/30. Her vision is way different in bright sunlight, especially when going from indoors to a bright sunshiny day. She trips and falls a lot and bumps her head all the time. I was just told that she has no peripheral vision. My understanding is that having no peripheral vision can make it hard to travel, especially when alone. My daughter was just given a white cane and she's going to be getting O&M training and will be taught how to protect her head and stomach when she falls. I'd think that if she has a cane, it's just fine for you to have one too. Maybe look online for your state center for the blind or which organization handles that for your area. You may be able to get O&M training too so you can properly use a cane. Best wishes!
What is your impairment? I have Stargardt's
Walter WhiteWalker I have retinitis pigmentosa
@@CaylawithaC There is a great facebook page that supports Stargardts people that would love to have you join. It's not the same yet it is! And I am trying to plan a cruise for us VIPs next year if you would like to include RP that would be amazing. So important for the visually impaired community to meet up and keep in touch
NO ONE SHOULD BE HATE ON FOR BEING THEM SLFES. AND THE INSIDE.) 💯✌🙏 T_T
Person: all blind people where black glasses
Me: uhh.. no they dont..
Person: yes they do
Me: i went to the acb... i barley saw anyone wearing....
Person: I DONT CARE... ONLY MY OPINION MATTERS
Me: o k a y?
Lol. Those conversations can be so frustrated when sighted people think they know more than we do about blindness
IKR
If I had a $1 for everytime when people treat you like you 5yrs island thay think that yr stupped when yr doing thing
Hi sweetie
I also made a video on this if you guys are interested check it out
Someone said to me I want to be disabled
Charlie Manual well that would definitely go on the list. I don’t know why anyone would say that
I remote this vid finally found the comment I came to say I have octive nerve hypolica and nye stagmus ( I don’t know how to spell them )