How Blind People Use Money That's Not Accessible

Tommy, who was born blind, demonstrates how someone who is visually impaired may organize their money and how United States currency is not accessible.

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#accessibility #currency #cash

[Kellam]

If you're someone who cheats a blind person out of money, you are the lowest of the low

[KThach.]

Thats unfortunate that US currency doesn't have braille. Here in Canada our money has braille to distinguish the denominations.

[lyrisea]

In Canada there's braille on the bills here. :) And our coins are all different sizes so even a blind person can distingush between them.

[MtBArN]

Tommy you are great! My daughter was born blind last year, watching your video's has inspired us and helped us as a family in so many ways. We love you for it! Best wishes from Scotland!

[WorldNews]

In the UK, all pound notes (bills) are different sizes, and are noticeable enough for a blind person to tell the difference between a £5, £10, £20, or £50 note. Until about 5 years, blind people could tell the difference between coins not just by shape, but also by the number on the coin (numbers don't appear on our coins anymore). The Euro is the first currency designed, minted, and printed specifically to meet the needs of the blind and sight-impaired. All Euro-Notes are different sizes, and each Euro-Coin is a different size, thickness, and with different edges and textures.

[NanosoftRussia]

"I have SEEN a lot of girls have taken money this way"
Wait, WHAT?

[wayd]

You could only use singles. That way all you have to do it count what you need. You'll be walking around with a giant stack of 1's but at least you can count them

[cynv]

US currency doesn't have braille?? Wow I didn't know that

[jackdog]

In the U.K. All paper money is a different size

[Barnacules]

OMG I lost it at the stripper joke :D #Dying.

[SepherStar]

The irony here is, despite being one of the few civilized countries that does not have Braille on it's notes, the U.S. mint has issued a Louis
 Braille bi-centennial dollar, to honor the inventor of Braille.

[johnnypocketrocket]

American money is so ridiculous, I live in the UK and all the money is made so blind people can tell the difference.

[VeeraKannadiga]

In India we have special identification mark  intaglio feature (raised printing)  on the left of the watermark window, on the obverse (front) on all banknotes except Rs.10/- banknote. This feature is in different shapes for various denominations (Rs.20-Vertical Rectangle, Rs.50-Square, Rs.100-Triangle, Rs.500-Circle, Rs.1000-Diamond) and helps the visually impaired to identify the denomination

[ilyarepin]

In australia, the bills are all different sizes and colours. lightly blind people can distinguish by hue, and completely blind people can compare by size. the size is dictated by worth, which means the 5 dollar note is the smallest

[willmckee]

Paper money? Screw that. I would just use a debit card 100% of the time.

[amberhenning]

I know it's a simple thing, but as the girlfriend of a deaf person who loves to watch YouTube videos with me, thank you for captioning your videos! So many people don't and YouTube's automated captions suck!

[sandeepsrinivas]

Come on, even in India we have Braille on currency notes.

[justitmoko]

the euro bills get larger the higher the amount

[BirdSeedForSpeed]

Tommy, I found you channel and I really love it!

And on the money subject, when I used to teach braille I also had this little trick I came up with for money issues: Paperclips
$1 = 1 paperclip, $5= 2 paperclips, $10= 3 paperclips, $20= 4 paperclips, $50= 5 paperclips and $100= 6 paperclips

sounds a bit... messy, I admit, but never failed! Good thing it isn't needed anymore now though, as here in my country they changed the bills so they differ in size

[Slightly-Simpler-Ginger]

i love how he said 
"ive 'seen' girls take there money like this"
i just found it funny.