5 Things All Sighted People Should Know About Blindness!

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I'm Molly, a typical sushi, makeup, and fashion loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at just 4 years old and began public speaking at age 5. I started just doing motivational speaking, but now I make videos and even model! Even though I can’t see, I know that there are bright spots in everything we face. Let’s find them together. 💕

[MollyBurkeOfficial]

Did you find this video helpful or learn something new? :)

[ashleah]

As a sighted person, I would also like to normalize people saying "Hey [my name], this is [their name] from [place I have met them etc.] because I am bad at people interaction.

[erinnstreeter]

Lavender knows she's a super star cat. Claim your throne, queen.

[yaiyah]

Molly: 5 Things all sighted people should know
Me: YASsss educate me girl :D

[Alalovesdogs]

When I was working in retail, I just started watching your channel and there was a blind customer asking me for assistance. So I offered him my elbow and helped him find, what he looked for. Later my coworkers were like: "woah, good to know, I would have no Idea what to do". So thank you, Molly, you educated me and my former coworkers :)

[nicolap]

That opening shot of lavender is so cute

She is a feline queen

[leafllt]

The "alt" tag is the first thing I was taught about adding images in my HTML class, which I think was a great way to teach us to make websites more accessible!

[julieannemichelle]

I have no facial recognition even though I can see I can't recognize faces. So it is very important to me to have a person announce their name when seeing them anywhere because if they don't I won't know who they are I completely agree.

[saigiridhar]

Lavender, Gallop, Molly and Niamh are literally soulmates🥺

[Ellashae]

Hey, so Molly didn’t mention this but if you ever offer help and place your hand on a blind person shoulder please say hi before you touch us, we are not always will realize you’re talking to us but sometimes we will and it’s kind of a prep moment because just imagine out of nowhere someone touching you is alarming and frightening.

[staciesimmons]

My bff recently went blind and I am so glad that I know of you and your channel I just want to say thank you for uploading videos like this and vids that are fun and show us the good side of being blind 🥰💖

[moonspiritluna]

My great grandma is blind; her and mt GGpa always had a system.

He separated the laundry, she washed it and dried it, he put it away

He did the shopping, she put the food away at home.

They were such an awesome couple and always in sync with their own little system. It was amazing.

[anjalijohnson]

It is incredibly important for sighted people to learn and be more aware of things and this video was so helpful thx

[ThaisOMalley]

As a sighted person, I thank you for being so patient and willing to explain this to us. It is indeed something that “if you don’t need, you just don’t think about it”. I appreciate you and your content so much because it allows me to grow as a person and be more aware of the importance of accessibility. Thank you, Molly! You’re amazing! ❤️

[craft-menace]

When I was a kid we had a unit in school about disabilities. We learned about sighted guides, braile, basic signs ect. I hope other schools still do this, it was really helpful.

[emilylevin]

I never really realized how much I love your videos until today. I’m having a horrible day and I’m very anxious and emotional and seeing your video pop up definitely makes me feel a sense of normalcy on such a rough day.

[Cllocopine]

Everyone should introduce themselves the way you described like it just sounds so polite and wholesome! If people greeted me using my name I’d feel so special, it’s like they actually want to talk to me hahah.

[katherine]

My grandmother is losing her vision and I love finding new ways to help her and make her world more accessible.

[mege.]

I recommend your videos to my friends.
As a sighted person I am always learning from your videos! Thank you!

A lot of my friends are just casually adding image accessibility descriptions to their instas now.

Edit: ALSO CAN WE JUST SAY DO NOT GIVE UNSOLICITED MEDICAL ADVICE... PERIOD. Sincerely,

[MariaNunez-fjdg]

As a sighted person with social anxiety this was super helpful. I go to college everyday and on my way there encounter a lot of blind people, and when it comes specially to the bus stop, a lot of them seem to need help. So knowing exactly what I have to do in a situation where I would normally just freeze is great. Thanks again Molly, these vids are great!