Do Blind People Know What They Look Like?

Tommy Edison, who was born blind, talks about knowing what he looks like and if it bothers him if he doesn’t.

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Music:

“Uplifting” by Paul Tyan
“Assertive” by Paul Tyan
“Jazz” by Paul Tyan

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Photos:

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“Bill Clinton” by Gage Skidmore
“Kevin Bacon” by Gage Skidmore
“Gary Busey” by Glenn Francis
“George Clooney” by Michael Vlasaty
“Jimmy Carter” by The White House Staff Photog
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“Martin Sheen” by Brian McGuirk
“Dustin Hoffman” by Georges Biard
“Dick Van Patten” by Phil Konstantin
“Philip DeFranco” by Gage Skidmore

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#vision #face #identity

[darkkiller]

This dude is just so fucking chill. He's so happy and always smiling. You're just the best man

[eagle]

he's not ugly at all, and his personality makes him 10 times more beautiful.

[burakc]

You have an amazingly bright and uplifting smile. It's a 1 in a million

[ParthPatel-lceq]

It's inspiring how this guy turned his weakness into his strength and has a 1/2 million subscriber channel. I can't even do that with Vision.

[mrblue]

"As you can see, I can't" - if you know u know

[sender]

Love this guy. Don't know how I ended up on this channel, but I can't stop watching it!

[dne]

This guy just stole my heart. He is so humble, funny, and content. I love it. You just got a new subscriber.

[The_Jzoli]

You should try touching miniature models of big stuff, like buildings and such, and try to guess what they are.

[casey-capri]

I think it’s really interesting how he is almost always smiling. He has no idea what smiling looks like, it’s just completely pure joy

[Soitisisit]

Can confirm: You have a nice smile. Such a nice smile it's contagious! Thank you for helping me smile.

[itsMinuteMaid]

They should hire a sketch artist, but don't let the sketch artist see Tommy, and then have Tommy describe himself to the sketch artist and see how close the picture he describes is to his actual appearance. This will give a fairly accurate account of how Tommy "sees" himself.

[CounterNerd]

Tommy looks more well-kept than I do, and I have sight!

[zaza-tnzr]

Tommy you are good looking!! You have a wonderful, inviting smile! Your hair is very silver! You are so fun to watch. :)

[BrandonjSlippingAway]

There's so many things we take for granted having vision, hearing his point of view from his experience blows my mind in so many ways.

[jakesmith]

I really hope that in our time we find a cure for blindness ... I would love to see his reaction to him seeing for the first time. He's already so filled with joy with no sight! Just imagine how vivid his new perception would be!

[EoThorne]

The Phil DeFranco one was spot on. Your noses are the same, the nasolabial fold is higher in the same place as his and the way your hair juts out at the top is the same. Whomever figure out that doppleganger, very well done.

[CandleAshes]

You really do have a lovely smile. The rest of you is handsome as well :)

[yhugo]

I love this man, he is always smiling

[MazerTime]

"i know I'm not hideous" dude are you for real? you look great! did no one told you that? you look like the nicest old man i have ever seen.
like i would easily rate you in the top 80% of people.

your hair is silvery gray, which probably doesn't says a lot to you, but its really compliment your face.
lots of people dye gray hair, but its really suit you well.

your smile is really lovely. its big and sincere. i honestly thought that smiling was at at least some level learnt by children, but you proved me wrong as you never seen someone smile and you have beautiful smile.

[miamidolphinssnag]

I feel bad for him when they say your hair is silver I'm sure he doesn't know the color of silver. Everyone should appreciate what they have.