Common Things Sighted People Get Wrong About Blind People

“There are a lot of assumptions that many sighted people make about blind people,” literary scholar M. Leona Godin told Inside Edition Digital. Godin, who is blind, continued, “I think that a lot of them come to us from our cultural representations, for example from films and from novels, that importantly have not been created by blind and visually impaired people themselves.” Godin is the author of the recent book “There Plant Eyes: A Personal and Cultural History of Blindness.”

[agoogleuser]

As a blind and deaf member of society myself, thanks for putting this video out there so more people can understand. She explained it so well and was kinda funny

[Kopano.Tlali]

Reads in brail : *don't touch
Blind person: 👁👄👁

[SSJvegito]

Why would someone think blind people can't enjoy sex? That's pretty stupid.

[A_Wee_spook]

As blind woman, yes! All of these things. I get ask about all of these all the time. Or sighties try to tell me how it is.😂

And before anyone asks, blind people can use the internet! It's screenreader software.

[KibbyRose]

Wow Ty for sharing!!! Ive had so many questions for years but never the courtesy to just ask! Ty for you have helped change my perception… ☺️

[phxqwerty]

I'm not blind but I can't see anything clearly if I take my glasses off. I just see a gigantic blur with a couple nebulous colors. When I first got married and my wife and I were still kind of getting to know each other, she couldn't figure out why I wouldn't look at her sometimes when we were talking. Finally she asked me why I sometimes wouldn't make eye contact when we were talking. It was the first time that I realized when my glasses were off, I tend to just stare at the ceiling or into space. I couldn't see anything so I didn't make an effort to look at anything. But I think the difference with what she said about totally blind people moving their head to look at the person speaking is that my eyesight would "turn on" or "turn off" depending on when I had my glasses on. So I never got into the habit of looking at someone when they were speaking even when I couldn't see them... We've been married 25 years and I still don't look at her when I have my glasses off and she's talking to me. I can't break the habit! 🤷‍♂️

[EnoI]

This was probably one of the best videos Inside Edition has produced.

[Dlw]

As a fellow visually impaired/ blind person, thank you for putting this out there. Education is key

[DanielSmith-pqyc]

I love this type of video too many people don't talk about disability. I'm autistic and people just don't talk about it enough it. The only way to get past stigma is to actually talk about it

[tonyakruid]

The thing that irritates me the most, is people talk slower around me and or ask my husband questions not myself

[yousosilly]

I remember my first interaction with a blind person as a kid. I tried to show her that I learned to tie my shoes (I was proud of myself and telling everyone). My mom leaned down & whispered she’s blind. So I yelled, I JUST LEARNED TO TIE MY SHOES! 🤦🏼‍♀️

[lisapinfold]

This is one of the best explanations of blindness/sight loss I've found for a long time😊

[theeyesofemily]

I became visually impaired 8 months ago due to a medical error. I use my YouTube to educate people about myself being visually impaired.

[CommanderCodey]

I have the same “that’s so sad” comments because I’m deaf

[blademaster]

I need this I've been working on a book that has a blind chacrter in it.

[Hannahs_room_]

I have a buddy whose blind, and he doesn’t let haters stop him. He’s a inspirational person. He has also been on my cities local news because he became the first blind person in my school.

[DontCareBeare.]

I have never made any of these assumptions about anyone that is blind or deaf. It's crazy that people do make these assumptions. Especially the sex part. Why would a blind person not enjoy sex. That's ridiculous.

[Freya-bstx]

Actually I never thought about it, I really don't watch movies. But thank you for the education.

[mirokudivine]

A lot of people ask my ex fiancé who is blind “how do you get dressed”. Like seriously. The only issue was on occasion he wore weird shirts to work, like his “I pooped today” shirt or his ugly Christmas sweater in summer that has a picture of grumpy cat that says “ you gift is in the litter box”. The only good thing is he works at a company that primarily only hires blind / visually impaired workers, so most could not see what he was wearing except his hire ups, and machine maintenance workers

[andersonsystem]

I think this is very important and informative thanks 🙏