Blind vs Legally Blind - What's The Difference?

Tommy Edison, who was born blind, teams up with James Rath, who is legally blind, to show the differences between being completely blind vs legally blind. Tommy’s blindness is caused by an underdeveloped optic nerve and James’ blindness is caused by albinism and nystagmus.

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Watch Tommy on James’ channel where they talk about Audio Description - an additional narration track in movies and TV intended primarily for blind and visually impaired that describes the visual aspects of a film or show.

How Blind People Watch Movies (ft. Tommy Edison/Blind Film Critic)

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Related Videos:

Blind vs Legally Blind - What's The Difference? Part 2

How Blind People Find Braille Signs

How A Blind Person Drives A Car

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Music Credits:

“Humblebee” by Brilburn Logue
“Never Too Late” by Red Shirt Beats
“I Close My Eyes” by The Passion HiFi
“Digital Time Teller” by Light-foot
“Electronica/Uplifting” by Paul Tyan
“Laws of Movement” by The Passion HiFi

Used under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 & 3.0 Unported licenses.

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[urmaker]

"Tommy, can you tell me the year written on the coin in front of you?". Tommy picks it up, "Nope.". I don't know why I laughed so hard. Great collab you guys!

[uplift]

Legally Blind- 30p

Blind- Black Loading Screen

[-cubeiac-]

Difference:
100% blind - can't see a damn thing

Legally blind - can still see but it's blurry as hell

[cbqucjy]

Imaging if he just opened his eyes and was like “oh lol, I can see”

[jasonarmstrong]

“Illegally Blind” sounds like the name for some experimental rock band from the 70’s

[tfoprincess]

I like how he tries to see it. "Nope. I can't see it. I'm blind."

[maddyhoeltke-brown]

i like how tommy still holds the money up like he is trying to look at it haha. You guys are the best!

[benjaminvdvyt]

These guys were super rude. Didn't look once at eachother.

[adolfclitler]

I love how Tommy is so positive good for you

[therealwomp]

Here in canada we have braille on currency

[thebuddha]

How is this guy so happy seriously I’m sad all the time and I can see everything

[tym]

It’s a blessing for me to be able to see fr

[truthisbuoyant]

His positive attitude is very inspiring

[uqveufe]

In Canada our bills all have braille on them. Theyre also made of polymer and u cant rip or melt them

[xxnoobxx]

I'm legally blind without my glasses and when I lose them I initiate



*PANIC MODE*

[alxjones]

can you do one on the difference between blonde and legally blonde?

[Ccollector]

If I was blind I would purposely smack people with my cane

[Nighthawkx]

videos like these really make me thankful for my eyesight.

[fatbum]

*Fun fact* : My cousin is blind and I've heard that they learn to tell between bills by the number of rounds it makes around their finger until it's fully rolled around it. (That's for euros, because every bill has a different size).

[danhyde]

Basically, just to confirm, legally blind people can see a little bit. But people who are blind like the dude on the left just cannot see at all?