Walk in someone's shoes

Blindness covers a wide range of conditions - some people see nothing at all, others see shapes or light or have gaps in their field of vision. Most sighted people don't know this, and the assumptions that follow shape almost every social interaction. The same well-meant questions come up again and again, and the small awkwardnesses add up.

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First-hand perspectives

People living with blindness share how it shapes socialising.

  • Allure

    Every way being blind makes my life different

    Molly Burke walks through how blindness and photophobia shape everything from beauty to daily life.

    Every way being blind makes my life different

  • Cut

    Questions blind people are tired of hearing

    Blind people share the questions they get asked the most, and what's annoying about them.

    Questions blind people are tired of hearing

  • Juan Alcazar

    Blindness is a spectrum

    Blind YouTubers describe their own vision - retinitis pigmentosa, Stargardt's and more.

    Blindness is a spectrum

  • Matthew and Paul

    Tall and short blind people swap canes

    Two blind friends - one tall, one short - swap white canes to see what happens.

    Tall and short blind people swap canes

  • National Eye Institute, NIH

    Living boldly with blindness

    David Toro, blind since age one, shares the school, work and life choices he's made along the way.

    Living boldly with blindness

  • Nowhere Men - Brian & Alex

    Day in the life of a blind person in NYC

    Yvonne, a lifelong caretaker who later lost her vision, navigates a normal day in Manhattan.

    Day in the life of a blind person in NYC