This Is What Blind Looks Like

This Is What Blind Looks Like

You’ve probably heard someone say, “But you don’t look blind.” We have too. This Is What Blind Looks Like exists because there is no one way to look, live, move through the world, or experience life as a blind or visually impaired person. Join Angie, Patty, Danny, and Greg, four people with very different backgrounds and experiences with blindness, as we trade stories, challenge misconceptions, answer the questions people are sometimes afraid to ask, and occasionally call out the ridiculous things blind people encounter in a world designed with sight in mind. We talk accessibility, blindness etiquette, guide dogs and canes, technology, relationships, careers, independence, ableism, and everyday life. We bring in guests, share resources, answer listener questions through "Ask a Blind Person", and sometimes set the serious stuff aside and have a little BS session. And while blindness connects us, it doesn’t define everything about us. We’re people with careers, families, relationships, opinions, hobbies, weird stories, pet peeves, and lives that extend far beyond our disabilities. If you’re blind or visually impaired, adjusting to vision loss, know or love someone who is blind, want to be a better ally, or have ever wondered what life without sight is actually like, pull up a chair. You might discover that “what blind looks like” is a whole lot broader than you thought.  Because blindness doesn’t have one look. This is what blind looks like.

  1. Sep 22

    S. 7. Ep. 1. : The Blind person's living sighted guide

    Season 7 is here, and This Is What Blind Looks Like has some new voices, new segments, and plenty to say. Angie welcomes new co-host Patty and contributor Greg the Gadget Guru as the crew tackles a question that can make or break the peace in a household: what happens when blind and sighted people live together? From moving things that were put somewhere for a reason, leaving cabinets and doors open, and turning walkways into trip hazards, to touching mobility tools and jumping in to “help” without being asked, the crew shares their own experiences and explains why certain habits can create extra work or genuine safety concerns for someone who is blind. They also get into organization, guide dogs, cooking, personal independence, and why asking someone how they want to be helped can save everyone a lot of frustration. This episode is for blind people who have ever wanted their sighted family, roommates, or partners to understand how they use their space, and for sighted people who genuinely want to be better people to live with. Greg also makes his Gadget Guru debut with Orion, an app designed to help blind users locate objects and identify what is around them, including support for Meta Ray-Bans. Then the new Ask a Blind Person segment answers a question from Maddie: Can blind people actually cook an entire meal on their own? Consider this The Blind Person’s Living Sighted Guide, complete with stories, disagreements, questionable household decisions, and advice from people who actually live it.

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You’ve probably heard someone say, “But you don’t look blind.” We have too. This Is What Blind Looks Like exists because there is no one way to look, live, move through the world, or experience life as a blind or visually impaired person. Join Angie, Patty, Danny, and Greg, four people with very different backgrounds and experiences with blindness, as we trade stories, challenge misconceptions, answer the questions people are sometimes afraid to ask, and occasionally call out the ridiculous things blind people encounter in a world designed with sight in mind. We talk accessibility, blindness etiquette, guide dogs and canes, technology, relationships, careers, independence, ableism, and everyday life. We bring in guests, share resources, answer listener questions through "Ask a Blind Person", and sometimes set the serious stuff aside and have a little BS session. And while blindness connects us, it doesn’t define everything about us. We’re people with careers, families, relationships, opinions, hobbies, weird stories, pet peeves, and lives that extend far beyond our disabilities. If you’re blind or visually impaired, adjusting to vision loss, know or love someone who is blind, want to be a better ally, or have ever wondered what life without sight is actually like, pull up a chair. You might discover that “what blind looks like” is a whole lot broader than you thought.  Because blindness doesn’t have one look. This is what blind looks like.

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