Over where?

"Excuse me, do you know where the nearest (insert business name) is?" "Oh yeah, it's right over there." I look around confusedly "Over where? ... I don't see anything." Then I grin and say it's alright as you apologize profusely for the... oversight😏

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

I Don't Regret Being Blind

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I rarely lament being visually impaired. Even lately, with my vision worsening, it's not something I do. Sometimes, I think wistful...

Sunday, December 18, 2016

I Hate Finals

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Hey all, Just wanted to let you all know that, though I have two posts in progress, I'm not allowing myself to finish them until fin...

Saturday, December 03, 2016

Mending Misconceptions #3: Do Blind People have/use EchoLocation?

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Last week, I was hanging out with one of my friends, ostensibly doing homework. But every now and then I’d check on his progress, and he’d...

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Saturday, November 19, 2016

Mending Misconceptions #2: Do Blind People Count Their Steps?

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One day during some point in my high school career, I was walking to the Vision Resource room (the place where vision and mobility teacher...

Friday, November 18, 2016

I Slapped Someone Today... By Accident

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As texted to my sister and a few friends: • Um… I may have just backhanded someone by accident. As I was walking, I put my hand up, the...

Back & Here To Stay

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I, Lily, hereby solemnly swear, by the old gods and the new, to update this blog on a weekly schedule. I realize that it may be hard, initi...

Saturday, May 07, 2016

To Margaret and Roman: Two of My Favorite Strangers

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Hello my dearest readers, I know, it's been nearly a month since I wrote to you all. But this semester has been more trying than t...

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Insight from the Sight Impaired: Let my introduction to you be the mending of some common misconceptions: yes we watch TV. No we generally do NOT know sign language. And sure, some of us do have exceptional hearing, but it is not a superpower. We simply use our other senses to their full potential instead of relying mostly on one. We (most of us) aren't aliens. We, and our problems, are universal (sans the blindness, of course) but that's all. There's teen pregnancy, depression, successes, fame, &c. Some of my friends despise answering questions about their vision; feeling it it to be akin to nailing jelly to a wall...nigh impossible. And some have trouble coping. But I have few qualms. I love the many stories I've accumulated over the years. And educating those with a genuine interest. Of course I think about how different my life would be with twenty/twenty. But what can I do? I find the humor in my situations and I hope you can do the same (in addition to learning a thing or two) as you enter uncharted territory PS. There are different levels of vision. So just because he/she doesn't "look blind", doesn't mean their messing with you.

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