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Willing to cut a deal. . . @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 20:51 UTC

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

#disabled #blind #sighted #cataracts #legallyblind #whitecane

Willing to cut a deal. . . @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 20:51 UTC

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

#disabled #blind #sighted #cataracts #legallyblind #whitecane

Willing to cut a deal. . . @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 20:51 UTC

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

#disabled #blind #sighted #cataracts #legallyblind #whitecane

Willing to cut a deal. . . @[email protected] · 2026-05-08 · 20:51 UTC

RE: https://disabled.social/@vlrny/116540812062829077

Not voting, as I was born #disabled

In the #blind community, I was #sighted, although I was born with #cataracts and have always been #LegallyBlind. My dad was blind, and navigated everywhere with his #whitecane. He ws part of an #advocacy #organiztion, and he traveled around the #US by air. His sister, my Aunt Buffy, was a #COBOL #programmer for Sears in #Chicago. She took me to her work once. We rode the #El with her #GuideDog, Ginger.

This meant that it was tough to get away with "Blind kids can't. . ." unless I'd actually *tried*..

#RepresentationMatters.

#representationmatters #guidedog #el #chicago #programmer #cobol

tinker｡✧𓃦˚☽wolf @[email protected] · 2026-01-09 · 06:57 UTC

Advice, please?

At the age of 9, I was diagnosed with a lazy eye which they determined to be legally blind. I've never noticed my blindness, really. It honestly has never limited me in my opinion. I neither receive nor claim any disability in relation to this eye.
My dilemma is this: when I'm focused or in the zone with a project or interest, my periphery vision on that side basically becomes a black hole. It's just a part of me that "shuts off" when I'm not actively using it. Sometimes, total strangers will enter my personal space [in the store, for example] while I'm zoned out enjoying shopping. They do not excuse or announce themselves while at a respectable distance. Rather, I'll be reading a box of cereal & a disembodied arm appears, reaching for a box next to it. I apologize and excuse myself while getting out of their way. But the experiences often leave me embarrassed or shaken up.
Any tips or tricks to handle this? Thank y'all in advance.

#advice #legallyblind #lazyeye