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Sighted people, what’s the most interesting thing you’ve learned about the blind community? (rblind.com)
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Communities like this (rblind.com) and r/blind are focused on serving the blind and visually impaired community, including friends and family. They’re also valuable as an opportunity for people outside the community to learn about the blind experience.

That brings us to the question: sighted friends, what have you learned that you’d like to share?

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[–] atrielienz@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

The use of accessibility tools including apps to be the eyes and ears off blind or deaf people. As someone with hearing damage who will likely lose a significant part of my hearing in old age I'm surprised and pretty happy with these services and how great they've become in such a relatively short time. That being said I have so many suggestions to make it easier and make the services better.

[–] MostlyBlindGamer@rblind.com 2 points 3 months ago

We really live in an incredible time - while many barriers are social rather than technical, the mainstream and assistive usability we have these days is nothing short of magical.