Hello, has anyone on here, or anyone you know who is blind taken the GMAT? If so, please message me. I am planning to take it soon and I wanted to hear about others experiences

My blindness is due to a traumatic head injury followed by an eye surgery that went horribly wrong. Previously I had a good career, and now I’m on SSDI, which doesn’t pay much, and I’ve not been able to work in 15-years.

A former boss of mine has been paying my rent in San Francisco, CA for the past 1-1/2 years. Something I have been extremely grateful for.

Yesterday my landlord informed me that I am short by $2,000 for this month’s rent. Meaning my (former) boss sent a check for only 1/3 of my rent due, and no explanation whatsoever. (He’s also now not returning my calls.)

What resources, if any, are available that can help me as I’m scrambling to pull together $2,000 overnight?

Happy Holidays!

I'm a junior in high school in the US and I am looking at applying to colleges in the fall next year. I am moderately visually impaired (blind one eye, moderate vision in other - don't qualify for license) and have significant nystagmus in dimly lit settings. I recently went on my first college tour and I was really shocked by how dim and dark some of the buildings were - which makes my nystagmus bad and hard for me to navigate. Here is my question - should I email Disability Offices at places I am going to visit BEFORE I go for my visit? I guess I'm not sure if I should wait until I'm either admitted or a student. It seems really hard to pick a place based on not knowing how they might be able to support you. Can anyone tell me about their experiences? I'm a really good student (all As) in hard classes and did really well on my SAT. I hate the idea that some places just aren't an option for me bc they won't/don't take care of VI students. Can people share their experiences applying to and attending competitive universities as a VI person?

I know that sometimes different places have different colour canes and just want to check what colour of cane is used

Being a blind girl myself, mobility was the first hurdle I overcame when I lost my vision.

Is it the same for everyone? Can you share a specific moment or experience where you felt most limited by your mobility, and how did you overcome it?

Video: The Gold Plaque... It finally came... and what a joke!

The thumbnail of this video shows this Korean YouTuber holding and comparing 2 gold play buttons and wondering if he got the wrong thing again.

The recent controversy regarding the shrinking of the play buttons have ended up shattering the expectations of a blind YouTuber from Korea. The YouTuber Oneshot Hansol(원샷한솔), the largest blind content creator and social activist in the country, has recently received the award for reaching 1 million subscribers. However, the plaque he got was even lighter than his 3 silver plaques. At first, he didn't believe it was his, and only after he used an OCR scanning app to read read the text that didn't even have braille at all, his suspicion turned into disappointment. For some blind people who can't distinguish the colors of the awards, the size and weight of the trophy matters more than anything. And as the plaque shrunk, the reward for his 5 year long YouTube grind was ruined.

Playlist: Braille Silver Button

This was not his first YouTube play button drama. It was actually his 4th. 4 years ago, Hansol got his 1st silver play button, which he specifically requested to have braille on it. It didn't have it, he wrote a complaint and got his 2nd plaque. However, the manufacturer made the mistake of omitting all the braille for upper case letters and turning the word "Presented" into "resented."

resented to

neshot aansol
or passing 100,000 subscribers

Hansol decided to recall the award. The trip to the designated international shipping company was not so smooth sailing, and he eventually got a 3rd plaque. This time, he requested the braille to be written in Korean. Here's basically what happened.

For passing 100,000 subscribers

Oneshot Hansol
Presented to

Korean and English have different grammar rules, which means that you can't just use Google Translate separately for each line. Well, I think that's basically what they did. The 1st and 3rd line of the Korean braille text was swapped. The sentence was technically correct, but only when read from bottom to top.

I'm not sure if Hansol will do the same thing for his gold plaque since the smaller plaques are now YouTube's intentional and official disappointments, but as an old friend and former personal translator for the channel, I just wanted to do the job I can and spread the words. I've known him personally since college and I know how hard his journey to the award was, so please YouTube, or SocietyAwards I guess, give him what he deserves.

I have a lot of friends who are long distance and my vision is not doing good. Discord won't work with talkback on my android device and I need to know how visually impaired people use discord.

Hi Is there a way to access the various microphone modes on the mac with voiceover? I have found the sound setting in control center and can see that the mic is in use and by which app, but I haven't been able to figure out how to change modes (voice isolation, standard, or wide spectrum). Any tips would be very appreciated. Thanks!

Hi everyone hope yall had a happy holiday! So a little bit of info about me im a (37m) who was diognosed with cone rod dystrophy 3 years ago and declared legally blind. I had to surrender my license and leave my career in engineering becouse I couldn't get cleared to be on-board ships anylonger.any longer. I get treatments for my condition that work really well and I can still do things like ride my road bike play videogames and cook as well as read most things tho I struggle with certain contrast and color combos of background and lettering. I see alot of responses on post that people have just lost faith in asking people for help with things like going to the gym or shopping or just general things. So I guess what I am asking is do you think I could make a suitable side gig out of helping people who see worse than myself? It could also get me in to my local blind community... I have kind of been lacking in friends in general and this could be a good way to meet some people... dunno just a thought..... What do you folks think?

For those who consume media with Audio Description, has there been anything you're curious about? I love giving people a peek behind the curtain! Here are some videos I've made so far, in a numbered list of titles followed by links:

1. What is Audio Description? (this one was moreso for me to send to my sighted friends who don't understand my job!) https://youtu.be/l_oyLBsSwyk?si=TV-hCBp_j9PpWTRl

2. Did you know that Audio Description has regional differences? https://youtu.be/DvD3ShYkQuo?si=9wYGAxv3a1CmZFz8

3. How do you Audio Describe sex scenes? https://youtu.be/phXQh6OOxrs?si=dZ7n7JX4CQcspEfI

In the future, I'm also planning to make videos on the following:

• The writing and QC process

• The narration process

• Video games

• Unique scenarios in character names

• Unique scenarios in subtitles

What else would you find interesting?

For context I'm 23 and I've been playing guitar on and off for years. Recently I've decided that I want to take doing music more seriously and want to start performing and making music. My only gripe with this though is that lessons are expensive and I feel like a have a lot to learn with no real sense of direction of where to learn.

While I try to figure out where to take music lessons I've been messing around with Ableton but even that feels like a challenge to navigate, especially when it comes to the piano roll.

Overall I really want to make music, I feel like I have a lot to say and could be a good outlet for me, but I just feel a little overwhelmed with the learning process with my impaired vision making it worse.

Thanks for any advice.

I an UK based and i came across a post from a US user Talking about how there partner could supplement there income due to not getting enough

So i ended up doing my research and came across the US benefits for those with disabilities

For example I came across the SSI and SSID and well compared it too the two main benefits the UK has PIP and UC LWCA and was generally shocked that the SSID is only given to those who have previously worked before ( which doesn’t apply to everyone) to actually get

And after doing my research i genuinely feel like i would definitely struggle more in the US

( this is by all means not a competition or anything was generally shocked to see the difference)

I really want to decorate my cane but im not to sure how. I feel like tinsel would drive me mad and while i would love some fairy lights i dont quite know how it would work out. I DO NOT want to make my cane look like a candy cane as i dont want to potentially cause a problem as it coukd be mistaken for a deafBlind cane .

Hello!

Four months ago I met someone amazing who is in the process of going blind. He has limited sight currently but eventually it is likely he will lose that too. He lives in England and I reside in the USA.

Wondering some long distance things I can offer to do with him so we can spend time together. So far I thought of reading to him or listening to audio books together.

We have the most amazing conversations but he often mentions he wishes he could do more with me. I want to show him there are plenty of things we can do that work around his disability.

Thank you

I work in tech and frequently share my screen to customers to show them the product I sell. I do not use Voiceover while screensharing because I find it very difficult. The biggest reason why I do not use Voiceover while on a video call is because Voiceover drowns out the speech of anyone else on the call. It will always talk over them. I cannot keep asking customers to repeat themselves

Thus, I end up sharing my screen with no screenreader assistance. With my current state of vision, I can get through a rough overview of a product this way, but it means I basically cannot go off script at all and have to essentially memorize exactly where to click. If a customer has questions about something on the screen, I cannot assist.

I have a dream of a solution involving split-track headphones. I imagine it would work like this:

• One set of headphones connected to one computer
• I somehow program the headphones and/or the computer to only share the voiceover through one earbud, and all other sound comes through the other earbud
• Ideally, I would also be able to individually control volume so that I can have the voiceover on super low volume and the call/other audio on high volume

I've tried to find information on how I could accomplish this, but no luck. any ideas?

Thanks!

Specs:

• I use MacBook Pro 2017
• My video conferencing app is mostly Google

I'm blind in my right and legally blind in my left and noticed I'm having a bit of trouble navigating my college's online website. It's nothing other than their colors aren't on a black or dark background and I struggle to read the letters without my vision being well...my vision. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to navigate the website? maybe theres a dark mode I didn't know about on the website but I'd figured I'd ask here first

Hi, I was just wondering if anyone else has experience using CAD (3D modelling software) or 3D printers and how they manage it? I’m 18 and recently returned to 3D printing however my eye condition is progressive and I don’t know how much longer I’d be able to keep doing it. Any tips are greatly appreciated thanks!

Hi everyone. A question for the android users here. Besides the built-in phone app made by Google, are there any other diallers one can use that work well with talkback or do you have to use the Google phone app? The thing I don’t like about the Google phone app is if you’re on a call and you need the keypad to enter numbers, if you don’t use the phone for a few seconds the keypad disappears off the screen and you’ve then have to locate the keypad button again. I find this very frustrating and wondering if there are any other diallers that work better with talkback. Thanks everyone.

Greetings everyone,

While I am not blind I do have a sensitivity to light and prefer to sit in the dark. I often find myself desiring ways to play games without hurting my eyes to stare at a screen. I'm not very aware of what is consider good blind media and what is just passable so some suggestions would be appreciated. Thank you

For those of you who have a visual impairment, right now I am in my third year of college and if y'all have read any of my other posts y'all are probably aware that I have cataracts that are getting worse, On top of my normal vision impairment.

I've had quite a bit to adjust to the last couple of months and I've been going absolutely crazy feeling like the only person in the world that is going through this, but I really don't know how to describe it. For those of you who are in college or remember college, it is sort of like you were in a super difficult, And you wish this semester would just be over, but the semester never ends and it will go on for eternity. It is sort of like that  

Some of this might be because I am currently in college but I just wish I didn't have to fight so much and I didn't have to try so hard just to do the exact same thing or less than others around me. It's getting to the point where I don't even want to go to work anymore, I don't want to go to class anymore or do my homework, I just want to stay home And do the stuff that interests me, which is working on UniFi network, Messing With my own home lab server stuff. I don't know if that makes any sense, but it just gets so hard to go out and do stuff that I have to fight just to be able to do.

What do y'all do when you get like this? Because it's not ending anytime soon, I still have to go finish college and then I have In the real world. It's getting more and more easy To get lazy and say it's because I have a visual Impairment, when in reality I know I can do a lot more than what I'm telling myself I can do It may take a lot more out of me than worth the typical person, but I'm just so sick of my visual impairment impacting my life. It has been this way since birth so Nothing new here, I think it's all just getting to me the last couple of months. I would do anything  In the world to get rid of it and have a normal life

I went to a different planet fitness on Friday because I was visiting family, The staff at my local gym don't usually mind helping me. When I first walked in, a guy didn't mind helping me but after the treadmill things took a turn for the worst to make it clear, the only help I need is getting from Machine to Machine so they will usually set a timer and come get me after the timer goes off after the treadmill, the first employee told me he could no longer help me because his shift was over into ask the other employees, when I did they said they didn't feel comfortable and after me trying to reason with them they got very rude and loud I felt humiliated because they said I shouldn't be at the gym if I couldn't do it on my own or didn't have an assistant I have part of the interaction on video, in plant to post my story on TikTok to spread awareness and hopefully it goes viral. Am I wrong for expecting this kind of assistance?

My partner (M 31) was born blind. And he only gets about $800/ month through social security. He doesn’t have any experience working and dropped out of college due to lack of accessibility and the commission taking forever to get him what he needed. He’s tried to have jobs but can never figure it out and isn’t able to keep them. He currently receives SSI. I am so confused and can never understand fully what social security means. But he’s been receiving it since he was a kid. Do y’all know how to get more? Or If there’s any other ways to have money coming into the house besides just me? We aren’t legally married also.

Hi everyone! Since I just joined the community (and the whole Reddid for that matter) I just wanted to introduce myself.

I'm almost 19 and I live in the northen part Italy (they call this part the "motor valley" because that's where Ferraries and Lamborghinis and Ducatis ectc. are made). I'm completely blind (can't even see light) and I've been like this since birth. I don't really feel bad about my condition, maybe because I never knew what it means to see something.

Anyways, I finished high school back in June of this year, and Istarted university at the end of September (I'm studying the equivalent of computer science). For several reasons, i decided to go living on my own. Mainly it was because I live in a house in the countryside, far away from public transport (even a taxi was super expensive). So basically I would have neede some one every time I had to go somewere and it was kind of unpractical. Also, to put it simply, I'm not in the best situation as far as family goes.

So I now live in a bedroom, in an apartment shared with two other people. It's pretty close to the university too, so I don't even have to rely on public transport.

I'm actually doing pretty well all things consider. But there are times, especially in the weekend, where I just want to stay in bed and do nothing, even though I have lots of things to do, both around the house and related to the courses I'm attending. Ialmost feel like I've got too much to do.

I think this is maily because, without going in too much detail, in a couple of years I went from doing pretty much nothing, not even using the cane, to living on my own and trying to do by myself everything I can. Also, I'm still learning the route to the various classrooms, so I'm currently semi-indipendent and I'm starting to not like that anymore.

Anyways, that's it. If you have any advice on doing stuff around the house, or things I could buy, etc, I'll gladly accept them.

I've just never enjoyed being around little kids. Hell, I didn't even like my younger cousins till they were about 7 or 8. I don't like the way kids run around and scream their heads off. I have several blind friends who feel the same way. Anybody else in the same boat?

Hello, I am on this community as my daughter has optic atrophy as a result of intracranial hypertension. As she was so little when it happened she wasn't able to communicate to us about what she can and can't see, as she grows she refuses to talk to us about it and probably can't remember much about having full vision either. Scans suggest she has a small patch of vision left in one eye and that gets her by pretty well. I imagine it a bit like pixels on a damaged screen with patches of picture and patches of nothing and get told she can only see high contrast and things that are not moving too fast. However I would really like to hear from those of you with a similar condition as to what it is like from your experience. Many thanks in advance.

Up until recently, I could still drive during the day if I was having a Good Eye Day but those are coming less and less frequent. It's time to give up the keys. Unfortunately, my current city has no real functional public transit system, and Uber/Lyft is just too expensive unless I want to be a full-time hermit.

Doing searches for "Best cities to live in while blind" or "while going blind" or "while visually impaired" produce dozens and dozens of lists. They are all different; most have cities that are on that list and that list alone... but what they all have in common is Seattle, and it is almost always #1.

I used to live in Seattle, but that was fifteen years ago so I'm sure a lot has changed. Also, I could still see well enough to drive back then - so my experience with public services is zero and my experience using the bus to get places is limited.

Anyone with experience have any advice?

I am looking for a place in the NW District (Crown Hill, Loyal Heights, Greenwood, Phinney Ridge, and if I can afford it: Ballard --- basically anywhere near 15th Ave NW).

I've also lived in Wallingford, The U District, Maple Leaf, Capital Hill, and Greenlake... not really interested in those, but beggars/choosers and all that.

Am I totally delulu?

While reading a book about computer code, I was struck by the author's use of braille to illustrate how binary digits work. I found myself wishing I had this book when I was a child or even in college, as I learned way more from it than I did from the dreadfully dry texts that were used in Computer Science classes. One professor told me that college is mostly about being exposed to different people and that the real learning happens outside the classroom. However a degree still means quite a bit. I've thought about pursuing higher education, but am wondering what institutions are truly equipped to teach blind people. How many of you who have grown up blind have felt this way?

As the title says my best friend has about 10 years of sight left. Doctors have said there's basically nothing they can do and their only good eye will inevitably deteriorate to.

I myself am not blind or at risk of blindness but wan't to do everything I can to not only help them through and after the inevitable transition period but do everything and go everywhere we can before then while they can still see.

What ways can I help them before then? What should I be learning to assist them when they go blind?

I'm not fully blind yet, but it's very possible I will be in the future so I'm learning non visual skills. I'm ambulatory so I do intend to learn cane skills, but I mostly use a wheelchair outside the house. Does anyone else use a wheelchair with a visual impairment? Will I have to be pushed everywhere or is there a way to accommodate so I'll have more independence?