Almost never. Most of the problems I have in my daily life are caused by corporations. All of the sighted people in the company are nice as individuals, and yet, as a corporation, none of the accessibility work gets done. The same goes for governments. For example, the like and dislike buttons in the YouTube app for IOS just disappeared to VoiceOver with the last update. "Damn it, Google!" While nobody who works at Google are malicious themselves, the company as a hole still manages to be quite malicious (Android still has massive access failures, Google Apps administration is so awful I don't even want to think about it, and nobody does any accessibility testing at all, so every update of every single app breaks something that will only get fixed 5 or 6 updates later, once enough people complain).

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Can't say I've ever thought that. People certainly overlook problems, and I will occasionally have my life inadvertently made more difficult because someone didn't consider something that might make my life harder. But that's not really their fault, we live in a world that is made up primarily of sighted people. That's why we have to adapt to the world around us, it isn't cut out for people with low to no vision by default.

 

I am relatively uninformed when it comes to matters that concern the deaf, mobility impaired, or really any other disabled community because those disabilities are not directly part of my life. I certainly understand the basics, but there is so much nuance to how one manages with a disability that it is impossible to understand every facet of how one handles it. I can never fully understand every disability, so why would I expect someone who doesn't have a visual disability to fully understand mine?

 

I understand the frustrations, but I think it's important to contain them and maintain a professional attitude so that the blind community is portrayed in the most positive light possible, the last thing we need is a negative image. That's not to say we shouldn't voice problems, but we need to do it in a way that is respectful to everyone.

 

I don't resent people for having full sight. My problem is genetic, there is no one to blame, and certainly it isn't the fault of the people I interact with who don't understand every aspect of my disability... Just my two cents.

As a sighted person who works with visually impaired people I find your "Kill Sighty" shirt idea..completely hilarious. Yes, by and large people with advantages are pricks and vision is no different. I've seen it routinely while guiding a friend around. People in general are rude, it's not specifically people who are sighted, but it also doesn't help their case.

I found it easy to begrudge "sighted-people" their perfect eyesight when I was younger. I was bitter and angry that my extremely poor vision held me back from all the things I wanted to do, and seemed to close doors at every alternative.

That bitterness followed me into young adulthood, where I would get steamed by people asking the seemingly innocent question "have you ever thought about seeing an eye-Doctor?" Man, that question used to piss me off more than any other.

As I got older, I began to recognize that we had no common frame of reference. They don't know what life is like for me. They don't think about my limitations or struggles because they don't expirience them every waking minute like I do. It's not that they are assholes. They aren't trying to be rude by asking me about seeing an eye-Doctor; it's just what people do. They are legitimately trying to be helpful, and probably feel stupid almost as soon as that question leaves their mouths. Kinda like walking up on someone changing a tire and asking "you get a flat?"

When people see someone struggling they typically will try and offer what I call "30-second advice". It's hard to give a clear example other than what I have provided, but if you watch for it, you'll notice it more and more frequently. It's not meant to be insulting or degrading. It's more a way of attempting to bond with a fellow human being.

Sighted people don't generally harbor any specific grudge against the blind or visually impaired, but it's not always easy to know how to prepare for us all and our different needs. Some people go over-the-top in their efforts to be helpful and others try not to say anything at all for fear of being insensitive or screwing up and hurting someone's feelings by offering unsolicited assistance.

At the end of the day, it's not their fault we can't see and we don't make it any better by snapping at them or alienating them by lashing out at them because what we are secretly truly unhappy about is what seems to be the unfair hand *we* were dealt.

EDIT: changed "a" to "are"

Listen, don't be feeling sorry for sighty. Just because they can only do stuff with the lights on don't mean they are disabled. It's our duty as an elite group to show them how to utilize their other senses. Yes, yes they say weird and awkward things. But, it's just sighty's own insecurities. We shouldn't discriminate the sighted for being visually dependent. But, it is important for them to know their station and how they can best serve the blindness community.

I thought it about a close friend when she typed my card number in the credit card reader instead of letting me. (I use the five with the bump as the guide).

I thought that about my grandmother when she said your not blind enough to need a guide dog (when one school has already said they want to work with me, add in she hasn't seen me since I became came blind).

And the biggest one when I heard a guy say ''that poor pretty blind girl''.

I don't hate sighted people I just hate what they sometimes do.

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How do people with vision tend to screw things up for those without? I ask because I honestly want to know. As I said in a comment blow, I'm sighted, but I have a friend a mother who are both blind. And in general, I'd like to learn how to be a better person overall.

I get irritated from time to time. But having kids keeps me honest. My kids can be as a bad as strangers with less excuse. I decided a few years ago to stop being so angry. It doesn't always work but I try not to look for excuses to get ticked.