I'm also a blind male in his late 20s, and I feel your pain. The few relationships I've had have all come through common experiences like university courses, working together, etc. Whenever I go out seaking a relationship though, I've gotten nowhere. My advice would be to just casually meet as many people as you can. Eventually, you'll find someone. But eventually could be in 3 or 4 years.

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Frankly, mate, I would say your problems have very little to do with your visual impairment. A great deal of people, visually impaired and not, have difficult with dating and meeting people. I myself am completely blind, and can tell you that this doesn't need to be a barrier. I been travelling as a nomad for a couple years and imagine I meet women through various means once or twice a month or more. It really comes down to how you portray yourself. At risk of being pedantic, go to bars. If you're in a bar, conversations are easy to start and frankly, people don't care about your background or anything else there. If that doesn't appeal to you try meetup groups or local community events. If you're near a waterfront go there, approach people. Walking around the city with your cane and hoping to start conversations is fine, but 80% of those conversations require you to initiate them. If you bump into someone who sounds nice, say hi. Engage them, look for common interests, make them laugh. I think there is a general misconception within the blind community that blindness is the first thing that a girl will notice. In my experience this is rarely true. They might see it, but they don't think about it in that context. And if they do, they are more likely to be curious than repulsed. Indulge their curiosity, be open to questions and have anecdotes that will make her laugh. If the blindness is what you're worried about, make a talking point of it and disarm those fears that she might have. Or for that matter, that you might have.

And lastly, I actually disagree with one of the other comments. I would actually avoid going to events in which groups of visually impaired people come together looking for other single members. These might work, I wouldn't know. But statistically speaking, if we assume that a girl is looking for someone based on personality or other factors, rather than just some common connection like blindness, then you are cutting out vast amounts of people from your search. Sticking within our own community limits us to those with common backgrounds and doesn't allow us to meet new and interesting cultures and points of view. Girls with sight are out there and they are interested. Go find one of them.

Not a dude, but a chick in mid twenties. Finding dates sucks. We need Christian mingle for visually impaired people xD

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