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Fun hobbies (self.Blind)
submitted by awesomesaucesaywhat
I realize we can do all sorts of hobbies and really most everything (bar driving) but I'd like to start a list of activities that are easy to get into! When I first started losing my vision I was really depressed and bored. Hearing that blind people can do anything helped me feel better about the future, but at the time it didn't give me any concrete activities to start. If anyone is interested I would love comments about what you do in your downtime, or even at work!

Personally, I crochet, play piano, swim and walk a lot. I also play some board games. I am a student and so I also spend a lot of time studying.
noisycat 4 points 7y ago
I love crochet because even with low sight I can do it by feel. Knitting is harder and slower because there's more fiddling. Crochet is just alternative of "how many times do I wrap the yarn and where do I put it" Though right now I'm working on a knitted blanket that uses garter stitch and a decrease so its mindless and easy.

I also like making things with polymer clay because of the texture and no one looks at me funny if I stick my face down close to do details.

I also love baking though my daughter helps measure stuff.

I can't drive but I LOVE walking everywhere.

Unuhi 1 points 7y ago
So many hobbies that can work easily or with small modifications.
Cooking and baking an be fun, and are easily possible and modifiable for zero vision. Four Senses is a cool show if anyone wants to get started with ideas http://www.ami.ca/search/node?keys=Four+senses everything is described with audio so no guessing, ("put the fish fillet skin side down").

Gardening too. Find plants you like the scents and touch of. Mints, catnip, basils, flowers... I love different kinds of hot peppers so got plenty of those on the balcony
Walking is always an option too. I love listening to books while walking, and music while running, but never blocking the sounds of what happens around.

Knitting and crochet are fun. I learned to do both as kid and love creating with both methods. So many different kinds of yarns to experiment with, one of my recent discoveries are self-striping yarns. So you just knit, it changes the color as you knit.

I'm trying to figure what kind of materials to use for 3d paintings. I used to paint with oil and acrylics, but it'd be more fun to have a painting where everything is touchable. Maybe no color, just the 3d. Maybe gypsum? Or non-bake clay? On wood or thick cardboard.

Swimming is always fun. Bicycling, perhaps on a tandem bike with someone who sees better, would be fun to try too.
And don't limit on common hobbies either. Skydiving, indoor skydiving, shooting, horseriding etc
claudettemonet 1 points 7y ago
Well I paint.. DERP! not super accessible.. Other blind people can and do. Though not anyone I have heard of, who is blind from birth, only people who went blind later. It is a messy affair painting...

Alternatives.. sculpture. Clay is cool and there are places that will cast it in bronze for you. It is also messy, but so is LIFE!

Writing.

I'm out.. but those are two very good ones.

Wait, kids. Can kids count as a hobby?
awesomesaucesaywhat [OP] 1 points 7y ago
I'm pretty sure kids count as a job and a workout routine!

claudettemonet 1 points 7y ago
Lol
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