I'm 31 and low vision.
In Australia vision goes
6/6 Perfect
6/12 Reduced (last you can drive on)
6/18 Low
6/60 Legally blind.

I've been fighting Uveitis for 7 years, left eye has been fighting it the whole time, right eye only got it in 2016.

This time last year my vision was 6/19 in right. 6/21 in left, due to a extremely bad year with vision health problems it's now 6/30 in right eye and 6/48 in left.

Basically my central vision is fucked, but side vision is still cooperating.

I had to leave my librarian job of 12 years, and stop playing roller derby.

I decided to stop feeling sorry for myself, and got help from Association for the Blind in my city. My hospital records/eye dr reports made me medically entitled to a lot of things. I was feeling really guilty because I'm not completely blind, but then met lots of other people there in same situation and learnt that being blind doesn't mean you have no vision at all, in a lot of cases.

Due to parents used to me having eye disease and "always been fine" they are being so unsupportive and weird about me now using help.

I have a video camera magnifier, and started using a guide cane.

My sister is fine with it and supportive, but I'm so sick of my Dad saying things like "Do you really need to look at that so close to your face? "No that place is for blind people, what if people think you're completely blind." and not letting me use a cane around them.

I have to wear sunglasses all the time because eyes can't handle light anymore, and Dad is always saying "Do you really need to be wearing those?"

My Dad was drunk and said something really offensive, I told him to stop smirking and he said "Oh so you can see now can you?"

Anyone been through situations like this too with family and any advice on dealing?

I'm having 2 surgeries next week in my left eye and am wondering if gonna have to ask my doctor to point out to parents that I'm not just faking it for attention or something.

I also don't know if parents reaction is from guilt, because I also have epilepsy, and when I told parents in 2011 that I think something is wrong with my eyes, my Dad told me I just stare at computers too much, and my Mum said "Does there always have to be something wrong with you?" and so I ignored vision rapidly changing until both my retinas detached.