Ugh so many.

- We don't know how to wipe our own asses because we can't see the paper

- We're also Hard of Hearing/Cognitively impaired

- We have to be talked to slowly

- Guide Dogs somehow know every location we could ever want to go. Frequent places, sure, but not everywhere.

- Blind people are bad caretakers and/or parents

- Blind people can't have sex

- Blind people can't dress themselves or have a sense of fashion

- Blindness is contagious

- Blind people need a sighted person to push, pull, yank, or otherwise shove us since we always need help

- Blind people cannot use the internet

- Blind people are all totally blind or not very blind, with no middle.

- Total blindness is just seeing black

- Blind people cannot work

- Blind people are all just lazy freeloaders

- Blind people can't cook

- Blind people cannot keep a neat house

- Blind people only have blind hobbies

... I'm sure I have a billion more, but it's around 2 AM and I'm sleepy. These are just in the order they came to me, not any other method to the madness.

That we don’t look blind. I’m far too fashionable and I even wear lipstick! I’m not supposed to do that. I’m blind!

I'm not blind but have quite a few VI friends. The one I notice is that people seem to assume blind means you see absolutely nothing. And that if someone still has some sight that they're just faking it for benefits/welfare or something. In fact the range of visual impairments is vast and complex, and for some people it can change from one day to the next or from one environment to another.

Only a small percentage of us are completely blind, same with being deaf.

I'm not blind, but have worked with blind folks for a while. This likely isn't the biggest misconception, but I had this weird anxiety about offending someone by using visual language, like "See you later" or "Nice to see you," or referring to visually specific activities, like "seeing a movie" or "watching TV."

Turns out everyone I worked with is entirely at home with that phrasing, and it is a non-issue to use it. So the common understanding of language is more similar than a sighted person might think.

Also, it might be interesting to some that this is borne out by neuroscience -- blind people's brains represent linguistic relationships similarly to sighted people, even in the absence of visual experience: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24960530

That we hear better

i feel dirty just for typing this myth out.

there are two kinds of blind people.
1) people who are 100% blind.
2) people who are faking it.

That we cant use phones/computers.

Blind people will magically know that someone is there, but at the same time, they can’t hear you.

Blind people are psychics. Because they can’t see, they’re somehow given a “second sight.”

They can only work in massage and making cane furniture.

Blind people are an inspiration. Also, god will heal them.

Very common one is how many fingers im i holding up why just why? You do that to people who you suspect just had a concussion because if so they would probably have blurry vision not someone who has permenanent blurry vision or blind

God, where do I start? There're so many.

1. Blind people couldn't care less about visual things like color, symmetry, and design.
2. Blind people are pure cinnamon rolls who aren't racist, sexist, or any kind of -ist.
3. Blind people aren't sexual creatures.
4. There are no pervy/creepy blind guys because see thing 3 above.
5. Blind people should be spoken to like children because, well, since we can't see, we must be stupid.

I could go on for days, but I'll spare you a lifetime's worth of answering the same questions over and over again.

Oh, and I'm glad you asked rather than assumed.