Watching movies and shows without audio descriptions is one for sure. But the ones that get to me are, not being able to drive, and not knowing who’s around me. For example when I walk into a room I can’t see if someone I know is in the room. I can’t walk over to say high. This has made it really hard to make friends.

posts like these are a day to day problem on this sub.

Not being able to read because a school district decided I shouldn't. Honestly, the big problems we face daily are discrimination. We need more changes in attitudes than anything else right now. Technology is not the answer to everything.

People not having a clue about blindness is a day-to-day problem. Honestly, if people were half as concerned about actual equality as they are about whether or not I can safely put my own goddamned pants on, I'd have fewer headaches. I am capable of working, but not if you can't see past the cane.

Ordering food is the worst. Menus in any form are hard for me. I’m legally blind, and I’ve found some hacks, but they’re not very convenient. I use my phone to take picture and enlarge the image, however I feel as though sometimes it’s frowned upon, especially in fast food places where is looks like I’m photographing workers.
I feel as though having a menu with larger text as an option would be so incredibly helpful

Keeping my body language under control. Like others with nystagmus, I have a pronounced head-tilt that can weird people out occasionally. My eyes also dart around and I have trouble making proper eye contact because my field of vision is offset to one side. So if I’m looking straight at a camera, my head will actually be tilted to the side. Course I’m not sure how much can really be done about any of that.

Certain parts were of cooking and cleaning are also difficult, but there are ways to make it easier, either with specific equipment or trusting my other senses.

My advice is that we blind and visually impaired folks are already pretty well served when it comes to adaptive technology (a.k.a. gadgets). Unless you’re really immersed in the visually impaired community and willing to do the research to find out where there are deficits, it’s going to be hard for you to make a contribution that’s helpful and original.

Best of luck with whatever you end up deciding to do!

At the risk of sounding harsh, we have had far too many people who have meant well make absolutely ridiculous pieces of technology that many blind people really don’t even benefit from. Smart canes, anyone?
Before doing anything involving technology, I strongly, strongly encourage you to make genuine blind friends and get an in-depth understanding of how we go about our day-to-day lives. There is no one size fits all trick for disabled folx.
As for the problem most prevalent in my own life as a blind person, I think it would be the fact that I don’t have the luxury of spontaneity, because I don’t currently live in a big city with excellent public transportation. Paratransit is expensive and sort of disjointed at best, Uber is far too expensive for daily traveling, such as trips to and from work, and going anywhere requires some degree of planning. Honestly, I hate it.

Generally speaking, doing things that I don't do often is a problem since I have either not developed or completely forgotten the strategies required to accomplish them. In addition I have trouble navigating open spaces, finding entrances to specific buildings in a block, and shopping alone. While there are often lots of people around to help me in those situations I don't think this is independence.