I have retinitis pigmentosa. Hit legally blind in my thirties. I knit, crochet, still play a few games.

Oh, you are going to start to run into narcissist when you are using your cane and public and can still obviously see. Just do the best you can to turn their own stupidity back upon themselves.

Hiya, I'm only blind in one eye but the other dunno if it would be legally blind or not yet, I don't know. I have Stargardt, so I know that at some point, I will be if not already. Kinda being hard on me cause I am Deaf currently and rely on lip reading. I honestly could use some friends that understand some aspect of what I'm going through.

HI there,
I'm 32 and have been blind since birth. legally blind up until my 30s, now 33 from ROP, then glaucoma, and then cataract in my left eye, had my right eye removed in 2010 from glaucoma since that eye had a partially detached retina and could no longer sense light out of that eye.

I'm mainly a guide dog user, working my second guide from Southeastern Guide DOgs.
I'm a otaku (anime fan), furry and play around with some writing. Also into SyFy

Oh yeah i'm also a big reader of audiobooks, mainly mysteries, with some travel books on the side.

for my furry reading I like slice of life settings, action and adventure, and some others .

Despite going legally blind, I still stick to Magic the Gathering and PC gaming. Granted with magnifiers both digital or analog when ( frequently ) necessary. Even got into another game recently out of Covid cabin fever that requires a bit of eye sight to be effective with. ( Warhammer 40k. I'm a nerd, have you noticed yet? )

35 and got diagnosed retinal cone atrophy back in 2017. Vision had been getting slowly worse, so wasn't surprised. Lack of ability to drive a car is only thing really burning my mood most days.

Most of my blind rehab training was through the VA, but most things known are universal and shared between VA and civilian O&M, etc. I agree with the other person's comment. Expect to get hate every so often because you have some sight left and they are adamently stupid in thinking blind means totally blind, not that it means a range of vision issues.

You'd fit really well with me and my gf. She's a maths geek. Im a poet, philosopher and inventor. I'm 030, she's 20. She's completely blind. Im near total. And deaf and with other complications. I'd love a online friend and if my gf wanted she could introduce herself too. She is a bit shy. Lol.

I love books. Mostly educational books. Star wars comic books, and I do enjoy books that make me think.

Where are you from? What are your hobbies?

I have too many hobbies to even list lol.

Hi Emilie, by the way, I like your name better than mine. OK so, hm, I’m mid-30s, legally blind — again (specialist with specialist lenses over contacts had my vision up above it for about six months, but here I am again), and I’ve known it for a while, about four years so isn’t a huge shock at this point.

I’m learning Braille because I miss reading. My near vision is actually better than my distance vision but still can’t read regular print; I can read some large print, depending on contrast and size and lighting. Books on tape are good but not the same, I used to read an entire novel in a day or two — I figure if I work at it long enough, maybe I’ll figure out Braille. I’m taking a course in it through Hadley, which is free.

Mostly, right now, I explore and hike with my guide dog. I do some leather working and woodworking and right now am trying to get about 30 years of rust off an old dishwasher so I can apply a gloss epoxy and shock everyone with a dishwasher (installed in my home in 1966... before I was in my home, lol) that looks new ... it actually is running again, so there’s that. It’s a weird thing; I never thought anything like that sounded even remotely interesting until I began losing my vision. I don’t know, maybe they aren’t related but who knows!

Hi there, I am 45 and went totally blind five years ago. I have had to learn how to adapt to a world without sight. It was a rough road, but I am still here and I find things to enjoy every day! I love podcasts. Anything that is science fiction, comedy, drama, and has a good story. I am just starting to learn braille. I try to play video games, but I’m not very successful. I’m still learning how to maneuver around in some games.
I am also finishing up an associates degree in psychology.
Hope that you and everybody is well☺️

Hi there Emily, I'm a totally blind guy aged 29, if you write me in private messages we can talk about my experiences growing up blind, and what my hobbies are now.