I am happy to see that somebody is sharing their opinion on the matter and doing what they think will make things better, however I simply do not agree with the argument being made here. Yes, blindness is a thing, but we as blind people must also except that eyesight is a huge part of the human experience. Commentary and language that utilize vision either literally or as a metaphor is going to reflect just how big eyesight is for human experience. If a blind person runs into you, there really isn’t any reason one couldn’t say watch where you’re going, as it is a blind person‘s responsibility to navigate the world as best they can. Just as if the sighted person ran in to another sided person and used the term open your eyes or watch where you’re going, the sentiment remains the same and is not offensive. It is much the same way you can talk to your friend in a wheelchair and ask them to go on a walk with you without it being offensive.

I totally disagree with this article. I think the author is being over sensitive. I take no offense to people using these common phrases and I use them myself (I'm legally blind).

I try to avoid excessive negativity, but frankly, this is a bad post. You've given your take, and I think it's valid to be upset by certain language that sighted people use, but you gave some pretty poor examples and didn't explore any alternative viewpoints or develop your own further than "this is bad and we should stop". Unfortunately, Humans are a visual species. It makes sense, given just how much bandwidth you can pack into the visual stimulus. One of my favorite examples of this is how we use computers compared to sighted people. Visual users can scan an entire monitor holistically. This means they can write up a document, check for grammatical errors, page count, gloss over task panes, and find the print button to finish their work all at the same time. Meanwhile, we've basically got a pinhole into the interface that lets us see one element at a time, and at a slower rate to boot.

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I agree with the other commenters here. Using visual language is not that big of a problem unless it's being used with malicious intent. An "I'm blind" from my partner will get a lighthearted cuffing from me, but if someone tells me to open my eyes, I'm liable to punch them. Context matters a lot more than the words alone. I agree, we've gotten a pretty raw deal so far, but like others have said, we have bigger fish to fry.

These sayings don’t bother me at all.