I(41) have cogenital nystagmus and just started carrying a cane. It's not for me. It's for them. There's no outward indication that I am legally blind.
Than again... The world is full or asshats. He sounds like hemight be one.

My SO is legally blind. Can see her phone and not the ground. Really discouraging when people accuse her of taking it. She avoids using her cane for this reason, though I don't recommend it.
I'd politely tell them to fuck off. It's what I do when someone thinks I'm taking my disability.

Honestly, I stop correcting them because they're not listening to me and they clearly don't care (about me or my disability). Nothing I say will change their behavior.

You know what will? Public shaming. I get my supportive friends to absolutely dog pile on the person who is accusing me of "faking" or not being "proper blind," etc. I let my friends loose, and they let the person have it. They're not gonna listen to me, but if enough people show their support for me and their disapproval of that behavior, the person will at least shut up.

We can't always change minds. But you deserve respect, and that person shouldn't pester you about your blindness.

Unfortunately some people hear the word blind and they assume you cannot see anything at all. So when you tell them you are blind and you can see something it does not compute with them. You need to educate them that their are people that are totally blind and can’t see anything at all. Then there are people that are blind that have some usable vision. Don’t stop using your cane because what other people may say to you. Using a Kane protects you from injury and possible confrontations. For example, if you’re walking down the street without your cane and you bump into someone because you did not see them they might hit you back not realizing your blind. Also, so you’re trying to cross the street and you get hit by a car. You may not have any recourse because you were not using your cane.

You can try to have a serious heart to heart with them and explain that it's hurting your feelings. And that it's basically ignoring your disability, and others in the same boat.

And if they persist, then I would just avoid them if possible. If not possible then I'd make uncomfortable jabs back at them. Take something they are proud of and belittle it. But that's really not a good route to take.

For my mom, who pushed me constantly to drive, I took away her glasses and told her to drive home like that. She could barely see in front of her and got scared and refused, but that made her realize how I'd been feeling.

Even if you don't need it, could you have an ID cane or another low vision aid visible when you're speaking to them?

Usually people don’t do this I am totally blind and don’t look. Normal I do things normally not normal gestures and facial features etc..... I sometimes get shock online because I don’t put it out there right away. But when I do some people ask questions and some are kind of shocked oh you are? Okay..... if it’s not negative and doesn’t efect anything I wouldn’t let it bother you if it is necessary to get it done then believing you may be helpful. Sometimes it’s nice for people to forget I am blind. Because I don’t act it.

Well i have macular degeneration and my parents still think i have a chance to drive a car if i put glasses on. And they know about what disease i have

It's hard for people to understand what losing part of you vision actually means , they just say "you need glasses" even tho glasses do nothing about my huge blind spot

I'd be very confused/a bit concerned about them because I'm totally blind.

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Maybe it's just the fact I'm getting older (39 now), or that I lived in a Buddhist country for over 8 years, or who knows...

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I've become pretty good at simply ignoring the negative in life, and only concentrating on the positive. For example, I basically never get angry anymore, as throughout my life I can't really think of a single time where getting angry benefited the situation. Not once.

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When it comes to things like this, I just ignore it. If it gets to me, I just concentrate on someone who I love, and who I know loves me, and begin remember some good time we had, or sometime when we were laughing about something, or whatever other happy memory. If someone else is content being an ignorant moron in this life, then that's kind of on them, and nothing I can do about it. All I can't change them, but I can change how I react to them.

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