If you have outside space, gardening is a good one. I'm legally blind, and have enjoyed that hobby without needing too much vision.

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Your local library has a ton of free audiobooks that you can access through your phone. Tactile puzzles are fun, such as Rubik's Cubes (you can modify a regular one by adding 3D stickers or gluing stuff to the sides). Crochet and knitting (crochet is a lot easier). Sculpture. Chain mail, jewelry making, and other wire art (I like to make people and animals out of wire). Learn how to play an instrument or a new language or how to read braille. You can also play a tabletop roleplaying game such as Dungeons and Dragons (many people host games virtually). Having a pet is good too. You can foster one if you aren't sure you can provide for one long term. Lots of other posts asking similar questions so check the feed for more ideas.

I also have worsening intermittent vision loss and a combination of audiobooks, Netflix, and crochet kept me sane. I recently got a Rubik's Cube and am having a lot of fun with it.

Cycling.

You need a tandem and someone to steer, brake and navigate at the front.

Buy an inexpensive music keyboard and learn to play piano by ear.

I actually do good at basketball despite being legally blind. lol. (practicing shots on my own...) And I remember playing outside in pitch black before, but could tell by how the net sounded and how the ball bounced if I made the shots then.

For arts and crafts, could you do knitting and crocheting? Some people use a magnifier that straps to their head or is on a stand for sewing.

Yknow I've been considering making large print cross stitch patterns for people! And braille ones. The pattern would be on cardstock or something, with raised gridlines and then the symbol for each color inside could be represented by A-Z, 1-9. If I needed room for more colors I could do AA, BB, CC, ETC.

Then the actual stitching could be done on whatever size fabric the individual felt they could do.

The market for these may not be very large. But its something I've considered.

All right, let’s start with your art or craft things. As far as those, you can still do those while your vision is bad. I am almost completely blind and I beat all the time. I’ve never done leatherworking before, so I can’t tell you much about that one. But I have a blind friend who does that too. Embroidery is pretty simple, as far as all the arts and crafts you described. It would just be a lot of using your hands to fill around. Maybe mark different bags with different fabrics with different labels? That are tactile. As far as video games, there are plenty of accessible audio games for computers and multiple devices. And they’re all really fun. I’d recommend going to the website audio games.com to find a good list of them. Audiobooks are a great way to read novels. If your vision is bad enough, you might be able to qualify for the national library service or book share.

knitting and crochet, I do those things all by touch only.

I run an online community of Blind and Low Vision Tabletop Roleplaying Gamers.

The main game played is Dungeons & Dragons, but there are plenty of others.

Anyone is welcome to join our Discord if you want to get involved.

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