Certainly true.- I got bullied for braces and glasses.

The stupid part of it all is my teachers wear glasses themselves, and I apparently was too slow at working and needed to prove i couldnt see.

Yoo, when they compare their eye sight....-

I don't even bother taking my glasses off for someone to show how many fingers I have and do some stupid ass "hypnosis".

Optometrists never miss ya with the cost tho lmao

It's always the "how many fingers am i holding" and "Your glasses look better on me than they do on you".

I was at my friends place and we went to get lunch, couldnt see anything on the board - the counter with a glass shelf infront and so on. I said I didn't want any food (politely) simply because I wasn't hungry and I also asked for help reading the menu - I was starving for the next couple hours.

lmao I can get expelled from my college for that, I'm tryna get a job soon and I don't think I will if people see that I told my teachers to fuck themselves

Idk it’s usually adults, kids are more apt to ask questions than be pissy about it.

Oh yes they are adults. Literal assholes

Totally understand not wanting to share personal life on this app - I agree with the family thing, sometimes I'm told "How blind are you? I had worse eye sight than you, can't you be more grateful?" when there are people out there who can't even see *anything* let alone my own sight being blurry and shit.

I know how personal space works, all of my family does except my dog - shes a dog for chrissakes. I try and move closer to someone in order to see what they're showing me and I feel like a dumbass for asking "can you zoom in or just pass it to me please?" and the answer I usually get is "yeah sure" (which I really appreciate) or "bruh your blind af" - if im unlucky enough, theyll ignore me. It's more my teachers than my family though, my parents and brothers know I cant see that well so they might tell me to go get glasses on or just let me look myself but they can be a bit rude and judgemental sometimes.

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I know probably make my sight sound worse than it is and i also know that there are people out there with much worse eye sight than my own, but its kinda difficult to 'be grateful' for my eye sight even though its a struggle and will obviously get worse. Besides, everyone with minor to severe vision impairment should be supported like you said.

You'll know you've found some good friends that understand you and are willing to help out, even if they might not be experiencing the same thing :)

Yeah, I tell people the same. Just because I can design name tags and shit, doesn't mean I should if I can't see that well. I enjoy it, so I'll do it anyway. I want help, I'll ask. If I don't, leave me alone.

I appreciate being helped but people need to get a fucking grip of themselves because they treat me like Im completely blind. I don't want and don't need to be bubble wrapped with rose petals, I can walk myself down stairs even though Im clumsy, and I can walk to the bathroom without someone holding my hand or shoving me in an elevator.

When people say I look better with glasses on, I generally don't know if that's a compliment or what - I don't get compliments on anything so I just don't know if people are actually serious or joking when they point something out.

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I get really paranoid about forgetting glasses / not bringing them to events / etc because people who actually know me automatically assume "she'll be fine, she can see from where she is." when I can't and I'm too quiet to say anything which results in me getting in trouble because "it's my fault" and I have a couple problems like this with a few people who obviously know I can't see.

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Today I was getting some lunch from a local restaurant and I was going take out, walked around for a bit looking at the artworks and the stores. I saw a young boy, maybe 10 years old? He's blind with sunglasses and uses a cane. - His mum and auntie were with him, helping him feel for things on his own and he managed to get around some big pots and people on his own with his mother and auntie behind him ready to help him if needed. The people outside the restaurant were cheering him on and clapping for him. I thought it was really amazing because he tried that stuff on his own and really nothing stopped him.