My late friend was extremely vision impaired and pretty rough looking. He also spent a large part of his life either on crutches or in a wheelchair.

Let me tell you more. He had an incredible sense of humor, and told jokes to anybody that would listen. He had beautiful women around him all the time from high school right up until he passed. Really beautiful. He never had even a so-so looking gal. How did he do it? He was at peace with his situation, and had more confidence than anybody I knew. He was also a great listener.

Don't sweat it fam. You will find somebody. Be yourself. Be confident. Be honest and listen when others talk. You will find that special person, or they will find you. Maybe not today, or next month. Maybe not even this year, but it will happen. Be patient and be yourself.

I know this thing sounds like some story, but it's not. RIP Rick. Getting old sucks.

A lot of people date intercommunity to avoid this problem. But the trick is to find people without this prejudice which is sometime harder to find but they are out there.

I'm not ok with that because its not an issue. Blindness isn't a problem for me so why should it be a problem for the people I meet? I don't bring it up every 5 seconds and I joke about it quite often. As well as doing stuff.... Living life as one normally would.
People say this a lot, but its true. Its all about confidence. Confidence in yourself. If you aren't, that'll show. Yeah the dating world is hard but its hard for everybody blind or not. I don't see it as being any harder for me than anyone else, hell in fact sometimes the blindness can make certain things a bit easier. 😈
For example, someone helping you out with crossing the street and such, conversation started. Use that to your advantage.

Well, I’ve already found a significant other, so, no? We’ve been together 14 years and are getting married in a month. He’s sighted, and I’ve been mostly blind my whole life.

I think, if you’re specifically looking for dates, like dating websites and things, it can be tricky, because some people, not knowing anything about sight loss, find it off putting and aren’t willing to give you a chance. What worked for me is not specifically hunting for a date. I met my fiancé playing D&D, where we discovered we had a lot in common and liked to hang out together. We were friends first, and started with a common interest. He got to know me as a whole person right off, not from a profile or bio. My low vision was a part of me, but not a big deal because we were already doing something fun together.

I mean, people find relationships through dating sites all the time so it’s certainly doable, but it’s like reading a bunch of résumés and deciding who to interview. You discard plenty of résumés for small things because you have to sort through the people somehow, where if you’d interviewed that candidate, you might’ve found someone worth hiring. Ugh, this metaphor might’ve gotten away from me…

Also worth noting, plenty of sighted people have trouble dating and are convinced they’ll never find love for a variety of reasons. So I think it’s also true that finding a person just isn’t so easy, no matter who you are.

As others here have said, I think a lot of this is perspective. There are lonely, bitter blind people and blind people in loving healthy relationships. The same can be said for sighted people.

If you approach a problem with defeat, you’ve already solved it.

As a blind women, I dated much more than my sighted friends in college. Be open and friendly! Be easily approachable, act like your more than a disability cause you are. Be around people or try online dating just put yourself out there! And be kind

The best approach I've found so far is to find a best friend you wanna fuck. Chances are they like you too, and honestly spending time with your best friend is, well, the best.

If that's the case, then I wouldn't have found my boyfriend, who've been with for going on 8 years now and living together for thoughs same 8 years.

Yes he happens to be blind also, with some other conditions.

That's is the information that OP was likely looking for.

Thank you for clarifying.

I went blind in 2014 but didn't let the sudden vision loss stop me from dating. I decided to be fully up front about it on my various dating profiles and haven't had much of an issue finding people to date. Confidence, personability, letting blindness exist but not hiding behind it or making it a barrier, and just being kind will make you the most attractive. It will be dependent on your locale, and I happen to be in the SF Bay Area in a bubble of inclusivity. I'm also ethically non-monogamous, met my wife on OkCupid, and she and I use various apps and sites for dating separately.

This comes up a lot when dating topics appear, but I wrote a $1 that I tend to send to people before we first go out on a date just to get all the normal questions out of the way. As with anything, you'll go through peaks and lulls of attention and connection, and you'll only get out of it what you put into it.

If you are passive, you decrease your potential for actually making a match. If you are active, write good messages and bios, have good places ready that you are comfortable taking a date to, you'll be much more prepared and primed to make more matches. I always feel that disclosing our blindness helps weed out the folks who would find that to be a problem, and that ultimately saves us time and effort.

People actually don’t seem put off by my cane. A lot of cool people are cool about it, so I date those people. :)