Definitely seconding getting her signed up with the National Talking Book Library in your state! you can get her signed up at any library and the librarians will help her get set up.

If she likes movies, most movie theaters have audio description for films, just ask when you buy your ticket for the audio description headset and if it's not working you can usually get a refund on your ticket after the show. There's also lots of described shows and movies on tv services like Netflix or you can get just the audio of tons of shows off Audiovault.

If she's up for learning how to use a white cane she can still go for walks and socialize by herself.

There's tons of accessible crafts out there too like crochet and knitting and tactile drawing or beadwork. She can garden too if she likes being more outdoors. Really it just depends on what kind of stuff she's into.

Has she ever done any knitting or crochet?

If so it is easy to transition to doing so without seeing. If not then learning is interesting

I like origami, very easy to get into and I use a combo of my vision and feel...I also remember learning how to make baskets from an older blind woman :-)

You can drive in the USA with one eye. There’s a Facebook page called Lost Eye. Those people all have one eye and drive. My cousin’s husband drives with one eye.

She can do anything (except car driving if you are in usa). My older brother is completely blind in his left eye too and is perfectly capable to do all he wants. Here in Mexico he can drive too. About your mother, the only thing she should take care of is not to do activities that put her remaining healthy eye at risk. Things like knitting, reading, watching a lot of TV or excessive cell phone use are not recommended.

Music! I play piano. Or writing!

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Does she like to read? I do a lot of reading and listerning to music.

Why can’t She do hobbies she use to like? If she gets rides to places why can’t she do what she did. A lot of it is just adjusting and adapting.

A lot of stuff I do I get rides. I like volunteering and advocating. I just got someone to drive me to be on someone’s podcast last week.

I do a lot at church or go to the pier and go for a walk at the beach and bring my speakers and do some evangelism by playing music. Give back a little to God.

Does she like baking and cooking?

A hobby I use to do and it got expensive was go out to eat food. Was a foody for a while and trying new things going to a lot of places and coffee shops.

I love to learn and research and read a lot of nonfiction. Can she learn the computer and look stuff up on the internet or somehow read technical websites or otherwise.

I go on social media and I find political buddies and people who like to talk about faith and such. But social media is also fun.


What about technical stuff like audio editing and such?

What about walking around the city and exploring it?