literally i have a german shepherd and i was walking her on a trail wearing sunglasses and i heard a woman tell her child, "that dog helps guide her because she can't see." LIKE LITERALLY JUST SUNGLASSES AND A GERMAN SHEPHERD I---
Wow. I don't even know how to react to that. Laughter? Cringing? Appreciation that she explained about blind people and guide dogs, even though you aren't blind...
@@genevievehenderson9045 GSD's are too smart to be guide dogs I think. Their one downfall. Way more interested in the world and other people and dogs than their owner. Or is that just mine 😂.
@@AmyAndThePup Glad the kid had an appreciation and positive attitude toward blindness at least. Hopefully a good education opportunity if the parent is informed. 🥰
Fun fact: Sighted people actually *can,* at least theoretically, see the "nothing" that fully-blind people see. When someone closes their eyes, the visual center of their brain shuts down (presumably to conserve energy when it's not being used), thus that person will see "nothing" just like a fully-blind person. But, they can never *remember* what that looks like. You see, you have to pay attention to something to remember it, and the moment you start paying attention to your vision, the simple fact that you *are* paying attention causes your visual center to reactivate, making you see blackness rather than "nothing".
@@rubytook8067 Just a word on terminology, the stuff you see with your eyes closed are called "phosphenes", not floaters. Floaters are tiny pieces of blood vessel that supplied your eye with blood during its development, but then died and broke off once you were born and remain floating (hence the name) in your eye for the rest of your life, so it's not possible to see them in the dark. Phosphenes, on the other hand, aren't "real"; they're caused by retinal cells firing when there is no light, so you can *only* see them in the dark. But, whatever they're called, you can only see them when you're paying attention to them. If not, you see nothing at all... but can't ever remember what that's like.
Another interesting fact is there are some people who are brain blind, also called Cortical Blindness, but actually have working eyes that can see! I believe, if I remember correctly, that researches did some tests and found that their eyes can still see objects and motion. There are multiple visual pathways in the brain, so the information can still be picked up if that part of the brain isn't damaged. However, the person was unaware of what they were seeing. It's pretty crazy how the mind works, and your comment just reminded me of when I learned about this.
@@jennaye8142 yeah iirc some researchers asked this person with cortical blindness to walk through a well-lit hall full of obstacles, and the person avoided all of them but when asked if he could see them he said no
i agree, i live in the uk with a good education system yet blindness has NEVER been brought up in school. everything i have learnt about blindness has been online through youtubers
How I think of the whole no vision in one eye thing is when you leave one eye open and squeeze the other shut,You don’t see the inside of your eye lid, you just see though one eye.
Its a good way for sighted people to try to understand but as somone with vision in one eye and a sighted boyfriend I know its not the same. Like, I didnt know sighted people have like blurred peripheral, I don't my vision in my one eye is fully clear. Also because I have one eye I have like no depth perception.
My grandma was born blind. She is now 80. I’ve grown up learning how to walk with her, how to interact with her, how to be her eyes at a store etc. I love watching your videos because i get more of an insight for her. Thank you for what you do for the blind community.
What videos would you like to see from me in the future? :) If you like learning about blindness and want to know more about my shaking eyes, watch this: th-cam.com/video/oBB8nIz9FW0/w-d-xo.html
Maybe we could collab I am a really small channel but I am also disabled I have SJIA(Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) and AMPS(amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome) and a couple other things but I would love to be able to talk with you about disability ❤
Can't wait to see the process of getting your new guide dog! I went to a restaurant in Amsterdam that was a "blind experience". The restaurant was called CTaste. The restaurant is completely pitch dark and most of the staff is blind. My friend and I got chocolate fondue to eat in the dark and it was a fun and unique experience. Servers guided us to our seats and would also guide us to the restroom if needed. I would love to hear your thought on these types of experiences.
Molly!! I got my guide dog yesterday and I’m in formal training with him now! This is my first dog but we are embarking on our training and getting to know our dogs around the same time.
Oh how exciting! Getting a guide dog is a dream of mine. I’m beginning my o&m training soon, so hopefully my dream becomes reality in the future. I wish you and your doggo lots of freedom, good memories, and fun adventures!!❤️
Ooh, so happy for you! What breed is your dog? How do you like having a dog by your side so far? (I know it's only been a day or so.) Super exciting the first time you put a dog in harness. I got my first dog in 2003. He turned in circles when I put the harness on, he was so ready to work. :)
Not video related but I just learnt the other day the amazing story of two guide dogs who led their owners out from the 78th and 71st floor of tower one on 9/11 their names were Salty and Roselle, just demonstrates how incredible these animals are x
I'm legally blind (20/200) and have a master's degree and have always been employed since graduating grad school. It is possible. I feel like many blind people are often told they can't do things when they CAN. Education needs to be done on both ends (blind and non blind).
@@RandomActsOfBlindness so happy for you! We are capable of SOOOOO much! I always said that I'm not going to be a pilot or a neurosurgeon but I can do most things sighted people can when given the appropriate accomodations!
@@AmyAndThePup yes I think many countries have that including the one I live in .. I don’t see any accessibility facilities around so I always wonder how people manage
Hi Molly, I just wanted to say thank you! A few months ago I started my dream job as an apprentice Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, and your videos taught me so much and helped to keep me motivated over the years it took to get where I wanted to be! I've learned a ton from you and love watching all your content, and I believe that what I hope what I've learned will make me a better Instructor to my future clients. Thank you again!
The next time someone asks me how blind I am, my answer will be that I’m too blind to drive. Also I love it when you said we’re usually organized. That’s the case for me when I’m living with other people, but when I’m alone, I would be as unorganized as I want. At least I know where everything is in the chaos, and no one will move anything. I can be unorganized in peace
Yes!!! Except my boyfriend and I are both disorganized in peace... lol! It's organized clutter. I wish it weren't so, but it always ends up that way. :O
Thank you for continuing to educate the masses! Over the years you’ve made me understand a lot more and in turn, it has helped me teach the next generation of children (I teach 7 year olds).
Maybe you can sort of get what it is like when you don't see black but just it not being there by closing one eye. You have to close one eye and then trying to see with the closed eye. Because your other eye is open, your brain will just ignore whatever your closed eye would be able to see if both eyes would are closed. You don't see black with your closed eye. You just don't see anything at all with it. That's what I imagine it kind of resembles
I have to say thank you for your sighted guide video. As someone who’s eyes don’t adjust well to changes in light; for example, going from a bright sunny parking lot to inside a dark restaurant, I realized that asking my family to offer an elbow (not a hand) was so much more stable and made it easier to maneuver. I can now.just slip behind them and mirror their footsteps to avoid obstacles while still not losing track of where the group is being seated.
I am not blind but I have photophobia and it's horrible. I keep my house as dark as possible, there are lightbulbs I can't use because they literally make me sick. Sunglasses are sometimes also not dark enough when I am outside, and in Florida, that can get rough!!! But at night my vision is incredible (unless driving of course cause of the LED car lights) I can see every different shadow in the darkness.
I wonder if you could get a prescription for really dark sunglasses? I know they make them, I just don't know who makes them, or what the process is like. Maybe talk to an ophalmologist. It sounds fascinating when you say you can see so well in the dark. That is super cool, though I'm sorry certain light types make you sick or cause pain. :(
I greatly admire that you always highlight that this is your experience. You're so through and compassionate and informative and fun even whilst educating people. I love your content so much! Thank you!
I don't work--it's complicated--but I know blind people who work! Granted, it's not many; I think that 70-80% unemployment rate in the U.S. is accurate, and closer to 80%, and it's for a whole slew of reasons.
@@ziggysixx7601 yes. But out of 20 blind people I am probably 5th best off. It’s not a sad story but my abilities are used against me. My blindness effects others much more than myself because It makes them feel vulnerable so if they can’t put me in a box then I am rejected. I am rarely allowed to speak from my own perspective without being attacked.
That discrimination issue is so real. I was let go from a corporate job because I didn't get enough of my vision back after suffering an infection as well as getting a cornea transplant. Smh.
@@harveyabel1354 I tried looking into it but hiring a lawyer isn't an option since I don't have a job now haha and all the info online was so overwhelming I just gave up =/ But yeah, just like Molly said they pretty straight up said it was because of my vision. I even have it in an email and it was less than a year ago. Smh.
@@nicole.flamel You wouldn't need a lawyer, as far as I know. I guess complaint would have been a better word, I filed one and got a judgement for my favor. Should be a Human Rights organization in your state/province.
Yikes. I need to let that one settle a while. Profound for me, since family thinks I should have bangs to call less attention to my blindness. Same with sunglasses; they've been brought up a few times. Loving my eyes ... Thank you for saying that.
As for "seeing black", this actually is how a lot of totally blind people who formerly had sight experience it. Your boyfriend's retina detached as a baby, so he won't remember being able to see in that eye. Of course, the 'black' is not real, and they see nothing that's real, but they usually experience it as something and this is often total darkness because they have no receptivity to light. With others it's something else, or changing colours (Damon Rose has written about experiencing this) or fuzz.
You know, that's kind of funny, because I'm totally blind, but I don't see black. Whenever I try to explain what I see, people assume I see black, but I don't, I see nothing.
@@pineapplekelsey5951 Well, no, I've diagnosed when I was 9 months. Unfortunately, I don't remember the world, because the first memory I have from my life is from when I was 3 years old. I guess I could see for 8 months before I went blind.
You are correct! For me who is also blind I see random dots and moving colors (tho I still have light Perception) someone else I knew said they saw nothing but a grayish void of nothingness and someone else I know he sees what looks like TV static.
I recently found out that I am going blind in one of my eyes either over years or months watching your videos are helping me so much to accept what's happening and learn how to live a normal life after I lose my sight. You have also given me hope I can still get into the fashion industry in my future. Thank you so much
I have glaucoma and have lost some of my peripheral vision. The edges of my visual field didn't turn black, they just disappeared. That's how a lot of people go undiagnosed for a long time. Most don't have symptoms, and you don't notice that you're missing things until they test you and find blind spots.
As a fellow blind person I appreciate you giving the comparison of putting your hand behind your head and it doesn't exist. When I tell people that I can't just don't see anything they can't comprehend it. I will for sure be using that as an example.
Just to say I personally didn't find it useful. My hand being behind my back doesn't mean it's not there and I couldn't wrap my head around that. On saying that I'm not really sure there is any way to accurately get the idea across. I'm mainly saying this in case the people you want to use it with are like me.
I heard another person say "close one of your eyes, then put your hand up so that you can't see if with that eye" and for me that kind of helped me understand. Because I'm seeing with my other eye, so it's not black, the hand isn't there. But I know it's there because I'm holding it up.
Thank you for giving more examples of how it works for you! I always appreciate hearing from others so I can also try those things or be able to inform others in different ways!
So often when I comment or use chat I get the question, often in an accusatory fashion as thought I'm lying about my blindness, of how I am able to text or chat if I'm blind. It blows my mind how with the tech we have that it still confuses people lol
Yes! I get the same thing. I've gotten to where I only mention my blindness if I have a reason for asking something about the video, or I'm sharing something. I commented and got, "How do you type?" Fair enough question. But I've gotten other messages that were less than positive, accusing me of faking. Sucks. :(
@@kbaylor123 good question. I don't use voice to chat most times because of that. I use the blind adaptive tech that comes with my Samsung phone. I text by sliding my fingers over the keyboard and it reads out the letter I'm at so I'm texting much like you. I do use speech to text when I require hands free writing.
literally i love your videos, cause even though a lot of them are like you teaching us, you make it fun and interesting and not like, you're just lecturing us
I love Molly she always helps me and gives me hope. I'm not completely blind, I do wear glass but my eyes are so bad. My lens are so thick and back in February my eye doctor said I may not be able to ever drive, I've been told my sight will get worse as I get older. And all that had put me in a very depressed state for a while. But Molly helps and I love her so much ❤
I wanted to say I love you and your channel so much! And you have truly helped me be more comfortable with my vision. Fellow blind girl over here LOL you always make me laugh and put a smile on my face even on my hardest and darkest days and I will always be grateful for that :-)
I personally never mind hearing again about someone’s experience. You have taught me so much, Molly Burke, not just about blindness but about disabilities in general. Thank you for providing a format for sighted folks to expand their understanding that ALL people are valuable!
@@kbaylor123 Well, that's basically what people told me when I tried to explain to them that blind people don't see black. People think that black is the same thing as seeing nothing, but it's really not.
I volunteer at our local library once a week fur a couple hours. I had asked them about buying zoomtext fur me as my preferred screen enlarging software for computers. I warned them at the time that it isn't a cheap piece of software, so they had me use the windows magnifier fur awhile. Then some strange thing was happening wth compatibility with the software they use and the windows magnifier. They got a new IT guy and I mentioned to him about zoomtext and he tasked to someone higher up than him and got it approved! I had told them I didn't need the reader version as ut is more expensive than just the regular magnifier. That was only a couple years ago that they did that and I thank them every once and while for doing a necessary accommodation for me and I'm only three once a week as a volunteer! I'd prob been doing it for 10 years before they did something. But at least they did! I'm legally blind and like to thunk I wad born at the right time for retina surgery as a baby to fix my detached retinas!
You should do a colab with someone who was born blind and compare the differences between progressive blindness and being blind their whole life cause I bet its actually very different
OMG, I would love this! I was born blind, so it's familiar to me, but I'm not as aware of what people blinded later in life experience. I didn't know Molly was one of those people. I haven't watched all of her videos :)
I’ve been following you for awhile now and have seen other videos where you explain this but it’s always a good reminder. So no problem on you repeating them. You’re never boring
I never understood what "seeing nothing" meant until I started getting migraines. they would start as a grey splotch in my vision and then literally if I looked straight, I would see nothing in that portion, not fuzzy, not grey, not black, just nothing and it makes SO much more sense now. your explanation is really good but I defo think it's a thing you have to experience to understand really
I love your videos sooo much! Your voice is so soothing and I am sure listening to your videos has improved my English! As well as my blindness awareness 🤗 thank you so much for being you!!
My aunt is legally blind! She also has nystagmus! This video is very interesting! I love how you explained the hand behind your head, and how it’s just nothing!
I’m kind of proud to say I knew the answers to all these questions! Obviously all learned from this channel. I would never want to speak on behalf of a community I’m not in. However I’m glad if these questions come up due to others not knowing I can provide some general answers and direct them to your channel if they want to know more more about the blind community!
Molly, thank you so much for covering body image in the blind community! My thesis for my master's degree in art therapy was about using art to improve my body image as a woman with a disability. One of the points I made was that growing up, I NEVER saw bodies that looked like mine being presented as beautiful. It really messed up my body image. I'm an adult and still dealing with the psychological effects of seeing myself as "different" or "ugly" as a child and teen.
I have a blind friend who I often forget is blind until we are looking at something small (like dice, a photo on a phone, etc) and she needs help with that. She worked up until a few years ago her vision deteriorated to the point where she couldn’t keep up with work and went on permanent disability. She was happy with that because she really wanted to retire. But there was definitely discrimination and an effort by management to replace her with someone new who could work faster.
I had a blind friend in 4th grade. I asked him what he saw. Nothing was his answer. Because I was in 4th grade I insisted he HAD to see something. Now I know he was right and I was being a pain in the butt. He forgave me as I truly didn't get it and wanted to understand his normal.
I am legally blind, try to stay as organized as I can, but I don’t think I ever want to live alone. My roommate has ADHD though, so she has stuff just everywhere. Drives me up the wall sometimes lol. I don’t know how she lives. But she’s also my best friend, so we deal.
Sweet! Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness for others who may view your ... uh, page? channel? I've never used Instagram, so I don't know. I wish more people did this! Labeling graphics, etc, on web pages.
@@AmyAndThePup I haven't figured out how to do it on my website yet. But if you're interested, my Instagram is @americanbakeringermany. I also always have subtitles on my TH-cam channel. It's always been important to me.
I love your videos, Molly, as you have inspired me to become a better person and have more confidence daily. Also, my grandparents are blind so that they have to wear glasses all the time, my dad is partially blind as he wears glasses when he is watching tv and driving.
Hi! Visually impaired person here, I've got photophobia and nystagmus too! Honestly my biggest problems don't come with the conditions themselves but with how people treat you differently. I get harrased on a daily basis for just wearing a cap to keep light a little more bearable. I can't imagine how bad it would be if I wore sunglasses often too. People often make up horrible rumors and assume thing rather than just asking me about why I'm a certain way. For example, I recently learned that a lot of people think I abuse drugs becuase my eyes move around a lot form my nystagmus and I don't like light I guess? I don't fully understand what's so interesting about these rumours that keeps them talking about me but the unfounded things people say about have made me a lot more skeptical of rumours about other people. Brilliant how the "best" thing about being disabled is that it makes you more empathic. Wish other people would return the favour
i loved how you described seeing nothing vs seeing black! my grandma only has one eye & this gives me a lot more perspective on how the world works for her
Hey Molly. Love you and your videos. You’re a real inspiration. Quick correction though… I’m one of those unfortunate people who is not legally blind but can’t drive either. It’s a stupid middle ground but I’m grateful for the sight I have. I’m also rocking the dancing eyes Nystagmus.
The best way I’ve heard someone explain what it’s like to have zero vision is to have them try to ‘see’ out of the side of their arm. You can’t. That’s what It feels like to not have any vision (or to have no eye etc). Super interesting when put into that perspective!
My niece, Megan G, went to school with you. She suggested I take a look at this video. I'm glad I did -- I learned a lot. I'm going to check out your other videos now.
I have been following your channel for some time Molly, so I did know a few of these things but not all of them. Thanks so much for your videos. I love learning more about people.
You do an amazing job spreading information, but I do need to correct you on the idea of blind people that only see black. I am indeed a blind man who only sees black. You are very clear in saying that these are your answers and that they don’t necessarily reflect on other blind peoples answers, so I appreciate that!
I feel like as a sighted person I understand the absence of sight by saying if I close my eyes and focus them I can see black but if I unfocus them and not pay attention I can just see nothing
The fact that someone who is trying to hire you, think that they can just discriminate against you to your face, that baffles me. Like a disabled person can’t do anything about being disabled, therefore you discriminate against them at work, won’t help. It will only make it worse
It's interesting about smelling in dreams because I usually don't, but I woke up from a dream today in which I was really strongly smelling strawberries! Probably because we just got the first strawberry out of the garden and I didn't get to eat it because I gave it to my boyfriend
I would really love for Molly to watch movies with blind characters in them and then review the movie. Especially since so many blind characters aren't played by blind actors. Like Blind Date
I once partially saw “nothing” and experienced partial blindness (but I still have no idea, medically, why it happened). For some reason, my left eye had a very large blank spot and I had to use my peripheral vision in my left eye in order to see anything from it. It lasted about 30 minutes (I was at work, and was honestly kind of scared because I had to drive home soon). The best way I can describe it: if you tear out a hole in the middle of a physical picture, there’s just nothing there. It’s not any specific color, but you just don’t know what’s there.
I absolutely LOVE you and found this very informative. You are incredibly objective and truly educational to those with the ability to see and those who do not. You are such a beautiful person and I will forever be inspired by your heart and kindness.
I don’t know if this is in the works with your new condo/if you’ve already made a video like this/if something is in the works: but I would be really interested in a video about how you acquaint yourself with new spaces and what it’s like navigating your home. Like what are things you need to remember? Are there little tricks you use? How do you make your house feel like a home? I know the house to home thing for me is super visual and I would be really interested in your perspective on the concept.
Thank you for talking about what its like to be blind. i like to learn and understand new things, so i dont say something stupid or offensive by accident etc
I used to get this as a kid, or people coming up behind me, covering my eyes with their hands, and asking in a stupid voice, "Do you know who this is?" People are so thoughtless. My eyes already didn't work, covering them up was not going to make that more apparent. :O Sometimes I feel frustrated when people ask things like that, even though I like educating them.
I've lost count of how many times "Sorry I'm deaf" "What?" "I'm deaf" "HUH?" drives me wild. Took me way too many years to be able to recognise this for what it is.
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literally i have a german shepherd and i was walking her on a trail wearing sunglasses and i heard a woman tell her child, "that dog helps guide her because she can't see." LIKE LITERALLY JUST SUNGLASSES AND A GERMAN SHEPHERD I---
(if it's not clear i am not blind and if i were she could not guide me for shit)
Wow. I don't even know how to react to that. Laughter? Cringing? Appreciation that she explained about blind people and guide dogs, even though you aren't blind...
@@genevievehenderson9045 GSD's are too smart to be guide dogs I think. Their one downfall. Way more interested in the world and other people and dogs than their owner. Or is that just mine 😂.
@@AmyAndThePup Glad the kid had an appreciation and positive attitude toward blindness at least. Hopefully a good education opportunity if the parent is informed. 🥰
@@kbaylor123 the parent is the one who told him that 😆
We NEED a molly and footless Jo collab😃😁❤️❤️ throwing that out into the universe! Let’s make this happen!!!🥰
Agreed!!
Yes!!! I love them both!
Omg yasss i feel like they would get along so well. That would be so fun
That’s something I would LOVE to watch!!!
Yees @footlessjo
Fun fact: Sighted people actually *can,* at least theoretically, see the "nothing" that fully-blind people see. When someone closes their eyes, the visual center of their brain shuts down (presumably to conserve energy when it's not being used), thus that person will see "nothing" just like a fully-blind person. But, they can never *remember* what that looks like. You see, you have to pay attention to something to remember it, and the moment you start paying attention to your vision, the simple fact that you *are* paying attention causes your visual center to reactivate, making you see blackness rather than "nothing".
Most curious. When I close my eyes I see "floaters", even in the dark. 🤷♀️🤔
@@rubytook8067 Just a word on terminology, the stuff you see with your eyes closed are called "phosphenes", not floaters. Floaters are tiny pieces of blood vessel that supplied your eye with blood during its development, but then died and broke off once you were born and remain floating (hence the name) in your eye for the rest of your life, so it's not possible to see them in the dark. Phosphenes, on the other hand, aren't "real"; they're caused by retinal cells firing when there is no light, so you can *only* see them in the dark.
But, whatever they're called, you can only see them when you're paying attention to them. If not, you see nothing at all... but can't ever remember what that's like.
Another interesting fact is there are some people who are brain blind, also called Cortical Blindness, but actually have working eyes that can see! I believe, if I remember correctly, that researches did some tests and found that their eyes can still see objects and motion. There are multiple visual pathways in the brain, so the information can still be picked up if that part of the brain isn't damaged. However, the person was unaware of what they were seeing. It's pretty crazy how the mind works, and your comment just reminded me of when I learned about this.
Wow! This is the kind of stuff that fascinates me, bigtime. Thank you for sharing this!
@@jennaye8142 yeah iirc some researchers asked this person with cortical blindness to walk through a well-lit hall full of obstacles, and the person avoided all of them but when asked if he could see them he said no
Honestly I learned more about blindness from Molly in the last couple years as a sub than anywhere else. Love from Cape Town♡
i agree, i live in the uk with a good education system yet blindness has NEVER been brought up in school. everything i have learnt about blindness has been online through youtubers
I did know all of these, but it’s fun to see you answer them all rapid fire. I’ve really appreciated watching you grow as an educator and speaker.
How I think of the whole no vision in one eye thing is when you leave one eye open and squeeze the other shut,You don’t see the inside of your eye lid, you just see though one eye.
You just blew my mind.
LMAO i can see my eyelid tho like it just looks like one of my eyes is closed
Its a good way for sighted people to try to understand but as somone with vision in one eye and a sighted boyfriend I know its not the same. Like, I didnt know sighted people have like blurred peripheral, I don't my vision in my one eye is fully clear. Also because I have one eye I have like no depth perception.
That was such a good comparison 🤯
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My grandma was born blind. She is now 80. I’ve grown up learning how to walk with her, how to interact with her, how to be her eyes at a store etc. I love watching your videos because i get more of an insight for her. Thank you for what you do for the blind community.
honestly, I wouldn’t trust her videos on what is good for a blind person. Trust your own instincts.
Fun fact: sighted people don’t see black when they close their eyes or are in the dark. There is a slight color, and it’s called eigengrau.
What videos would you like to see from me in the future? :)
If you like learning about blindness and want to know more about my shaking eyes, watch this: th-cam.com/video/oBB8nIz9FW0/w-d-xo.html
Maybe we could collab I am a really small channel but I am also disabled I have SJIA(Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis) and AMPS(amplified musculoskeletal pain syndrome) and a couple other things but I would love to be able to talk with you about disability ❤
I’m blind in one eye 👁. I was born disabled.
Definitely more cooking and baking and more cleaning organizing xoxo 😘
Can't wait to see the process of getting your new guide dog! I went to a restaurant in Amsterdam that was a "blind experience". The restaurant was called CTaste. The restaurant is completely pitch dark and most of the staff is blind. My friend and I got chocolate fondue to eat in the dark and it was a fun and unique experience. Servers guided us to our seats and would also guide us to the restroom if needed. I would love to hear your thought on these types of experiences.
Ways to keep long distance relationship fun !!
Molly!! I got my guide dog yesterday and I’m in formal training with him now! This is my first dog but we are embarking on our training and getting to know our dogs around the same time.
EmBARKing 😉
@@erikacroft245 omg yes I didn’t even realize
Oh how exciting! Getting a guide dog is a dream of mine. I’m beginning my o&m training soon, so hopefully my dream becomes reality in the future. I wish you and your doggo lots of freedom, good memories, and fun adventures!!❤️
Ooh, so happy for you! What breed is your dog? How do you like having a dog by your side so far? (I know it's only been a day or so.)
Super exciting the first time you put a dog in harness. I got my first dog in 2003. He turned in circles when I put the harness on, he was so ready to work. :)
So excited for you! That’s incredible!
Not video related but I just learnt the other day the amazing story of two guide dogs who led their owners out from the 78th and 71st floor of tower one on 9/11 their names were Salty and Roselle, just demonstrates how incredible these animals are x
I'm legally blind (20/200) and have a master's degree and have always been employed since graduating grad school. It is possible. I feel like many blind people are often told they can't do things when they CAN. Education needs to be done on both ends (blind and non blind).
Sadly it often the non disabled who teach us that we can't
@@ecologist_to_be that's why I said education has to be done on both ends.
I love this! I’m completely blind and working my way through medical school. I’m still not allowed to order my own drinks at restaurants though lol!
@@RandomActsOfBlindness so happy for you! We are capable of SOOOOO much! I always said that I'm not going to be a pilot or a neurosurgeon but I can do most things sighted people can when given the appropriate accomodations!
i’ve always wanted to learn more about blindness! thank you for this ☝️😩
Video idea: interview blind people from different countries with different cultures to share their experiences
That's an awesome idea. It could be very emotional, though. Some countries, maybe more than we know, have a lot of catching up to do. It's very sad.
@@AmyAndThePup yes I think many countries have that including the one I live in .. I don’t see any accessibility facilities around so I always wonder how people manage
@@MsRawan9 It's very sad. I hope things improve there. My heart goes out to people who need accodations and aren't getting them.
Hi Molly, I just wanted to say thank you! A few months ago I started my dream job as an apprentice Guide Dog Mobility Instructor, and your videos taught me so much and helped to keep me motivated over the years it took to get where I wanted to be! I've learned a ton from you and love watching all your content, and I believe that what I hope what I've learned will make me a better Instructor to my future clients. Thank you again!
The next time someone asks me how blind I am, my answer will be that I’m too blind to drive.
Also I love it when you said we’re usually organized. That’s the case for me when I’m living with other people, but when I’m alone, I would be as unorganized as I want. At least I know where everything is in the chaos, and no one will move anything. I can be unorganized in peace
Yes!!! Except my boyfriend and I are both disorganized in peace... lol! It's organized clutter. I wish it weren't so, but it always ends up that way. :O
Thank you for continuing to educate the masses! Over the years you’ve made me understand a lot more and in turn, it has helped me teach the next generation of children (I teach 7 year olds).
Awe! Thats such a sweet thing to do! You must be an amazing teacher
Maybe you can sort of get what it is like when you don't see black but just it not being there by closing one eye.
You have to close one eye and then trying to see with the closed eye. Because your other eye is open, your brain will just ignore whatever your closed eye would be able to see if both eyes would are closed. You don't see black with your closed eye. You just don't see anything at all with it. That's what I imagine it kind of resembles
Wow I never realised this before
I have to say thank you for your sighted guide video. As someone who’s eyes don’t adjust well to changes in light; for example, going from a bright sunny parking lot to inside a dark restaurant, I realized that asking my family to offer an elbow (not a hand) was so much more stable and made it easier to maneuver. I can now.just slip behind them and mirror their footsteps to avoid obstacles while still not losing track of where the group is being seated.
I am not blind but I have photophobia and it's horrible. I keep my house as dark as possible, there are lightbulbs I can't use because they literally make me sick. Sunglasses are sometimes also not dark enough when I am outside, and in Florida, that can get rough!!! But at night my vision is incredible (unless driving of course cause of the LED car lights) I can see every different shadow in the darkness.
I wonder if you could get a prescription for really dark sunglasses? I know they make them, I just don't know who makes them, or what the process is like. Maybe talk to an ophalmologist.
It sounds fascinating when you say you can see so well in the dark. That is super cool, though I'm sorry certain light types make you sick or cause pain. :(
I am blind and I have that too. With more light my anomalies are more obvious and I need a break from that when not at work.
I greatly admire that you always highlight that this is your experience. You're so through and compassionate and informative and fun even whilst educating people. I love your content so much! Thank you!
“Can a blind person work?”
Me, a blind woman at work like: -.-
I don't work--it's complicated--but I know blind people who work! Granted, it's not many; I think that 70-80% unemployment rate in the U.S. is accurate, and closer to 80%, and it's for a whole slew of reasons.
I love how she was able to take a seemingly ridiculous question and give an informative answer
I work full time as a cook.
@@davidfisher2432 are you blind? because, if so, that is super impressive man. you have my full respect
@@ziggysixx7601 yes. But out of 20 blind people I am probably 5th best off. It’s not a sad story but my abilities are used against me. My blindness effects others much more than myself because It makes them feel vulnerable so if they can’t put me in a box then I am rejected. I am rarely allowed to speak from my own perspective without being attacked.
That discrimination issue is so real. I was let go from a corporate job because I didn't get enough of my vision back after suffering an infection as well as getting a cornea transplant. Smh.
File a human rights complaint!
@@harveyabel1354 I tried looking into it but hiring a lawyer isn't an option since I don't have a job now haha and all the info online was so overwhelming I just gave up =/ But yeah, just like Molly said they pretty straight up said it was because of my vision. I even have it in an email and it was less than a year ago. Smh.
Damn, that's horrible. I'm sorry! :(
@@nicole.flamel You wouldn't need a lawyer, as far as I know. I guess complaint would have been a better word, I filed one and got a judgement for my favor. Should be a Human Rights organization in your state/province.
@@nicole.flamel there are organizations that will pay for a lawyer for you (in the usa. I’m not sure about other countries).
Love your speech on beauty standards! It’s so true-as a disabled girl I deserve to love my body how it is and blind ppl deserve to love their eyes
Yikes. I need to let that one settle a while. Profound for me, since family thinks I should have bangs to call less attention to my blindness. Same with sunglasses; they've been brought up a few times.
Loving my eyes ... Thank you for saying that.
As for "seeing black", this actually is how a lot of totally blind people who formerly had sight experience it. Your boyfriend's retina detached as a baby, so he won't remember being able to see in that eye. Of course, the 'black' is not real, and they see nothing that's real, but they usually experience it as something and this is often total darkness because they have no receptivity to light. With others it's something else, or changing colours (Damon Rose has written about experiencing this) or fuzz.
You know, that's kind of funny, because I'm totally blind, but I don't see black. Whenever I try to explain what I see, people assume I see black, but I don't, I see nothing.
@@bloodybriars18 Have you been blind your whole life?
As a sighted person I can hardly wrap my head around the concept of seeing nothing rather than seeing darkness
@@pineapplekelsey5951 Well, no, I've diagnosed when I was 9 months. Unfortunately, I don't remember the world, because the first memory I have from my life is from when I was 3 years old. I guess I could see for 8 months before I went blind.
You are correct! For me who is also blind I see random dots and moving colors (tho I still have light Perception) someone else I knew said they saw nothing but a grayish void of nothingness and someone else I know he sees what looks like TV static.
I recently found out that I am going blind in one of my eyes either over years or months watching your videos are helping me so much to accept what's happening and learn how to live a normal life after I lose my sight. You have also given me hope I can still get into the fashion industry in my future. Thank you so much
I have glaucoma and have lost some of my peripheral vision. The edges of my visual field didn't turn black, they just disappeared. That's how a lot of people go undiagnosed for a long time. Most don't have symptoms, and you don't notice that you're missing things until they test you and find blind spots.
As a fellow blind person I appreciate you giving the comparison of putting your hand behind your head and it doesn't exist. When I tell people that I can't just don't see anything they can't comprehend it. I will for sure be using that as an example.
Just to say I personally didn't find it useful. My hand being behind my back doesn't mean it's not there and I couldn't wrap my head around that.
On saying that I'm not really sure there is any way to accurately get the idea across. I'm mainly saying this in case the people you want to use it with are like me.
Ive tried to explain it before to family and bf, and i said "its like uh just part of your cheek, so hust skin basically" weird explanation ik lol
I heard another person say "close one of your eyes, then put your hand up so that you can't see if with that eye" and for me that kind of helped me understand. Because I'm seeing with my other eye, so it's not black, the hand isn't there. But I know it's there because I'm holding it up.
Thank you for giving more examples of how it works for you! I always appreciate hearing from others so I can also try those things or be able to inform others in different ways!
@@Elf0304 thank you for sharing your perspective, I appreciate hearing from different people different ways to describe my vision.
So often when I comment or use chat I get the question, often in an accusatory fashion as thought I'm lying about my blindness, of how I am able to text or chat if I'm blind. It blows my mind how with the tech we have that it still confuses people lol
Yes! I get the same thing. I've gotten to where I only mention my blindness if I have a reason for asking something about the video, or I'm sharing something.
I commented and got, "How do you type?" Fair enough question. But I've gotten other messages that were less than positive, accusing me of faking.
Sucks. :(
Ok question though, it might be a dumb one, but I know voice to text can be hugely inaccurate, so how do you correct it?
@@kbaylor123 good question. I don't use voice to chat most times because of that. I use the blind adaptive tech that comes with my Samsung phone. I text by sliding my fingers over the keyboard and it reads out the letter I'm at so I'm texting much like you. I do use speech to text when I require hands free writing.
So happy to see this going out! Share that blind knowlege!
literally i love your videos, cause even though a lot of them are like you teaching us, you make it fun and interesting and not like, you're just lecturing us
"You don't owe the world your beauty." YAASSS👏👏👏
YAY 😍, ANOTHER MOLLY VIDEO, MY FAVORITE PART OF MY DAY, CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH 💜💜💜
oooooh, I like the pink intro and outro so much better than the last one
also: great video
I love Molly she always helps me and gives me hope. I'm not completely blind, I do wear glass but my eyes are so bad. My lens are so thick and back in February my eye doctor said I may not be able to ever drive, I've been told my sight will get worse as I get older. And all that had put me in a very depressed state for a while. But Molly helps and I love her so much ❤
Thank you for being awesome Molly! 🐝🤍
I wanted to say I love you and your channel so much! And you have truly helped me be more comfortable with my vision. Fellow blind girl over here LOL you always make me laugh and put a smile on my face even on my hardest and darkest days and I will always be grateful for that :-)
I personally never mind hearing again about someone’s experience. You have taught me so much, Molly Burke, not just about blindness but about disabilities in general. Thank you for providing a format for sighted folks to expand their understanding that ALL people are valuable!
"Do blind people see black?" I lost count of how many times I've been asked that.
Congradulations, and keep up with the excellent work!
As a sighted person it’s so hard to wrap my head around not seeing anything vs seeing darkness! That might be why.
@@kbaylor123 Well, that's basically what people told me when I tried to explain to them that blind people don't see black. People think that black is the same thing as seeing nothing, but it's really not.
I volunteer at our local library once a week fur a couple hours. I had asked them about buying zoomtext fur me as my preferred screen enlarging software for computers. I warned them at the time that it isn't a cheap piece of software, so they had me use the windows magnifier fur awhile. Then some strange thing was happening wth compatibility with the software they use and the windows magnifier. They got a new IT guy and I mentioned to him about zoomtext and he tasked to someone higher up than him and got it approved! I had told them I didn't need the reader version as ut is more expensive than just the regular magnifier. That was only a couple years ago that they did that and I thank them every once and while for doing a necessary accommodation for me and I'm only three once a week as a volunteer! I'd prob been doing it for 10 years before they did something. But at least they did! I'm legally blind and like to thunk I wad born at the right time for retina surgery as a baby to fix my detached retinas!
You should do a colab with someone who was born blind and compare the differences between progressive blindness and being blind their whole life cause I bet its actually very different
OMG, I would love this! I was born blind, so it's familiar to me, but I'm not as aware of what people blinded later in life experience. I didn't know Molly was one of those people. I haven't watched all of her videos :)
I’ve been following you for awhile now and have seen other videos where you explain this but it’s always a good reminder. So no problem on you repeating them. You’re never boring
wow molly your eyes look STUNNING when you’re wearing black! it brings out the gray tones in them and it is gorgeous
15:10 we all needed to hear that thank you queen 👑
I never understood what "seeing nothing" meant until I started getting migraines. they would start as a grey splotch in my vision and then literally if I looked straight, I would see nothing in that portion, not fuzzy, not grey, not black, just nothing and it makes SO much more sense now. your explanation is really good but I defo think it's a thing you have to experience to understand really
I love your videos sooo much! Your voice is so soothing and I am sure listening to your videos has improved my English! As well as my blindness awareness 🤗 thank you so much for being you!!
I’m curious to know where Adrian is on Molly’s 20 people in a room spectrum if she’s #19 🤔
Same
My aunt is legally blind! She also has nystagmus! This video is very interesting! I love how you explained the hand behind your head, and how it’s just nothing!
‘You don’t owe the world your beauty’ -Molly B. 🙃
Amazing advice for everyone!!!
I’m kind of proud to say I knew the answers to all these questions! Obviously all learned from this channel. I would never want to speak on behalf of a community I’m not in. However I’m glad if these questions come up due to others not knowing I can provide some general answers and direct them to your channel if they want to know more more about the blind community!
Wow I really like the hand behind the head to describe certain blind experience. I'm fully sighted and this was such an insight! Thank you X
Thank you for teaching us Molly!
Molly, thank you so much for covering body image in the blind community! My thesis for my master's degree in art therapy was about using art to improve my body image as a woman with a disability. One of the points I made was that growing up, I NEVER saw bodies that looked like mine being presented as beautiful. It really messed up my body image. I'm an adult and still dealing with the psychological effects of seeing myself as "different" or "ugly" as a child and teen.
I learn so much from your videos!!! Thank you for posting! You're my favorite TH-camr!!!
I have a blind friend who I often forget is blind until we are looking at something small (like dice, a photo on a phone, etc) and she needs help with that. She worked up until a few years ago her vision deteriorated to the point where she couldn’t keep up with work and went on permanent disability. She was happy with that because she really wanted to retire. But there was definitely discrimination and an effort by management to replace her with someone new who could work faster.
I can’t wait to see the “mystery series” 😺😺
Also I dream in extreme detail idk if this is normal but I do
(I’m not blind tho)
That is wicked cool to think about. Head behind head: Absence.
Hard to wrap my head around but really interesting.
try using a hand to cover one eye but keep the other open. that kinda gives u the feeling of the absence on the covered eye haha
This will be an interesting video! ❤
Sooooo close to 2 MILLION!! 🎉🎉
I had a blind friend in 4th grade. I asked him what he saw. Nothing was his answer. Because I was in 4th grade I insisted he HAD to see something. Now I know he was right and I was being a pain in the butt. He forgave me as I truly didn't get it and wanted to understand his normal.
don’t beat yourself up for being curious! we all have to learn somehow :)
You are adorable . Your personality is infectious
I am legally blind, try to stay as organized as I can, but I don’t think I ever want to live alone. My roommate has ADHD though, so she has stuff just everywhere. Drives me up the wall sometimes lol. I don’t know how she lives. But she’s also my best friend, so we deal.
I had a roommate that kept stacking things on the stairs. Unbelievable.
Happy to have been a killer bee and know all answers and can help others
Girl I love your videos and you always look so cute thank you for speaking up for disabled people as a fellow disabled woman
I appreciate how much you share about blindness in general. Because of you, I've started adding alt text to all my Instagram photos.
Sweet! Thank you for your kind thoughtfulness for others who may view your ... uh, page? channel? I've never used Instagram, so I don't know.
I wish more people did this! Labeling graphics, etc, on web pages.
@@AmyAndThePup I haven't figured out how to do it on my website yet. But if you're interested, my Instagram is @americanbakeringermany. I also always have subtitles on my TH-cam channel. It's always been important to me.
I love your videos, Molly, as you have inspired me to become a better person and have more confidence daily. Also, my grandparents are blind so that they have to wear glasses all the time, my dad is partially blind as he wears glasses when he is watching tv and driving.
Hi! Visually impaired person here, I've got photophobia and nystagmus too! Honestly my biggest problems don't come with the conditions themselves but with how people treat you differently. I get harrased on a daily basis for just wearing a cap to keep light a little more bearable. I can't imagine how bad it would be if I wore sunglasses often too. People often make up horrible rumors and assume thing rather than just asking me about why I'm a certain way. For example, I recently learned that a lot of people think I abuse drugs becuase my eyes move around a lot form my nystagmus and I don't like light I guess? I don't fully understand what's so interesting about these rumours that keeps them talking about me but the unfounded things people say about have made me a lot more skeptical of rumours about other people. Brilliant how the "best" thing about being disabled is that it makes you more empathic. Wish other people would return the favour
i loved how you described seeing nothing vs seeing black! my grandma only has one eye & this gives me a lot more perspective on how the world works for her
The ad after video (at least what I got) for Renew Life has Molly & Gallop!
Hey Molly. Love you and your videos. You’re a real inspiration. Quick correction though… I’m one of those unfortunate people who is not legally blind but can’t drive either. It’s a stupid middle ground but I’m grateful for the sight I have. I’m also rocking the dancing eyes Nystagmus.
You're awesome Molly! Thank you for everything. Love you ❤
Molly is so beautiful, and we do not deserve her beauty! 🥺
The best way I’ve heard someone explain what it’s like to have zero vision is to have them try to ‘see’ out of the side of their arm. You can’t. That’s what It feels like to not have any vision (or to have no eye etc). Super interesting when put into that perspective!
Great work as always Molly!!! The ad I had before this video was a renew life probiotic ad and you were in it!!!
We need more Molly's out in the world ❤️ Love you girl❤️
I have nastagmis too
Thank u for this video
I had 3 blind friends in school and 1 blind family friendly R.I.P.
Hello Molly I really enjoyed how you answered these questions very rapidly.
You are inspirational to all. Thank you for sharing your life experience
My niece, Megan G, went to school with you. She suggested I take a look at this video. I'm glad I did -- I learned a lot. I'm going to check out your other videos now.
I became soo much more educated by watching your videos!! And now my aunti is blind so I’m well prepared and happy to help her 💓✨!
I have been following your channel for some time Molly, so I did know a few of these things but not all of them. Thanks so much for your videos. I love learning more about people.
You do an amazing job spreading information, but I do need to correct you on the idea of blind people that only see black. I am indeed a blind man who only sees black. You are very clear in saying that these are your answers and that they don’t necessarily reflect on other blind peoples answers, so I appreciate that!
I love being such a long time viewer that every video you mentioned I already have seen! I cant wait for this secrer series!!
I feel like as a sighted person I understand the absence of sight by saying if I close my eyes and focus them I can see black but if I unfocus them and not pay attention I can just see nothing
I’m fully sighted and ALL 5 senses work in my dreams!! I love it!! I think it’s brought on by my anxiety meds but I love it!!
Hi love you so much I am a new blind girl and your videos have helped me so much to accept myself as I am thank you so much
I am mindblown by the absence when you are totally blind or haven't eyes at all you see... nothing. I still can't process that
The fact that someone who is trying to hire you, think that they can just discriminate against you to your face, that baffles me. Like a disabled person can’t do anything about being disabled, therefore you discriminate against them at work, won’t help. It will only make it worse
It's interesting about smelling in dreams because I usually don't, but I woke up from a dream today in which I was really strongly smelling strawberries! Probably because we just got the first strawberry out of the garden and I didn't get to eat it because I gave it to my boyfriend
When I remember my dreams, the sight and sound are so prominent, I might have smelled in the dream but don’t remember it?
Been following you for a while and knew all your answers before you said them… but that didn’t stop me from watching this. Love you 💕
I would really love for Molly to watch movies with blind characters in them and then review the movie. Especially since so many blind characters aren't played by blind actors. Like Blind Date
I once partially saw “nothing” and experienced partial blindness (but I still have no idea, medically, why it happened). For some reason, my left eye had a very large blank spot and I had to use my peripheral vision in my left eye in order to see anything from it. It lasted about 30 minutes (I was at work, and was honestly kind of scared because I had to drive home soon). The best way I can describe it: if you tear out a hole in the middle of a physical picture, there’s just nothing there. It’s not any specific color, but you just don’t know what’s there.
I absolutely LOVE you and found this very informative.
You are incredibly objective and truly educational to those with the ability to see and those who do not.
You are such a beautiful person and I will forever be inspired by your heart and kindness.
Omg yes I knew all of these things because I've followed Molly for forever!! Love you Molly
Thank you for the video!!!
I don’t know if this is in the works with your new condo/if you’ve already made a video like this/if something is in the works: but I would be really interested in a video about how you acquaint yourself with new spaces and what it’s like navigating your home. Like what are things you need to remember? Are there little tricks you use? How do you make your house feel like a home?
I know the house to home thing for me is super visual and I would be really interested in your perspective on the concept.
Did anyone else see an ad with Molly in it during her video :) 😂 love the vid molly! I learnt soo much!! 💚
Great consolidated info.
Thanks. Also great lipstick. xoxo
Thank you for talking about what its like to be blind. i like to learn and understand new things, so i dont say something stupid or offensive by accident etc
Another question I get alot in response to I have poor vision is "oh? How many fingers am I holding up?"
That question annoys me. I’ve been asked that once before.
This question is so stupid and I only answer when my doctor asks because I cant do other vision tests.
I used to get this as a kid, or people coming up behind me, covering my eyes with their hands, and asking in a stupid voice, "Do you know who this is?"
People are so thoughtless. My eyes already didn't work, covering them up was not going to make that more apparent. :O
Sometimes I feel frustrated when people ask things like that, even though I like educating them.
I've lost count of how many times
"Sorry I'm deaf"
"What?"
"I'm deaf"
"HUH?"
drives me wild. Took me way too many years to be able to recognise this for what it is.