2023 here. I really hope you come back and make content again. I am legally blind and follow quite a few blind TH-camrs, but you were always the one that had the most similar vision issue to me, plus you are a fellow musical theater person! I think you’re just one of the people on TH-cam I can genuinely relate to the most!
Great video! I grew up in church with a legally blind guy, so it's so strange to me that people don't know what that means. At the same time, I still learned so much from this video, thanks for making it. I also love Molly's channel!
I think it is wonderful that you did this video. So informative. It surprises me sometimes how we as people think mostly of the extremes and forget that there is middle ground as well. Thank you for being so open about your sight.
I didn't know any of this. Thanks for sharing, hon. My dad went kind of blind. I don't know the name of his condition, but he got an extremely rare disease and got blind in one eye. He says since he was very small he doesn't know the difference between how he used to see and now. The only thing he compares it to is like "with one eye I can only see shadows". Glasses don't help at all. But since people see him ok everyone is super shocked when they learn about it. I know it's not as severe as your condition but I get it a little more because of him. I'm super proud of you, how you manage to do everything and keep a positive attitude! Thanks for sharing your story.
I love that you did this video! Ever since you did the disabilities in the media video I've been thinking about talking about the lack of representation for deaf and hard of hearing in books and also doing a video talking about my hearing loss. :) I hate how misinformed people are about these types of things and end up making a ton of assumptions. Great video!
My is visually impaired, she lost a lot of her sight a few years ago. She uses her identification cane everywhere she goes and sometimes people stare funny at her because she can obviously see some and she wears glasses. She isn't able to read books anymore, which was/is her passion in life. She has switched to audiobooks, but would rather read a physical copy. It's very difficult, and she doesn't need the judgement on top of everything else. Thank you so much for helping bring awareness to this topic.
Casey, you're my hero. Seriously, I love everything about what you do and how you react to things and how much love and support always comes out of you. So much love to you!!!
Wow, what a great video, Casey! Thanks for explaining things to us! We have a young man at our church whose eyes move rapidly like yours and he wears very thick glasses. I don't know what his impairment is called, but he is still able to drive. He sings and plays the guitar beautifully and I have always admired him for the hard work it must have taken to learn to play when he doesn't see as well as others.
This was so good and informative! I feel like I should have been taking notes! I think the biggest thing, and the hardest thing, is that people need to remember there are SO many types within one disability, and with each person it's going to look different. We want something simple and with an easy solution, and that isn't the case. Ever. I'm so glad you made this video!
This was awesome thanks! I'm so glad you explained the whole glasses and legally blind stuff because people often think my glasses fixes everything but it doesn't
This video was great and informative! I'm actually really glad you explained the whole concept of being legally blind, because as a person with generally bad vision I've always wondered about. Thank you so much for sharing!
I just wanted to give you a little love and say thanks for sharing with us! I know a lot more about deafness than blindness. Sign language has always been something I was interested in. So this was great to learn. Your glass for watching theater is really awesome!! I love technology.
It was so interesting to hear your story. I had no idea from watching your videos (I am a new subscriber, I've only seen a few). I don't have to much experience with blindness, but I did work at a summer camp for a couple summers that was specifically for both blind/vision-impaired and Deaf/hearing-impaired kids, and adults. One of the most amazing things I will always remember from that is the day we had a blind child, who knew the alphabet in sign language, and wanted to learn signs, have a conversation with a Deaf child. :)
This is so incredibly interesting to hear about and I loved the way you explained things. I honestly feel like I learned so much. I have a billion more amounts of respect for you in terms of being a theatre performer especially. So much respect girly ❤️
Brilliant video. Love your bubbly, positive presenting style and it's great learning more about you. I have light sensitivity (from aniridia) and nystagmus, use a monocular, get asked if glasses help, etc, so I can relate to a lot of your points here, it's all spot on. :)
Hi. My name is Jess and I just started watching your channel. I am visually impaired as well and I happen to know your friend Cassandra. I just wanted to comment below and say that I think it's really cool that you made a video about this topic and that you are educating people. I know that people have a lot of misconceptions about visual impairments and I'm glad that you are able to teach more people about blindness and inform them.
Hi Jess!! Cassandra told me about you, but I was out doing something when I got the text and meant to look you up when I got home, but I forgot. It's so good to hear from you. I just subscribed to you! I'm so glad that there's another visually impaired person on booktube. I look toward to your videos!
+ABasketCaseyReads thank you so much. I love your channel. I'm so excited to see another visually impaired person on here as well and I'm so happy we met. You seem really awesome and I would love to get to know you and share book recommendations sometime. :)
+ABasketCaseyReads OK. Awesome. Would it be OK if I have Cassandra text you my number? I would give it to you but I'd rather not have the public see it. LOL
Thank you so much for sharing this, Casey! This was very informative :) I just had a basic understanding of what it meant to be legally blind but this was awesome to learn! I was curious how you were able to see the stage when you go to the theatre, knowing your passion for it, and it was such a "duh" moment for me when you showed your monocular haha.
So happy that you shared this. I was born with a cataract in my left eye, I have blury vision and no peripheral vision on that side, glasses do help sometimes but give me headaches. I also have a stigmatisum and I am short sighted so no car driving for me! To get a better understanding of the difference of both my eyes when at the eye doctor on the board with my bad eye I can read the first line. with my good eye I can read all but the last 3 lines.
This was such a good video! So informative and I actually learned quite a lot from it. I never fully understood what it meant to be legally blind but thank you so much for informing me. You should really do more discussion videos I think they would be really great! Also I do feel like this topic could intertwine with Booktube considering the under representation of those who are visually impaired in books!
Casey, thank you so much for making this video! I really appreciated you sharing your own personal experiences with us and I found this video so interesting and informative. :-)
Hi. I'm still adjusting to becoming visually impaired. Thank you for the vid. Everything I had was taken from me. I'm going to invest into helping others going through the same Like you did to me just now. Even if it was just a video nice to know there are people fighting this obstacle. Thanks again for the video. Cheers.
Great video, Casey! This was very interesting! :-) Edit: Forgot to tell you that you are so positive, wonderful, and amazing! Of course, I'm sure I told you this enough times! Hope this doesn't sound cheesy, but I'm hoping in repeating this, that when you are feeling down that you will remember what I keep saying over and over again, maybe...I don't know...I hope it will help you remember that you are those things.
Yeah, you tell em! I’m over trying to explain the points you made to people who, despite doing so, still have their own very misinformed idea of what blindness is.
+ABasketCaseyReads My cousin is deaf and I lived in St Augustine for a long time which has one of the best Deaf schools in the nation so naturally there is a huge deaf community in the area. I know a bit of sign language and I love learning it!
Thanks so much for talking about this, it was so interesting! Do you know Tommy Edison? He does REALLY cool videos about being blind. For example at Vidcon he did videos where people had to try and explain colour to him and he had to guess what the colour is! I find them really interesting! And he's really funny :D
Thanks, girl! Yes, I love him and I loved those Vidcon videos. He is hysterical. He's right up there next to Molly for being my favorite blind TH-camr.
Loved this video. So informative. I always wanted to know what that shaking eye ball was called. The actor Pruitt Taylor Vince has this. I love the movie Constantine and you can see his eyes moving rapidly. P.S. I saw this shirt before and I loooove it. So cute!
I'm nearsighted and have a lazy eye. What this means is that I can't see past 5 feet very well without my glasses and anything past 15 feet without glasses is just a blurr, on the flip side you can't sneak up on me from my right side because my right eye is usually pointing that direction when I am looking straight (I can't see anything in detail, but I can see movement better on my right side than someone with 20/20 vision). The one thing that annoys me the most is the fact that a lot of people seem think I'm like completely blind when I'm not wearing my glasses like when I drop them accidentally or something.
I was born with presbyopia,nystagmus,hypoplasia on both eyes.I have sensitivity to light and darkness. I to move my head in weird positions so that I can read causing me a lot of neck pain’s. I too am affected above my eyes when I get sick.
My ophthalmologist wants me to wear non prescription glasses to protect my eyes from anything potentially dangerous harming them. Because I can’t see something coming towards me that might be unsafe!
Casey Molly went blind at 14. She has an eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 I am 24 years old and it is hard to imagine one day that I will never be able to see again. But I don't have Retinitis Pigmentosa, I have Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Uveitis. I have Retinopathy Of Prematurity as well. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is inflammation of the joints and in some cases eyes and internal organs. Sometimes Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis can attack the entire body. This is called Systemic. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Those are cases like Lupus or Stills Disease. Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disorder charicterized by a butterfly shaped rash on the face and extreme joint and muscle pain. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
You my dear are so lovely. 😘 Thanks for informing us about your life and common misconceptions! Clueless question for you - To me it seems that reading physical books the way that works for you seems like it might be uncomfortable for a lengthy period if time. (You do lots of reading though so maybe it's more comfy than I thought.) Would reading in Braille be quicker and easier since you could read in any position? Hope that wasn't worded in a confusing way.
Thank you so much. You are correct, it actually does really hurt my arms. Haha!! I only read for about 30 minutes at a time on and off throughout the day. During booktubeathon I just endured it though haha. I do have the opportunity to learn Braille whenever I'd like, and I might one day, but it's a pretty difficult skill. It also is not faster than reading with the eye, sadly. Unless you're a PRO, but I'd assume that takes years and years. Haha.
+ABasketCaseyReads Well I'm glad you've not let it hinder your reading life! As you say, the option is always there. Awesome podcast that might interest you: m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/544/batman
Hey Casey! Fellow low-vision lady here. I may have missed it but do you have trouble with reading things close up? I noticed all of the books and was hoping you had any tips/tricks for reading. I'm still figuring out large-print/high contrast and it's certainly frustrating. I miss books. Thanks!
Interesting, I didn't know that about you, but now I know something new. 😊 yeah, people don't always know what is going on with someone, my aunt has only one eye. She's managed to live a full life so far, she lost her eye about 5 years ago, so she wasn't born with the impairment, but still😊
I have Albinism and I have no pigmentation what so ever, and I am blind, working on getting a guide dog. And my sunglasses are my best friends. I have no depth proception and I have the same problem. I have light proception problems. And sadly I have gotten three degree burns in 10 minutes.
Girl. This video is flawless. I have aniridia (no iris my eyes are basically black) and cataracts which i can’t exactly remember what goes on with that i haven’t explained this in a while (shockingly) and a little nystagmus but I️ got surgery to fix it and when u were talking about the legally blind i was thinking about it and i think I’m pretty close to if not I have just never realized. Idk anyway lots of these things u say bother so much when other people say them to me. Such as I’m in band I’m holding music cause i can’t see it if it’s on the stand this girl takes the music out of my hand puts it on the stand and is like put the music on the stand that’s what the stand is there for and i was just like yeah well i can’t see it if it’s on the stand and u really wouldn’t understand and she goes u have glasses how can u not see it and i literally get so mad at people and it’s really hard not to yell at them for saying that stuff I’m like because glasses don’t actually really help u read they more make things clearer they probably help u read because ur eyesight is so high that’s what it helps u with but not me because i have a visual disability. Another situation that i literally have so much anxiety for and dread every single time it happens is school eye exams. Every single I have to go through that line waiting for all the people who have great vision then they get to me and i sit down and i do the routine look in not see anything but the top like 3 lines maybe half of four if I’m lucky but have to strain my eyes to get the letters of the fourth row. Then having the volunteer person be like when was the last time u had ur eyes checked then i would explain what my disability was and be like I️ got my eyes checked this August or whenever it was. When someone is throwing a ball or something and i can’t see it cause it’s bleeding in with its surroundings or i drop a coin or something and i can’t find it fir a while. Honestly i just wish people were understanding about it i mean some people are nice but some are really mean about I hope u have an amazing day.
Hi Casey is me rosalind feit fr nova scotia I love your video I feel same way y feel Casey I do wear my glasses myself still cant see my left eyes myself too still love your video Casey have a great day love ya
I love your content books or no books my uncke that was dead befor I was borne and he was legally blind but code see becaus of fis brain tumors from age 8 he died in his 20 but I would like to thank you for making a video about this becaus I am 12 and I didn't know what that meant
Hehe that's a very good question. Well, my vision has always been like this since I was born, so I've really adapted to it well. I don't need my cane all the time indoors, mainly just outdoors (for traffic, the sun, etc) so I don't use it on stage. I always let the director know my situation as well, of course. I also always take time to walk around the stage/set to memorize it and get a good feel of where I'll be walking. In blackouts, the person I'm on stage with usually grabs my arm to lead me offstage. The one good thing about performing with a visual impairment is that I can't see the audience, so I don't get too nervous looking out there haha.
+cristinasjourney Yeah, I have a lot of trouble picking up choreography. I'm more of just a singer/actress and do NOT consider myself a dancer. Luckily, i haven't been cast in many roles that require difficult dancing. I usually don't pick up on things right away, but during the rehearsal process, I sometimes get the dance captain to help me one-on-one and then just practice as much as I can. But LUCKILY I've never had a hard dancing role. Haha
Girl, you are amazing! So much inspiration! Hard work is everything. And btw thanks to this vid I've been checking other videos on the subject and oh boy I was so ignorant in this matter.
I appreciate this video. I am so happy how you gave the ignorant collective a virtual slap in the face when facing stereotypes.
Hehe! Thanks, Steve! :)
2023 here. I really hope you come back and make content again. I am legally blind and follow quite a few blind TH-camrs, but you were always the one that had the most similar vision issue to me, plus you are a fellow musical theater person! I think you’re just one of the people on TH-cam I can genuinely relate to the most!
Thank you very much, I have been suffering from Left Hemianopsia for years and get the same actions from alot of people. Including family. Good Job
Great video! I grew up in church with a legally blind guy, so it's so strange to me that people don't know what that means. At the same time, I still learned so much from this video, thanks for making it. I also love Molly's channel!
I think it is wonderful that you did this video. So informative. It surprises me sometimes how we as people think mostly of the extremes and forget that there is middle ground as well. Thank you for being so open about your sight.
I didn't know any of this. Thanks for sharing, hon. My dad went kind of blind. I don't know the name of his condition, but he got an extremely rare disease and got blind in one eye. He says since he was very small he doesn't know the difference between how he used to see and now. The only thing he compares it to is like "with one eye I can only see shadows". Glasses don't help at all. But since people see him ok everyone is super shocked when they learn about it. I know it's not as severe as your condition but I get it a little more because of him. I'm super proud of you, how you manage to do everything and keep a positive attitude! Thanks for sharing your story.
Aww thank you!! Thanks for sharing your dads story! That's very interesting You're so sweet!! Thanks!
The amount of sass in this video is amazing 😂😂 love you girl! So proud of you for making this video 😊 you're a rockstar!!
LOLOL I know. I guess I'm passionate? Haha thank you, Ash!
You are a very brave and confident girl. This information is useful for those who do not understand the visual barrier.
I love that you did this video! Ever since you did the disabilities in the media video I've been thinking about talking about the lack of representation for deaf and hard of hearing in books and also doing a video talking about my hearing loss. :) I hate how misinformed people are about these types of things and end up making a ton of assumptions. Great video!
Thank you!! You totally should make a video like that! I'd love it!! :)
Am vision impaired and i enjoyed your
Thank you for making this! I feel like I not only learned more about visual impairments but about you.
Thank you, Marines! :)
Thanks so much for making this! I barely knew what it meant to be legally blind, so this cleared up a lot of my misconceptions. Thanks!
My is visually impaired, she lost a lot of her sight a few years ago. She uses her identification cane everywhere she goes and sometimes people stare funny at her because she can obviously see some and she wears glasses. She isn't able to read books anymore, which was/is her passion in life. She has switched to audiobooks, but would rather read a physical copy. It's very difficult, and she doesn't need the judgement on top of everything else. Thank you so much for helping bring awareness to this topic.
Casey, you're my hero. Seriously, I love everything about what you do and how you react to things and how much love and support always comes out of you. So much love to you!!!
Aww wow!! That's seriously one of the sweetest things I've ever read. Thank you so much! You're my favorite! So much love to you too! :)
Wow, what a great video, Casey! Thanks for explaining things to us! We have a young man at our church whose eyes move rapidly like yours and he wears very thick glasses. I don't know what his impairment is called, but he is still able to drive. He sings and plays the guitar beautifully and I have always admired him for the hard work it must have taken to learn to play when he doesn't see as well as others.
Aw thank you so much! Oh, wow, that's really cool! Thanks for sharing that with me.
This was so good and informative! I feel like I should have been taking notes! I think the biggest thing, and the hardest thing, is that people need to remember there are SO many types within one disability, and with each person it's going to look different. We want something simple and with an easy solution, and that isn't the case. Ever. I'm so glad you made this video!
Aww thank you, Emily. I loved your video you made about your condition so much and it inspired me to make this! :)
ABasketCaseyReads awwwww thanks! That makes me so happy!
This was awesome thanks! I'm so glad you explained the whole glasses and legally blind stuff because people often think my glasses fixes everything but it doesn't
Thank you!! :)
This video was great and informative! I'm actually really glad you explained the whole concept of being legally blind, because as a person with generally bad vision I've always wondered about. Thank you so much for sharing!
You're welcome! Thank you so much for watching! :)
I just wanted to give you a little love and say thanks for sharing with us! I know a lot more about deafness than blindness. Sign language has always been something I was interested in. So this was great to learn. Your glass for watching theater is really awesome!! I love technology.
Thank you. I'd love to learn more about deafness. Sigh language is a beautiful thing. I know, right? Technology helps a lot.
It was so interesting to hear your story. I had no idea from watching your videos (I am a new subscriber, I've only seen a few). I don't have to much experience with blindness, but I did work at a summer camp for a couple summers that was specifically for both blind/vision-impaired and Deaf/hearing-impaired kids, and adults. One of the most amazing things I will always remember from that is the day we had a blind child, who knew the alphabet in sign language, and wanted to learn signs, have a conversation with a Deaf child. :)
Aww thank you. Wow! That's amazing and that's such an adorable story. :)
This is so incredibly interesting to hear about and I loved the way you explained things. I honestly feel like I learned so much. I have a billion more amounts of respect for you in terms of being a theatre performer especially. So much respect girly ❤️
Aww that's really sweet of you. Thank you so much. I'm glad to hear that you learned a bit from it. :)
Brilliant video. Love your bubbly, positive presenting style and it's great learning more about you. I have light sensitivity (from aniridia) and nystagmus, use a monocular, get asked if glasses help, etc, so I can relate to a lot of your points here, it's all spot on. :)
this was very interesting, Casey!! thank you for talking about this topic :)
Thank you!
Hi.
My name is Jess and I just started watching your channel. I am visually impaired as well and I happen to know your friend Cassandra. I just wanted to comment below and say that I think it's really cool that you made a video about this topic and that you are educating people. I know that people have a lot of misconceptions about visual impairments and I'm glad that you are able to teach more people about blindness and inform them.
Hi Jess!! Cassandra told me about you, but I was out doing something when I got the text and meant to look you up when I got home, but I forgot. It's so good to hear from you. I just subscribed to you! I'm so glad that there's another visually impaired person on booktube. I look toward to your videos!
+ABasketCaseyReads thank you so much. I love your channel. I'm so excited to see another visually impaired person on here as well and I'm so happy we met. You seem really awesome and I would love to get to know you and share book recommendations sometime. :)
+Jess The Fangirl Absolutely!!! I'd be willing to talk any time you'd like! :)
+ABasketCaseyReads OK. Awesome. Would it be OK if I have Cassandra text you my number? I would give it to you but I'd rather not have the public see it. LOL
+Jess The Fangirl yes, that would absolutely be ok!
Fantastic video! I applaud you for being so strong and thank you for this excellent information! You're fabulous and simply delightful!
Aww that means a lot. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for sharing this, Casey! This was very informative :) I just had a basic understanding of what it meant to be legally blind but this was awesome to learn! I was curious how you were able to see the stage when you go to the theatre, knowing your passion for it, and it was such a "duh" moment for me when you showed your monocular haha.
So happy that you shared this. I was born with a cataract in my left eye, I have blury vision and no peripheral vision on that side, glasses do help sometimes but give me headaches. I also have a stigmatisum and I am short sighted so no car driving for me! To get a better understanding of the difference of both my eyes when at the eye doctor on the board with my bad eye I can read the first line. with my good eye I can read all but the last 3 lines.
Wow!! Thank you for watching and thank you dos sharing your story! That's very interesting. :)
This was such a good video! So informative and I actually learned quite a lot from it. I never fully understood what it meant to be legally blind but thank you so much for informing me. You should really do more discussion videos I think they would be really great! Also I do feel like this topic could intertwine with Booktube considering the under representation of those who are visually impaired in books!
Thanks so much! I'm glad I could share it with everyone. Oh, yeah, totally. :)
I like the video a lot. Keep up the awesome message. I suffer from retinal problems all of my life. I learned a lot from your video
Casey, thank you so much for making this video! I really appreciated you sharing your own personal experiences with us and I found this video so interesting and informative. :-)
This was so so interesting Casey! :D Thanks so much for sharing the details of your condition and making such an interesting video!
Thanks so much, girls!!
Hi. I'm still adjusting to becoming visually impaired. Thank you for the vid. Everything I had was taken from me. I'm going to invest into helping others going through the same Like you did to me just now. Even if it was just a video nice to know there are people fighting this obstacle. Thanks again for the video. Cheers.
Great video, Casey! This was very interesting! :-)
Edit: Forgot to tell you that you are so positive, wonderful, and amazing! Of course, I'm sure I told you this enough times! Hope this doesn't sound cheesy, but I'm hoping in repeating this, that when you are feeling down that you will remember what I keep saying over and over again, maybe...I don't know...I hope it will help you remember that you are those things.
Aww you are so wonderful. Thank you for always being so sweet and supportive.
Thank you for always being so sweet and supportive back~ :-)
Bless everything about this video. You're amazing.
Aww thank you! :)
Thank you so much for this!
:) :) :)
This was very helpful and informational. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! :)
This was such an informative video! You're amazing girl =) I love you so much! You're such an inspiration!
Aww that's seriously so nice of you to say!! Thank you so much!
What a great video! Thank you so much for sharing!
Yeah, you tell em! I’m over trying to explain the points you made to people who, despite doing so, still have their own very misinformed idea of what blindness is.
Thank you very much for making this video! It was very informative. Love your shirt btw! :D
Thanks so much!
This was extremely interesting and informative! I know a lot about deaf and hard of hearing but little to nothing about blindness so thank you!
Thank you! I wish I knew more about deaf and hearing impaired. I'll definitely be doing my research!
+ABasketCaseyReads My cousin is deaf and I lived in St Augustine for a long time which has one of the best Deaf schools in the nation so naturally there is a huge deaf community in the area. I know a bit of sign language and I love learning it!
+The Owlery (Previously Book Babble) Wow! That's amazing!! Sign language is so beautiful!
+ABasketCaseyReads So beautiful! My brother and I learned it so we can talk in secret when we are in public haha
+The Owlery (Previously Book Babble) Haha Omg that's amazing!! :)
This was really informative! Thanks for sharing your story
Aw thank you! :)
I say it simpler as legally blind is when the government actually admits your vision sucks
You should post more VI content. This video was awesome!
This was a great video, I learned so much!
this was amazing and informative and I loved it. Thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks so much for talking about this, it was so interesting! Do you know Tommy Edison? He does REALLY cool videos about being blind. For example at Vidcon he did videos where people had to try and explain colour to him and he had to guess what the colour is! I find them really interesting! And he's really funny :D
Thanks, girl! Yes, I love him and I loved those Vidcon videos. He is hysterical. He's right up there next to Molly for being my favorite blind TH-camr.
Loved this video. So informative. I always wanted to know what that shaking eye ball was called. The actor Pruitt Taylor Vince has this. I love the movie Constantine and you can see his eyes moving rapidly. P.S. I saw this shirt before and I loooove it. So cute!
Thank you! Yes, I think I've heard of that actor. Very cool!!
Very informative, thanks for sharing. I learned a lot👍🏾😊
Aww I'm glad to hear it. Thank you!
I'm nearsighted and have a lazy eye. What this means is that I can't see past 5 feet very well without my glasses and anything past 15 feet without glasses is just a blurr, on the flip side you can't sneak up on me from my right side because my right eye is usually pointing that direction when I am looking straight (I can't see anything in detail, but I can see movement better on my right side than someone with 20/20 vision). The one thing that annoys me the most is the fact that a lot of people seem think I'm like completely blind when I'm not wearing my glasses like when I drop them accidentally or something.
I was born with presbyopia,nystagmus,hypoplasia on both eyes.I have sensitivity to light and darkness.
I to move my head in weird positions so that I can read causing me a lot of neck pain’s. I too am affected above my eyes when I get sick.
My ophthalmologist wants me to wear non prescription glasses to protect my eyes from anything potentially dangerous harming them. Because I can’t see something coming towards me that might be unsafe!
Casey Molly went blind at 14. She has an eye disease called Retinitis Pigmentosa.
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I am 24 years old and it is hard to imagine one day that I will never be able to see again.
But I don't have Retinitis Pigmentosa, I have Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and Uveitis.
I have Retinopathy Of Prematurity as well. Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis is inflammation of the joints and in some cases eyes and internal organs.
Sometimes Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis can attack the entire body. This is called Systemic.
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Those are cases like Lupus or Stills Disease. Lupus is a systemic autoimmune disorder charicterized by a butterfly shaped rash on the face and extreme joint and muscle pain.
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I love this video! ♡
Aww thank you!
Very amazing video well done
You are a strong person.
You my dear are so lovely. 😘 Thanks for informing us about your life and common misconceptions!
Clueless question for you - To me it seems that reading physical books the way that works for you seems like it might be uncomfortable for a lengthy period if time. (You do lots of reading though so maybe it's more comfy than I thought.) Would reading in Braille be quicker and easier since you could read in any position? Hope that wasn't worded in a confusing way.
Thank you so much. You are correct, it actually does really hurt my arms. Haha!! I only read for about 30 minutes at a time on and off throughout the day. During booktubeathon I just endured it though haha. I do have the opportunity to learn Braille whenever I'd like, and I might one day, but it's a pretty difficult skill. It also is not faster than reading with the eye, sadly. Unless you're a PRO, but I'd assume that takes years and years. Haha.
+ABasketCaseyReads Well I'm glad you've not let it hinder your reading life!
As you say, the option is always there.
Awesome podcast that might interest you:
m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/544/batman
+ABasketCaseyReads I admire you Casey. Booktubeathons are actual sport marathons for you. It really shows your passion for reading.
Awesome video!
Thank you!
Hey Casey! Fellow low-vision lady here. I may have missed it but do you have trouble with reading things close up? I noticed all of the books and was hoping you had any tips/tricks for reading. I'm still figuring out large-print/high contrast and it's certainly frustrating. I miss books. Thanks!
What if i only have vision in one eye and need glasses to see correctly
My son is albino and has a vision impairment. As a father how can I help him. He is 17 years old and starting college. He is 400 over 20.
Interesting, I didn't know that about you, but now I know something new. 😊 yeah, people don't always know what is going on with someone, my aunt has only one eye. She's managed to live a full life so far, she lost her eye about 5 years ago, so she wasn't born with the impairment, but still😊
Great video
I hear all the same things and I wear glasses sometimes
I have Albinism and I have no pigmentation what so ever, and I am blind, working on getting a guide dog. And my sunglasses are my best friends. I have no depth proception and I have the same problem. I have light proception problems. And sadly I have gotten three degree burns in 10 minutes.
Girl. This video is flawless. I have aniridia (no iris my eyes are basically black) and cataracts which i can’t exactly remember what goes on with that i haven’t explained this in a while (shockingly) and a little nystagmus but I️ got surgery to fix it and when u were talking about the legally blind i was thinking about it and i think I’m pretty close to if not I have just never realized. Idk anyway lots of these things u say bother so much when other people say them to me. Such as I’m in band I’m holding music cause i can’t see it if it’s on the stand this girl takes the music out of my hand puts it on the stand and is like put the music on the stand that’s what the stand is there for and i was just like yeah well i can’t see it if it’s on the stand and u really wouldn’t understand and she goes u have glasses how can u not see it and i literally get so mad at people and it’s really hard not to yell at them for saying that stuff I’m like because glasses don’t actually really help u read they more make things clearer they probably help u read because ur eyesight is so high that’s what it helps u with but not me because i have a visual disability. Another situation that i literally have so much anxiety for and dread every single time it happens is school eye exams. Every single I have to go through that line waiting for all the people who have great vision then they get to me and i sit down and i do the routine look in not see anything but the top like 3 lines maybe half of four if I’m lucky but have to strain my eyes to get the letters of the fourth row. Then having the volunteer person be like when was the last time u had ur eyes checked then i would explain what my disability was and be like I️ got my eyes checked this August or whenever it was. When someone is throwing a ball or something and i can’t see it cause it’s bleeding in with its surroundings or i drop a coin or something and i can’t find it fir a while. Honestly i just wish people were understanding about it i mean some people are nice but some are really mean about I hope u have an amazing day.
I agree with all you said it is so true
Does albinism cause light sensitivity?
The cane is pink! Pretty :)
Yes!!! Thank you!
I know several people with Albinism and they look more like you and not what they stereotype is and they are great.
Still love cane
Hi Casey is me rosalind feit fr nova scotia I love your video I feel same way y feel Casey I do wear my glasses myself still cant see my left eyes myself too still love your video Casey have a great day love ya
I’m visually impaired myself
Hi I am rosalind feit fr nova scotia I love my cane use all times and I like your cane Casey love ya
I love your content books or no books my uncke that was dead befor I was borne and he was legally blind but code see becaus of fis brain tumors from age 8 he died in his 20 but I would like to thank you for making a video about this becaus I am 12 and I didn't know what that meant
Aww that's sweet of you. Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed it!! :)
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I have a question. When you perform on a stage, how do you do it?
Hehe that's a very good question. Well, my vision has always been like this since I was born, so I've really adapted to it well. I don't need my cane all the time indoors, mainly just outdoors (for traffic, the sun, etc) so I don't use it on stage. I always let the director know my situation as well, of course. I also always take time to walk around the stage/set to memorize it and get a good feel of where I'll be walking. In blackouts, the person I'm on stage with usually grabs my arm to lead me offstage. The one good thing about performing with a visual impairment is that I can't see the audience, so I don't get too nervous looking out there haha.
+ABasketCaseyReads wow, and what about when you have to do a choreography if you have problems with depth?
+cristinasjourney Yeah, I have a lot of trouble picking up choreography. I'm more of just a singer/actress and do NOT consider myself a dancer. Luckily, i haven't been cast in many roles that require difficult dancing. I usually don't pick up on things right away, but during the rehearsal process, I sometimes get the dance captain to help me one-on-one and then just practice as much as I can. But LUCKILY I've never had a hard dancing role. Haha
Girl, you are amazing! So much inspiration! Hard work is everything. And btw thanks to this vid I've been checking other videos on the subject and oh boy I was so ignorant in this matter.
+cristinasjourney That really means a lot. Thank you so much! That's understandable. I would be completely ignorant if I wasn't living with it haha