Reactions when you meet blind person in public

I don't usually pay much attention to my reactions to blind people. I guess mostly I admire their courage to step out when they don't know what is out there. I worked with a blind man for a while and he worked independently so no one bothered him. I actually feel good when I know that a blind person has the confidence to hold a job and to get around on their own. It seems like most of the blind people I know prefer to do things for themselves rather than someone else doing everything for them. I know you can't drive, but other than that, I'm pretty sure you can do anything you put your mind to. Don't worry what people think. If they are so preoccupied with what you can't do or how different you are, that is THEIR problem, not yours. I'm glad that you are able to post here. Perhaps you should also do some kind of blog to show what it is like in the life of a blind person. I have done that with my life with ovarian cancer. Have a great day!!!

I like to stick out my middle finger, and if they don't make any sudden movements or sounds, they deserve some charity.

I picked up my disabled sons medicine and saw braille on the packaging. I think it is it amazing how blind people read with their finger using braille. I like to see a blind person being assisted by a guide dog or a partially sighted person with a stick using it to walk along the street. I give a blind person plenty of space to walk along. If a person can't see he or she will have hearing and touch. I think that blind people do very well in life. Screen Reader is a very good idea to help blind people like yourself.

I'm pretty used to see blind people in my everyday life, and my reaction usually is just trying not to get in their way when they're walking, so I won't bother them turning into an obstacle. Apart from that, I don't think I have any special reaction, as for me it's something very common. I'm not a blind person myself, but for me, blind people, apart from lacking the sense of sight, are not so different from me.

My reaction when I meet a blind person is somehow like, pity on this guy who can't see. Thanks God for making me still able to see

I feel very bad.I just think that how a person is living without the most precious organ of human.

Actually i have indeed seen a lot blind people who would even take public Transports. I honestly feel that they should always be accompaniesd by people wrong would assist them. Philippines to be direct is not disabled friendly,even government facilities you would notice that they give little considerations for people who be incapacitated. So it Worries me a just seeing them alone.

Hi Ramaditya: First of all I have to say wow. Thanks for the explanation. I have worked on a computer room in my university and I didn't know how blind persons can used the Internet. Thanks for that explanation. In general I feel sorry because it might be difficult to be in a situation like this and second I feel admired, when a blind person does the same things I do and they even do it better. Thanks for starting this discussion. Welcome back to Mylot. ALVARO

Whenever I see a blind person, I always stare at them and then immediately catch myself and try to keep walking. I don't stare because I feel sorry for the person or because the person is different, I stare because I have admiration for the person and am curious by nature. It amazes me to watch a blind person walk with so much confidence and not see what is in front of them. The other senses that are so much more developed in a blind person amazes me. I watch because I wonder what that person can hear that I can't or what that person can detect on a path that people who can see never take a second glance at. As for other people, I do not think many people notice a blind person because there are generally no differences. I think people notice people who have more outward differences or who have visible handicaps, so I don't think as many people even notice as you would think.

hi ramaditya! Yesterday when i am on my way going to school, i saw a girl that is blind she will ride a jeepney .so i ask her what way she will go so i waited for the right jeep and accompany her going to the jeep ,luckily some other people also help me like they hold the hand of the girl and guide her where she will sit. when i saw a blind person who is beggar at the street i pity them they are singing and begging some money ,honestly i gave some money but are this blind people are in a group on what we call the "sindicate" they let them beg after that when they go home they will remit there money and if it is not obtain some punishment will be done. i don't know if this is true in my country but i have learned that its better to give a food than a money . did you watch the movie "slumdog millionaire" that movie has a part which the sindicate find a good singer after which they remove the eyes and make them sing while begging that's the time i realize, if that is the same case in the street if i am walking, i like to help them but im still a student now i can just help them buy giving them a food.

I don't think I see a blind person before. Sometimes they are well blended that it doesn't attract attention. I wonder if their life is better than mine? right?

I was partially blind due to cataracts. i usually held onto someones arm while walking outside. i never learned to be independant, because i knew i was getting my eyes fixed soon, but i did notice that people treated me differently and it wasn't very pleasant

I was looking at your page, and there is some material regarding beautiful beeches and sexy videogame characters, and amime. did you lose your sight in some horrible accident 5 months ago? How did it happen?

I don't "pity" them, but when I see a blind person in public I try to imagine myself in their shoes and it's quite scary. I try to move out of their immediate path (Who would be inconsiderate enough to stand in a blind person's way? Move!) I'm not one of those people that sees a blind person and thinks "Oh wow I feel sorry for that poor person" because I'm quite sure they won't want pity or sympathy, just to be treated normally and maybe assisted when needed.