know anyone blind or deaf?

Yeah I went out with a blind guy and people always questioned me "why was I going with him and what did I see in him" and they would say he can't do anything for me because he was blind but it didn't matter to me because I loved him and took him for who he was. If I was blind,I wouldn't want anyone doing that to me as well and I want him to feel good about himself and not worry about what people thought about him. Although he was 19 and I was 14 at the time we still had love for each other and still do.But we didn't do anything we wasn't suppose to so it was all good between us....He also told me that being blind is hard because you have to feel around and watch what you do and he says that he can only see the outline of you.

I don't currently know anyone thats deaf or blind but in high school we had both deaf and blind students. To be honest they didn't want anyone feeling sorry for them and they weren't suffering either. These wonderful young women lead pretty normal lives. Each had an assiatnt at school and our blind student was assisted by a seeing eye dog. They socialised, got good grades and never wanted to be treated differently. If you want to get a real good perspective on what this is like you need to read the autobiography of Helen Keller. People with these disabilities learn to adapt. they use tools to help them get around. There special schools all over the country. maybe you could make arragments to visit one and see/learn for yourself.

My Gran is deaf and has very limited sight.

She still does "normal" things, she does need more help than others, for example, she needs aid when walking to the shops, half the time she wouldn't dream of asking for help as a lot of people with disabilities are very independent and hate people fussing.

There isn't much you can do to help, I suppose you could volunteer in a local care home for the elderly, you will need a CRB check for that.

I have worked with a deaf lad and also with a blind solicitor,

In each case they didn't allow their problems to restrict them.

The main problem the deaf guy had was that when he was looking for a new job he emailed the agents, explicitly stated that he was very deaf and that he had a mobile phone that could be used for texts only.

Sadly agents were getting annoyed that he never answered their phone calls - his view (rightly) was that THEY were the ones with the problem - obviously incapable of either reading or understanding plain text!

My and my only child are PWDs and both of us were born with our Disabilities. I do not personally know any people who are Deaf or Blind but I have met various people online who are Blind or Deaf or even Blind and Deaf both.

People with Disabilities (PWDs) including Blindness or Deafness or even Blindness and Deafness both, we do NOT suffer from our Disabilities and we are NOT victims of our Disabilities. PWDs do NOT want anybody to feel sorry for them and do NOT want any pity from anyone.

ALL PWDs adapt in living with their Disabilities and ALL PWDs want acceptance for who and what they are.

I can very easily tell you what life is like for ALL PWDs. We PWDs daily face discrimnation, negative stereotyped attitudes, and patronizing attitudes from Non-PWDs.

You say that you want to help. PWDs do NOT want help. What PWDs want IS support.

grab the blind man or woman's arm to sense for pulse/heart beat, then whilst the blind man or woman seems stunned positioned his hand on the ear of the physique to coach that it is the deaf man or woman lifeless.

I know a blind man, he goes to work everyday via train like any normal person, and home and shops.

i know someone who is blind in one eye after he was messing around and it all went wrong(makin stupid inventions). but he still works and lives a normle life.

my dog is blind

go and visit RNIB you can actually wear glasses that visually impares u ie tunnel vision its quite an "eye opener"

My husband has selective hearing...lol