‘I am not my blindness’: What the blind community wishes you knew If you’re a sighted person, you likely have misconceptions about blind people. Time to educate yourselves. If you’re a sighted person, you likely have misconceptions about blind people. That you can close your eyes and suddenly understand what it’s like to be blind. That a blind person you see about to cross the street needs your help doing so. That a blind person knows nothing but darkness. Spoiler alert: None of the above are true for all people with blindness.

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