My name is Kay, and I'm a college student who happens to be legally blind. I have an adorable guide dog named Zenith. This channel aims to help students who are visually impaired, raise awareness for blindness issues, and give people with vision impairments and/or service dogs a place to relate with each other and share our stories.
Service Dog or Pet Dog disguised as a Service Dog? With that said, there are some really great items she talks about that you can really use if you have a Real Service Dog.
this video was useful but it would be more helpful if you gave more tips for people that can't see as well. I have some usable vision but not really enough to count for anything when it comes to things like this. I will say the one tip for threading yarn through a tapestry needle in addition to your one about folding it is to lick the end of it. if you lick the end of it and then pull it through, it will not fray like it does when it's dry, and you end up cutting off that part anyway so it's not like you're lick yarn is going to be part of your project
I've only just discovered your channel and I'm in love with Zenith and your relationship with him. Full disclosure: I'm definitely a cat person, generally can't stand dogs, but I have such a deep admiration and respect for guide dogs. It's beautiful seeing you both work as a team to go about the kind of daily life that sighted people like me take for granted. Enjoying all the videos and wish both you and Zenith the absolute best x
Hi, I’m Sandy, and I’m from Cincinnati. Five weight yarn is great and I like my big.N hook. However, I use a lot of weight, and I find that bright, or light, yarn works best. As for light, I have a light that I got from Amazon that goes around my neck and it has two light that I can point wherever I need to be and I find that really helpful. I think it was about 20 bucks. Believe it or not, if I hold my work over my iPad , the light shines through and shows me where I need to put my hook if I am using darker yarn. I found this out by accident. My favorite hooks are my Tulips, and my Clover Amour hooks. The clovers are colorful, so I don’t have to read the size. Thank goodness for today’s technology. And, thank you for taking the time to make this video.
Is Zenith from a school in the UK? The harness looks different. What makes he hesitate is in your description you wrote Seeing Eye dog with capitals. The Seeing Eye in the US calls their dogs that and written out the way you did.
It's kinda hilarious your math teacher kept using yellow. That's a notoriously hard color to see on a white board even for people with normal vision lol. Why do they even make yellow dry erase markers I wonder.
Hello, my name is Diego and I am from Colombia, I currently have a visual disability for some time but it has not been an impediment to continuing with my life normally. My guide dog is called Bruno
Hy I am Abdul Raheem from Lahore Pakistan I want to acquire higher education abroad I am partially sighted and eighteen years old Kindly guide me towards any college offering financial aid and scholarships to international students
Hi.You are very wise for being so young! I’m low vision and am a soon to be 71 year old . I took my girlfriend to the1970 Junior prom . She had low vision too . We were so happy to be there dancing to a great band. Having something in common with your date helps a lot. Great video. Best
Jan 6, 2024 Great suggestions! I’m just starting to learn crochet and am visually impaired. It’s especially encouraging to see your finished work! Thanks!
Guide dogs are amazing. I have a dog and I have wondered a long long long time how is the best way to deal with a situation like this... I am walking with my dog and I see a blind person with a guide dog walking towards me... what is the correct way to walk past. My dog is protective of me so he barks maybe but most likely no... Should I warn the blind person by yelling from far away and worn the person before hand so s/he don't have a jump-scare just in case, or should I turn around and find away to go around them? Or is there something else I just haven't thought about I might do. I have a tendency to worry about thing that might never happen but better to ask than wonder just in case.
Thank you for your great ideas. I have been visually impaired all my life. I started to knit as a teenager and to crochet in my thirties. My first projects were first big sized, but with time I managed to use smaller sizes of needles and hooks. But my point is to do it without looking at my hands. I can so knit or crochet even in a dark room. For me it is a great idea when I cant fall asleep. Seaming is for me the most tricky and demanding part. This is why I have so many unfinished projects. My advice is, when you want to learn crocheting , start with baskets and t-shirt yarn or cord. Look for big projects - baskets, blankets, rugs. It is really fun
Wonderful video! I have retinitis pigmentosa and my front vision is being taken first instead of my peripheral and I want to learn how to crochet because I am extremely bored. Do you know where there is a very easy tutorial to start? Need a step-by-step instructions very slow lol.
Hey! Great Job! This was a lot of fun and very informative. Most of it I already knew from volunteering at a Center for the Blind. One thing I would have liked to hear about is food serving. When I was trained in Connecticut, they taught me to set the plate down and use a clock face to inform where everything was. This was considered good manners. After we moved to Virginia, the first and only time I did that, the lady snapped at me pretty harshly and said, "I KNOW how to FIND my FOOD!". Is this a regional thing, or a personal thing? What kind of subtle question should I have asked to know whether or not to do this? I am afraid to ever do it again, unless I end up back in Connecticut! FYI: I have never worked with children. All of my experiences have been with adults, so it was not about age.
Animals are more amazing than many humans. I don't mean intellectually, I mean emotionally. While humans are busy fighting over nothing, animals do so much to make the world a better place.
