Blind vs Legally Blind - What's The Difference?

Tommy Edison, who was born blind, teams up with James Rath, who is legally blind, to show the differences between being completely blind vs legally blind. Tommy’s blindness is caused by an underdeveloped optic nerve and James’ blindness is caused by albinism and nystagmus.
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Watch Tommy on James’ channel where they talk about Audio Description - an additional narration track in movies and TV intended primarily for blind and visually impaired that describes the visual aspects of a film or show.
How Blind People Watch Movies (ft. Tommy Edison/Blind Film Critic)
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Music Credits:
“Humblebee” by Brilburn Logue
“Never Too Late” by Red Shirt Beats
“Trankill” by Sooundz.com
“I Close My Eyes” by The Passion HiFi
“Digital Time Teller” by Light-foot
“Electronica/Uplifting” by Paul Tyan
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[@TommyEdisonXP]

WATCH part 2! "Blind vs Legally Blind 2: Fireworks, Driving, Taking Photos, & Writing Notes?" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2LIlnSmfdR1i9E

[@jaynestag95]

All subscribed .....loving your channel and your so much fun. From Wales In Britain.👋

[@uplift9562]

Legally Blind- 30p Blind- Black Loading Screen

[@Fede_uyz]

Nah, its like not having a screen at all

[@yosefty5401]

@@Fede_uyz it's like...

[@andymanson3836]

@@Fede_uyz So it's black...like a black loading screen...

[@Fede_uyz]

@@andymanson3836 no... its lile nothing. Like trying to see through hour elbow, you dont sed black, you simply dont see

[@fauxhare1808]

Gta online loading screens be like

[@-cubeiac-6686]

Difference: 100% blind - can't see a damn thing Legally blind - can still see but it's blurry as hell

[@trebot9292266]

@The coo - king you say that, but how would they have a reference for what white or black is?(talking about from birth and not later in life).

[@lamename2010]

There are quite a few differences in how a blind person's brain works: www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/blind-peoples-brains-rewire-themselves-enhance-other-senses-180962653/ with not seeing anything being one of them. They have no concept of what black/white/color is, so the frame of reference for that just doesn't exist. So how can their brain fake something if it doesn't know what to fake. The only way color is from someone explaining to them that objects can look differently just by their color. And even then I can't imagine how someone who is blind can even understand the concept of color.

[@criss2083]

@@lamename2010 i dont know if this applies to me or something, but im "half blind" i lost my full vision in one eye. I dont see full black as everyone thinks, i would say that i see a mixture of white and black and this mixture is constantly changing shapes (its like those circling eyes that they show with hipnotised people in cartoons... But way more exagerated) I would say that the feeling is like when you see directly to a light for a long time, and when you turn you head out of that light you see... Well what i see everyday xD

[@rudy9766]

@@criss2083 You can do that to your self by pressing down on your eye, it is quite dangerous but i did it alot as a kid

[@criss2083]

@@rudy9766 exactly that(i also used to do it a lot as a kid xD)

[@user-cb3qu1cj6y]

Imaging if he just opened his eyes and was like “oh lol, I can see”

[@flashcsrvclips7841]

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[@gavenatkins211]

@@flashcsrvclips7841 dont remember asking

[@flashcsrvclips7841]

. don’t remember asking if you asked

[@gavenatkins211]

@@flashcsrvclips7841 dont cry about it 6 year old

[@flashcsrvclips7841]

Gaven Atkins lmao no one is talking to you dumbass🤣

[@benjaminvdvyt]

These guys were super rude. Didn't look once at eachother.

[@slim5481]

💀

[@waleedali2342]

U

[@peanut632]

They’re blind bro

[@Forgottenbio]

@@peanut632 R/woOoOsh dumy, wHaT a StUpId idot, smh my head 😳🤔🤣💯💯🙄

[@HMExBR]

Lmfao took me a sec

[@jasonarmstrong5750]

“Illegally Blind” sounds like the name for some experimental rock band from the 70’s

[@MooeyMooey04]

It's mine now, copyrighted

[@gaz_za]

Or some edgy garage band

[@Ch1oe2472]

@Rev limits I mean, experimental music is a thing, so I don't see anything wrong with what he said.

[@youtubeuser1432]

It was. They only lasted a week

[@jackgarcia4950]

It’s close to Legally Blonde which is just secretly every guys favorite movie

[@urmaker]

"Tommy, can you tell me the year written on the coin in front of you?". Tommy picks it up, "Nope.". I don't know why I laughed so hard. Great collab you guys!

[@goldengungirlz]

urmaker Hey! It's Urmaker! I love your channel, super spoopy. Keep pumping out great stories! So great that you watch Tommy too. What are the chances..

[@gabe8907]

urmaker Yooo ay I didn't expect to see you here

[@ellief4277]

urmaker Hey punk! Love your videos.

[@dinospumoni663]

I wonder if anyone could learn to tell the year by touch or if it's just too small.

[@trintrin185]

urmaker omfg it's you!!!!!

[@xxnoobxx1900]

I'm legally blind without my glasses and when I lose them I initiate *PANIC MODE*

[@oliverhoffman4574]

XxnoobxX 1 exatct same I’m like a -3.75 or something

[@xxnoobxx1900]

@@oliverhoffman4574 it sucks so bad I hope I can get lasik when I'm older lmao

[@justsomeguywithabeard7528]

Hol up, How did ya’ll niggas type?

[@BroodjeMeme69]

@@justsomeguywithabeard7528 I think their phone is in braille

[@justsomeguywithabeard7528]

BroodjeMeme yeah good point

[@thebuddha4208]

How is this guy so happy seriously I’m sad all the time and I can see everything

[@theoremzaw7218]

THE BUDDHA 420 it just makes it worst if you can see your whole life crumbling around you.

[@gavinconn3013]

@@theoremzaw7218 thanks for the existential crisis

[@rotegino7536]

THE BUDDHA 420 because you’re a screwup

[@someguy4890]

Because he isn’t taking what he has for granted like his life or his other senses. He’s probably grateful of what he does have rather than what he doesn’t 🤷‍♂️

[@bestbuykaren698]

@@rotegino7536 next time try to not be so annoyingly toxic and not inflict hatred upon people like your insane self tells you

[@therealwomp]

Here in canada we have braille on currency

[@gotthisusername]

Many currencies have it.

[@flip66five]

Does it wear out or is it on some form of embedded plastic??

[@therealwomp]

@@flip66five yeh its on a kind of plasric

[@riyac8152]

Wow.......

[@MrFeupinha]

Lots of places have different sized bills

[@tfoprincess]

I like how he tries to see it. "Nope. I can't see it. I'm blind."

[@user-uq4ve2uf3e]

In Canada our bills all have braille on them. Theyre also made of polymer and u cant rip or melt them

[@o0blubblub0o]

yeah sure you cant rip them... liek the australian currency.. except youre my sister.

[@Daniel-dd6sj]

They actually can not be ripped I tried ripping a 20 dollar bill and it didn't even rip

[@givepassword]

@@Daniel-dd6sj because its plastic, not paper like how a specific first world country does it.

[@dangolfishin]

Next thing you'll tell me is prescription drugs are a tenth of the price as the same ones in the US.. sheesh some people

[@radughita1992]

Romania too

[@fatbum]

*Fun fact* : My cousin is blind and I've heard that they learn to tell between bills by the number of rounds it makes around their finger until it's fully rolled around it. (That's for euros, because every bill has a different size).

[@metrycal9716]

Kool

[@BossBoss-wx6mx]

Koool

[@alexbuckley5818]

Kooool Aid

[@TheChosenOne1_]

KOOOOOLLL AIIIIDDDD

[@mugginsthejinx1037]

pretty sure Euro bills have braile for the number also

[@maddyhoeltke-brown2515]

i like how tommy still holds the money up like he is trying to look at it haha. You guys are the best!

[@pizzabeerd]

I guess even if you were born blind it's a reflex. OR, he was just making a joke ;p

[@NikolaiBelinskiDrunk]

at exactly 0:51 you can see an old fat Hitler to the camera man's right. did the nazi time travel experiments succeed? who knows. this is a very interesting shot of hitler probably retired as commander or whatever he was.

[@Meccarox]

Nikolai Belinski Lol

[@conke7765]

Nikolai Belinski i dont think this is time travel since that shot is in black and white its at least a 100 years old

[@Daniel-cr2kz]

Nikolai Belinski No thats Just richtofen

[@danhyde7501]

Basically, just to confirm, legally blind people can see a little bit. But people who are blind like the dude on the left just cannot see at all?

[@ktxed]

bingo!

[@TheGuardian163]

well if you can't see at all, you're blind and legally blind

[@lysolmax]

If you wear glasses and your prescription is -2.00 or worse and you try to look around without your glasses, that's about what a legally blind person can see and it cannot be corrected to be any better. (obviously that's a best case scenario, as you could have even worse vision, this is just the minimum criteria)

[@eternalpain232]

lysolmax -2.00?!?! Jesus im almost getting there, im -1.75

[@mabombo8221]

well you lucky that you can see. I'm half blind, I can't see with my right eye, all black but my left eye can see 6/6

[@InfiniteGamingArchive0]

James: *Is legally blind** Tommy: *is illegally blind**

[@MickeyMouse-lm6zj]

@Jordna yeah, no shit it's illegal

[@FirstnameLastname-es1ko]

My friend is legally blind, we always joke with her that we could make a parody of the film Legally blonde called legally blind😂

[@LeafzRNG]

Not funny leave her alone

[@dreapdreap4686]

Assaultz r/whoosh

[@michelinthefreeser6816]

@@dreapdreap4686 That is definitely not an r/woooosh moment

[@hugebuffman3619]

@@LeafzRNG it's actually funny

[@lordfarquaad4174]

Bruh ain’t legally blonde already a play on the term legally blind

[@Ccollector24]

If I was blind I would purposely smack people with my cane

[@bubbles7608]

Coin Collector24 that’s a dick move, I’m gonna become blind so I can do that now

[@slycoopervaultmaster1256]

Dont beocme blind. Just wear sunglasses, pretend you are blind, and whack people anyways.

[@fourtwenty1813]

@@slycoopervaultmaster1256 we got a mad lad on the loose

[@nicparker3809]

you do that and I will fart in your face.

[@diime02]

woah, calm down, satan.

[@tomsegev7338]

Oh i see the difference

[@cameronmartens1809]

puns

[@davidnjara]

that's nasty >:D

[@JH.handiman]

Yeah I think only old people are illegally blind

[@somethingelse3665]

They dont

[@DavidFlores-kc8uz]

I see what you did there.

[@joel5611]

"I sure hope I don't get cited." To have a sense of humor about what brings you down is even stronger than not letting it get you down.

[@goobiethicc5054]

Moral of the story. If you’re gonna be blind kids, do it legally. Because as shown here. If you do it legally you will have much better eyesight

[@ber2949]

Dude Your Not Funny -_-

[@the_real_riversky]

@@ber2949 What do you mean this is fuckin hilarious

[@jasperpluk]

@@ber2949 sorry but learn to take a joke... they even made a similair joke in this very video...

[@ber2949]

@@jasperpluk Shush Pls idec

[@jasperpluk]

@@ber2949 if you can't take criticism then don't make a comment, you can expect to get one and not only from me :)

[@tym314]

It’s a blessing for me to be able to see fr

[@iCore7Gaming]

Uh no? It's a basic biological function.

[@shaheera.8150]

@@iCore7Gaming you are so ungrateful dude wtf

[@iCore7Gaming]

@@shaheera.8150 ??? How?

[@swift.]

Shaheer Ahmed it is literally a basic biological funtion. We have eyes, in order to see. If we didn’t need to see, we wouldn’t have eyes. The only reason we wouldn’t have eyes is because they are a vulnerability. It’s however very unfortunate that some people are born not being able to see.

[@shaheera.8150]

@@swift. you summed up how I feel lol it's unfortunate that people dont but I didnt say it wasnt a basic biological function

[@jamiemacmillan4056]

so judging by this video blind is when you literally see nothing and legally blind is when you can see but your sight is so severely impaired that you are basically blind

[@ambiguousacronyms5638]

Jamie MacMillan basically. Legally blind is when your sight is so bad it can't be corrected by glasses, etc.

[@gillsanstype]

Tommy has no visual input at all, and while James does have visual input, his eyes move involuntarily so he can't focus on things properly, also it seems like he has extremely poor vision even if he manages to focus on things for a bit. Like how he used his phone's magnifying function to find the year on the coin.

[@IIIGioGioStarIII]

Blindness has a spectrum. I am legally blind in one eye (right). But I do wear glasses because my left eye's glasses lense is a bit stronger than regular reading glasses. I have had bad vision since I was born. We were told that I would eventually lose most of my vision. Thankfully, it is just one eye. I can drive, cook, and do all sorts of stuff that people who have no visual problems have. I just adapt. I constantly make sure I see my surroundings. Although I prefer having a person with me when I drive because they can see my blind spots for me.

[@estherrosi-kessel5192]

Jamie MacMillan not quite, I’m legally blind but I see a lot more than people think. My vision is 20/200, but I can see pretty well.

[@LxstinNeverland]

Nobody in my family is blind at all, but my mom's left eye cornea is scratched and she can't get it fixed because the chance of surgery or a transplant being successful is 50%. She has just always gotten used to seeing out of one eye, and then she bought $600 contacts. They're these special glass contacts specifically made custom to her left eye and right eye (So each contact is different, but they work to level her vision out in both eyes). She loves these contacts because she's never been able to see a well out of her left eye before. She can now drive at night time without worrying if she's in the right lane or something. And I just have 20/40 vision so.. nothing bad. I just can't see things from far away.

[@LudwigvanBeethoven2]

I love how he picks it up and goes "Nope"

[@truthisbuoyant5825]

His positive attitude is very inspiring

[@indiamoore9977]

Very :-)

[@adolfclitler9775]

I love how Tommy is so positive good for you

[@robertleary6230]

it makes sense because he doesn't know what it's like to see.

[@alexrebollar1213]

Can’t wait for him to see this great comment

[@jerber1546]

Your fucking name 😂😂😂😂😂

[@BuggyDClown-gh8ec]

700th like

[@DeputatKaktus]

Officer: Didn‘t you see that the traffic light was red? Tommy: Nope...

[@johnrubensaragi4125]

@@joshuaharris1423 woah

[@weldonyoung1013]

So that must be what is is to be "legally blind". Everywhere I go, everyone says, "pedestrians are legally obligated to obey road rules, and check for traffic".

[@Limosethe]

It was legal

[@davedaring9823]

@@weldonyoung1013 You should probably move. Your alleged "everyone" are not only factually wrong, but are also assholes.

[@yeahimethan5968]

Director: Can you tell me what red looks like James: red Tommy: nope Beetlejuice: LSTER

[@me5ng3]

WTF. This guy's blind and still can drive. Man, he is way cooler than any of us will ever be :D

[@TheWesman45]

Brian I am legally blind and I drive, an Rx7(sports car). I even go to track days...

[@IamInfinity10]

Wes Hughes a shit sports car

[@TheWesman45]

Peter Attig better than whatever you drive...

[@Ambipie]

Brian He doesnt know sight!

[@TheWesman45]

Fresh Sans not true,very few legally blind people drive. I know probably two hundred legally blind people and i know of three who can drive including myself...

[@Just_a_Tool]

I love how these guys are still so positive even though they're blind.

[@bobjames1521]

Just A Tool tbf they've been blind since birth so it's not really like they've lost anything by being blind. It's all they know so even though they might be a little disadvantaged they probably only see it as something a little unique instead of a lifelong burden.

[@byXxRavenxX]

Just A Tool Where did you get that profile picture? I NEED IT.

[@Just_a_Tool]

春日野 空 Dunno.

[@pyroparagon8945]

Just A Tool ohhhh I know what "comic" that pic is from, it's the fourth page of "Mercy Therapy" you're welcome

[@Thors5006]

Just A Tool they cant sit in the chair and say i hate my life they have to accept it in the end

[@aj-gt4vj]

My great grandfather LOVED cars to the point he slept in them ok that sounds kinda weird but he was blind Wich makes it sound weirder and once he went to a car show and was feeling the car and then asked to take it out for a test drive and my mom says the look on the car salesman was priceless

[@Ricardowieringa]

JJ king i have seen that and i can only imagine how bloody painfull or uncomfortable that has to be

[@charlottemartin4715]

“Better be careful I might get SIGHTED” The first time I’ve ever actually laughed at a dad joke, thank you tommy 😂❤️

[@barberman1087]

Sight must be the worst sense to lose.

[@KK10397]

One time I had a really bad heat stoke when I was 14, I came inside and after a minute of blurry vision and being dizzy everything went black. It came back after my mom cooled me off, but that was the most terrifying moment of my life. So I can agree with experience that it's the worst!

[@kylezaruba9497]

Yeah I've read shit about people who don't have the sense of feeling. You can't feel pain, which most people would think is a blessing but is most most most definitely a curse. I read about this one poor guy who got shot by a silenced pistol during a robbery and had no fucking idea until he passed out and was hospitalized.

[@barberman1087]

lee melymick Allright, true but after that it's sight. At least you can see what you sit on. Though loosing sense of touch is very low compared to sight.

[@barberman1087]

Kyle Zaruba being born without sense of touch ( congenital insensitivity to pain syndrome) is extremely rare. They usually feels pressure but not pain.

[@barberman1087]

lee melymick Yea, but not all of it. If the injury is in high neck area you can have problems breathing or death but you still feel your face if you live. Someone can still give you a wet willy.

[@lostandalive8981]

One is legal, one is illegal.

[@unknownredacted1459]

I guess one of them is getting SIGHTED.

[@Ambigious]

tecee junderlock You just took his joke.....

[@iamunknown107]

Wait one of them is Mexican

[@jamesordwayultralightpilot]

Legally blind means he just has a license to be blind

[@Muhammad-qm3ig]

SpaceBoi bruh I know

[@AkamapD]

Tommy Edison(blind man) has a great sense of humor 😂😂

[@CostcoComrade]

They're both blind

[@AkamapD]

glorbguy blind and legally blind

[@CostcoComrade]

@@AkamapD ik but its still kinda funny

[@acemerceramv8561]

"Call you tell me the denomitaion of the bill that's in front of you?" What bill?

[@_noname_6034]

Legally blind means u can't see well with corrected vision, like glasses Blind means you can't see anything

[@Nighthawk7x20]

videos like these really make me thankful for my eyesight.

[@nosuchthing8]

Go to the eye doctor once a year. I had a retinal detachment and it will take a year to heal.

[@nathanmaynard3423]

“Can you tell what this is?” James: “I can tell it’s ... because ...” tommy: “nope!”

[@Neo2266.]

Legally blind person: Get's eye surgery *_W A I T T H A T ' S I L L E G A L_*

[@Skittl1321]

Legally blind typically means your vision is below a certain accuity WITH all available correction. So he may have had surgery to help his vision.

[@Neo2266.]

@@Skittl1321 It's a play on the word "legal"

[@alxjones]

can you do one on the difference between blonde and legally blonde?

[@shadow_song]

Alexander Jones It's okay to make blonde jokes about the other but not the other

[@kedamono639]

one is dumb and the other dyes their hair

[@shadow_song]

Mary the Yandere Painting Loli You can be naturally blonde, too

[@kedamono639]

Shadowsong that's what I meant by dumb

[@crimsoncorsair9250]

Alexander Jones fuck I'm British and this is what some of us sound like.

[@pimpmafuqa]

How does american money still not have "braille" on it? Thats fuckin absurd. Canadian money has had braille/tactile bumps (since technically it isnt braille) for YEARS. Since 1986 Canadian money has had features to aid the blind.

[@weeman9100]

Yeah, it is pretty fucking stupid. There's no reason not to add features to aid the visually impaired.

[@roji6849]

aye canada

[@xxsnowninja2896]

pimpmafuqa America doesn't really care about the impaired. sounds harsh but its true

[@kaemincha]

pimpmafuqa because our Congress is fucking stupid as hell. Too focused on "tradition".

[@lengjojo]

Same here in China.

[@CRAutist]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="325">5:25</a> That sounded like he was in pain

[@eddiejamzz9892]

I love how it’s “vs” as it they’re fighting to the death for which is worse

[@birkbengtsson5297]

But if they're blind how can they hear? Is this a scam?

[@itspricila]

Birk Bengtsson illuminati confirmed

[@birkbengtsson5297]

+electra pika McDonalds was a inside job?

[@felipe1aa168]

birk has 4 letters half life 4 confirmed

[@birkbengtsson5297]

+Felipe 1aa1 Fuck man... I promised Valve no one would find out smh.

[@YouTubeExplore777]

Birk Bengtsson You can't breathe if you can see, so going blind is surviving?

[@TomGreen99]

So sad that American currency is so bad for visually impaired people.

[@PM-vs3rh]

TomGreen 99 ikr. In Canada we have braille on our money and the coins are shaped differently.

[@TomGreen99]

And different coloured money. The states is like the only place with the same coloured money!!

[@TomGreen99]

Thomas Bayes WHAT???

[@jerotoro2021]

Canada's money is also waterproof for excessively sweaty people, and it smells like maple syrup so deaf/blind people can locate it by smell!

[@p1x3lman]

did you ever accedentally spend $10 as a $1 bill? i can see just fine but if i glance over my bills in my wallet i just look at the colours

[@madhooper945]

This guy has such an amazing personality

[@justlucamusic]

THEY SAYIN’ I DROVE A GETAWAY CAR BUT I CAN NOT SEE I‘M LEGALLY BLIIND

[@nix7125]

How do you know when your chicken tendies are done?

[@NanaNEET]

Fatty Warrior When the microwave makes a beeping noise

[@nix7125]

Illuminati Famously What if you don't have a microwave?

[@macdude3460]

Fatty Warrior yes, they do. and tell me what you think he bakes them in.

[@nix7125]

MacDude I make my tendies in an easy bake oven, which doesn't beep. I would assume he does the same.

[@macdude3460]

Fatty Warrior are you serious? if so, how old are you?

[@strawberryjam3670]

Euro is blind friendly.

[@ActionCow69]

DerDa too bad the euro is also dying

[@strawberryjam3670]

wat no

[@shadow_song]

ActionCow Too bad you're wrong

[@Bravoblue100]

Canadian polymer bills have braille on them

[@saizai]

The braille Canadian bills actually startled me the first time I noticed. I went to start folding it and was like "wait, wtf … is that braille". Yay accessibility. :-) FWIW, there was a US lawsuit against the Treasury by a blind organization a few years ago - result is that their next version (except the $1, which they're not allowed to change) will have to be blind-accessible.

[@gabrieleriva651]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="116">1:56</a> I've just discovered why Euros come in different sizes.

[@swarm9582]

Listening to you guys share strategies for handling problems like this was really nice to hear. Your videos are always so inspiring and you have such a great attitude. Never stop.

[@blackwood5851]

Wow it's very unnoticeable that he's albino. At first I just thought he was blonde.

[@RavenMoonChild00]

Theres varying degrees of albinism

[@mattm2451]

Blackwood I have the exact same condition as him and yeah people never guess or say “how can a white person be albino?”

[@SynthApprentice]

I thought he was just Irish.

[@scaryyy]

im whiter than him oof

[@ereristark425]

@@scaryyy lmao that's just sad kinda 😭

[@pwnage402]

Don't worry tommy, I'm afraid to flip my food too, and I can see

[@foytsgarage2085]

TheValkyrieProject comments to Tommy are kind of ironic dont ya think?

[@pwnage402]

Hi im Paul!! No. he seems to read the a lot

[@md_vandenberg]

Seeing (haha, pun) damn near every computer is capable of text-to-speech, no it's not ironic. Besides, Tommy has explained how he "reads" comments left on all his social media accounts. Also, his producer Ben does most of the heavy lifting here on KZbin.

[@dragonbutt]

Never be afraid to fail. Unless we're talking an open flame and bacon.

[@yamigekusu]

TheValkyrieProject My glasses went missing for a few hours and I was home alone so I decided to make three pancakes from scratch. I attempted to flip the pancakes, and ended up burning my left foot

[@XYGamingRemedyG]

This was so sweet 😭 fantastic video, beautiful people; absolutely amazing display.

[@skynight687]

I find it amazing how Tommy can be so happy and funny despite being blind

[@pedroocm]

It's a lot more easy to deal with desabilities if you were born with then, at least that's what I think, because as that guy said in his comment, you don't really know you are missing something, but if you were able to see and then, for some reason, you went blind, you would suffer alot more, but after some time you would be used to it :D

[@toric.3793]

Virus_Container i think its relevant to say that happiness is absolutely a choice. No matter your circumstances. Tommy is the kind of person i would like to be around. I love how hes so happy all of the time.Such a great guy.

[@estherrosi-kessel5192]

CringyComedy not really that amazing, he’s always been like that! I have friends who are completely blind, I’m legally blind, and I don’t let it stop me from being myself! I have the same condition as James, so I’ve always had low vision, so I don’t really know how other people see. I’m used to it, and I don’t really think of it as a bad thing. I also have a friend who became blind when she was 7, and she’s completely adapted.

[@wonkeeeeee]

Next video: Tommy meets someone who is not blind since birth

[@antaine1916]

You mean someone who lost their sight later? That would be an interesting video to see. Tommy grew up learning how to make stuff work from the get-go, and it would be interesting to contrast that with an adjustment made later in life. Having Tommy meet someone like this would be really great, too: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2382619/Canadian-man-born-blind-sees-time-age-68.html Someone born blind who has their sight restored. I realize that the man in the article is a rare case, but doctors can do some things with ocular implants and whatnot now that have allowed a few people to go from lifelong blindness to sightedness.

[@jessicasoto158]

he already did that collab with a girl

[@wyattallen755]

Antaine Ó hÓgáin, I was born with very good vision, then got diagnosed with keratoconus about a year ago. Then I got a procedure done to my eyes called corneal cross linking, then got some special contacts. And a year ago I literally could not see my hand in front of my face. Now with these contacts I can see so good again my life has changed and it makes me so happy that I live in a time that something can be done to help.

[@NikolaiBelinskiDrunk]

at exactly 0:51 you can see an old fat Hitler to the camera man's right. did the nazi time travel experiments succeed? who knows. this is a very interesting shot of hitler probably retired as commander or whatever he was.

[@mirastolegenov750]

Tommy meets someone who has 100% vision

[@ryanterwilliger225]

I hope you have your comments dictated to you on occasion Tommy, because I just want you to know that I love your videos. So accessible, so funny, so light-hearted, yet so informative and so insightful as well! Keep doing what you’re doing, my friend! I’m sure it means a lot to a lot of people! 🙂

[@armen5877]

I know I’m late but even though they are both blind they still keep their spirits up love you guys

[@xanri7673]

The intro joke makes me laugh everytime

[@drawninemeninward]

Had me cracking up for bit there.

[@aliciafranco5704]

I'm losing my vision and this really helps. thx guys

[@sterkar99]

Alicia Franco noooo :(

[@nickstevens6433]

Alicia Franco it's a shame that you're losing your sight, but as tommy and James just proved, you will be fine in the long run.👍

[@zweij]

Alicia Franco Be strong!

[@pgfunkybone]

these comment are a real eye opener!

[@13Gangland]

Alicia Franco I was suppose to be wearing glasses since I was 12 or something, still never put the damn things on, and I'm 25!! Vision is still top notch, with my left eye being blurry since that age, but it doesn't seem to have gotten worse.

[@vipereavp]

Im convinced this guys not actually blind he’s just been closing his eyes shut too tight

[@reuben5447]

Him opening his eyes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJPMmqBqhMakesk

[@bonfiregaming1747]

@@reuben5447 r/woosh

[@reuben5447]

Bonfire Gaming if you’re gonna wooosh someone you have to make it clear it’s a joke you idiot

[@asiantalan]

TheBobBobby it was pretty clear though

[@chris9242]

Watching these videos make me value my eyes. I’m not even kidding I feel so blessed that I can see.

[@mikeh5399]

Canada just changed its currency but even its old bills had Braille on them.

[@someonezmom]

I just posted something similar...it surprised me that they don't do it

[@seigeengine]

Our bills have braille on them?.... what?

[@someonezmom]

seigeengine lol feel your money

[@seigeengine]

Someonez Mom Yeah, I just went hunting for my wallet. What is this wizardry?

[@mikeh5399]

seigeengine your comment made my day

[@elkinshiner5066]

So when is America going to have braille on their bills or different-sized bills like the rest of the first world countries?

[@GetQreative]

Because america

[@earrapist3046]

Eris Shiner why would we?

[@WernerGroebli]

to help blind people.

[@WernerGroebli]

I love everyone yeah it gets bigger as the amount if money gets larger

[@earrapist3046]

MasterOfChicknz blind people are a VERY small minority in america, and pretty much every single one of them have someone helping them, so we dont need tobreplace all the money here

[@ParisFletcher]

Oh wow, I love the fact that he cracked the first joke in the video.

[@AnaEgna]

Blind - Can only see the damn void that's past bedrock Legally Blind - Can see but it's as blurry as my grandma's carpet. Blind Blind - Literally just sit in the house all day with a companion and all they see..... Is a color... No man has ever seen....... Mahogany

[@NativS2002]

Howard25AJ Gaming Mahogany.

[@iliasbaker3870]

Mahogany

[@KevinMazzo-ui5ev]

Magoanyx

[@heckery-yt53]

Baloney

[@ArnoldsKtm]

Euro paper money is in different shapes and coins have different ridges. I think America just wouldn't be ready to change how their money looks.

[@TheDecimater1000]

ArnoldsK the us changes the look of its money all the time

[@YangSing1]

ArnoldsK UK money is better

[@LittlePaintHorse]

In canada the value of the bill is actually written in brail in the corner

[@vinny5638]

+LittlePaintHorse thats incredible haha

[@ArnoldsKtm]

LittlePaintHorse Wouldn't tear and wear make it disappear? Or is it quite rigid?

[@martin-iy5fr]

I love how cheerful even though he is blind

[@nickeldime6713]

Martin Vlogs whether you are blind or legally blind, it never helps to be mad about it. I mean what would being mad change, especially if you are born with it. In school i always made blind jokes because i am legally blind, helps people relax about it and ensures people dont do things like take it to seriously and walk on egg shells. And heck if you cant laugh at yourself, who can you laugh at.

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

@@Case_ How is brown hair bad?

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

@@Case_ There are definitely better analogies.

[@The_Bird_Bird_Harder]

@@Case_ It was a comparison with something disadvantageous such as blindness and that in both instances people simply lived with it so I felt that it was implied on some level.

[@genki2705]

@Boom Beatz If you want to argue in this way, you have to look at the other position. They never had the same chances. From birth, they were deprived of something essential that was given to everyone around them. They mourn the lost opportunities. The chance of a different life, a better one. The untapped potential. They can not drive, they can not take the jobs they want. Get out and party with friends at the disco, impossible. Watch a movie. They miss a lot, even if they never had it. There's a whole other world out there that they've never seen, just heard of it.

[@sajxmnisk23]

Glad to *SEE* you guys together ! Nice video

[@ar15aimpoint46]

This video just reminded me how blessed I am to be able to see.These guys have a great attitude towards life they are positive and genuine .

[@natansandle8016]

"Can't you see I'm blind?" "Can you?"

[@StorageYT]

video starts at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="0">0:00</a>

[@Orlak3lly]

Pink Dawg of Doom I wouldn't have guessed

[@Colourhasau]

thanks

[@FroztiProductions]

Damn saved me thanks

[@KaliTakumi]

You are our savior

[@itspricila]

Pink Dawg of Doom thank you !

[@nicoled5160]

Thanks so much! Have a vision impairment as well and feeling frustrated with tech, but it’s nice to see people so positive about adapting and having some successes with it

[@Applepoisoneer]

This is fantastic! I'm so glad you put this video up. I may have to use it next time I have to explain this to someone. (Also, sorry for all the comments I've been dropping, I just found your channel today) Braille was offered to me, but I was so bad at math, Braille took a backseat to learning that. At times, I think it would be handy, but Braille books are also like, five times the size of a normal book. Seriously, the first Harry Potter book was seven volumes by itself. I love cooking, but I've never used a George Forman. I get in there with a spatula and flip stuff, sometimes I have to use a fork to push it onto the spatula. It's hard at first, especially with pork! It looks pink when it's raw, and slightly less pink when it's cooked, but most of the time, I can't tell until I poke it with a finger. Which, p.s. YOU CAN'T DO WITH BACON! But luckily for me, I like most things a little more rare anyway. Sorry for the novel, thanks again for the video.

[@jeanetteperalta5547]

"I might be sighted" hahahahahaha oh tommy

[@slikrx]

"cited" ;P

[@mariomp4754]

The joke is that both sound the same

[@lynnebass2495]

Legally blind is 20/200. I personally have 20/400. Without glasses I only see blurry colors and my eyesight also gets worse every year. I cant remember a time when I could see normally. But that is nothing compared to these guys!

[@KaliTakumi]

Whoa really because I have one eye that's 20/200

[@Katydawgg]

The 20/200 is considered legally blind with correction, so even wearing glasses that person would still not be better than 20/200. Many people, including myself, are worse than 20/200 but can still be corrected to 20/20 or very near to :)

[@Kaalyn_HOW]

My mother is also 20/400 but she has correction, so she'd only be legally blind if she could no longer wear contacts (which may happen for her soon).

[@catlover10192]

What about regular old glasses? Some people don't like them, but better than not being able to see.

[@Kaalyn_HOW]

catlover10192 For my mother glasses are just not possible, though I'm sure it's a great option for others. The motion sickness she experiences from the completely blurry areas that the lenses don't cover makes her too sick to function. She walks around with her eyes closed when she doesn't have her contacts. She doesn't even have a pair of glasses to take her from the bathroom to bed and vice versa bc the blur is so nauseating she'd prefer to have no sight at all than get ill. Hopefully it's an option for others though.

[@kathymichael7224]

Tommy, I like how you use humor to explain blindness and the abilities of visually impaired people to sighted people in a humorous way. My students and former students are encouraged by you because they sometimes get tired of questions and moreso the assumptions about what they cannot do. I teach them that we are all advocates. I do find that it is more difficult for Sighted folks to understand legally blind/partially sighted vs total blindness. So I have each of my students make a video for their teachers fir the start if the school year. Thanks!

[@DevilishDaysxMaui]

I love how you’re from where I’m from because when you make connections to CT you know it the same way a sighted person does. I’m from the North Haven / New Haven area! Blessings to you!

[@aoki556]

in England our notes are different sizes, and in japan too. we just got a new £5 note made out of plastic so it's really distinguishable

[@SergeantPotato1]

Rikki Aoki made with tallow 😷

[@najeyrifai1134]

+vegan pizza but calculations show that in all of the new £5 notes, there's only about a quarter of a cow's worth of tallow. Not even a whole cow has been killed for ALL of the notes!

[@SergeantPotato1]

Najey Rifai it doesn't matter. Still disgusting and uneccesary murder

[@najeyrifai1134]

vegan pizza It's not murder though, it's not a whole cow. Have you ever killed a quarter of a fly? Maybe a quarter of a kipper? Didn't think so.

[@SergeantPotato1]

Najey Rifai how do you think they got the tallow? They murdered the cow(s, since it's very unlikely that they only used one cow) and take the tallow. Dont be stupid, please.

[@PoweredByRedstonecom]

Made me laugh in under 10 seconds. Congrats.

[@Lurppaaa]

Powered By Redstone what. the. fuck?

[@smartwhip.]

You like minecraft content so it probably wasn’t hard

[@lrusse9120]

Powered By Redstone made me sad , and pitty them in under 10 seconds

[@heyyou6798]

Legally blind for about a year now. Just found your channel. Very entertaining.

[@LNGcreepyztv]

Holy, eye opening. Thank you. Glad this came up on my recommendation

[@MadeOfMocha]

Took a shower in Pure darkness....Respect to th blind man... Some trippy stuff.

[@thetalkingporcupine2827]

I love how upbeat the totally blind guy is- really seems like a joyous guy

[@outdoorairsoft6250]

I’m so glad I can see. Y’all stay strong.

[@ricliu4538]

love the video guys thank you

[@illicit846]

Me: Do u know this color Blind person: No what is it M: it's blue BP: What in the world is that Me: Never mind

[@sakikogookheng]

Is there a joke there I'm missing

[@oppium7588]

@@sakikogookheng no

[@mltfkyu]

Sakikog Oo Kheng yes

[@zhuleikhaosman2322]

I forgot to laugh

[@fffizzed]

[ VIGILANTE ] I don’t get it

[@kyleallmyt6893]

Hey, the camera isn’t on.

[@unlucky3482]

Kyleallmyt he has a helper

[@OTisnochOT]

Unlucky r/whoosh

[@FranklinXVI]

@@OTisnochOT it is a trashy joke tbh

[@g14d0s5]

If you can see the red light on, its recording

[@elfamosoabraham5880]

@@unlucky3482 wooooosh

[@GiGi-jk8ww]

This actually make me cry 😭. One way I can be happy that they don’t have to see the cruel world. In another way I’m so sad for what they have to go through every single day. Life is suffering one way or another. 😭😭😭😭

[@lillyfleeman6932]

I always come back to this video, to prove to myself that I as a completely blind person, ( with light perception in my central field of vision ), and being deaf for 10 months now. Can do things, that the people around me doubt I can do alone. ❤

[@TommyEdisonXP]

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[@saizai]

Suggestion for a followup: the 20/200 acuity / 20° tunnel vision standard vs the Rehabilitation Act functional standard. "Legally" depends on which law you're talking about, and they're not all the same.

[@saizai]

***** Next generation US bills will have to be accessible too. NFB (I think?) won a lawsuit against the Treasury Department.

[@kapuraftw]

The Tommy Edison Experience WHOA BRIDGEPORT TOWARDS TRUMBULL??? does tommy still live in ct? i used to live in bport.

[@scottsaint6025]

The Tommy Edison Experience here's a good question. If you could see the world for only ten minutes and then go back to being blind, would you take the opportunity?

[@Diogenes_ofSinope]

why does KZbin say you channel name in german? I first thought this was a fake channel lol

[@carelessskate5120]

So legally blind people can still kind of see it is just really blurry

[@Mr.Skips2025]

death 360 yes

[@redizzyouslydizzyfizzed7071]

Perfect vision is 20-20, the higher the second number gets the worse your vision is. 20-500 (sometimes 400) and higher is legally blind IF glasses and/or contacts can not correct their vision. I have 20-450 sight and I would be legally blind if my glasses and contacts didn’t work for me

[@redizzyouslydizzyfizzed7071]

It’s close to the way you see when you go cross eyed for me, except no double vision and seeing multiples of things

[@AlexJCross]

What's the first number for?

[@Positivekitten]

Not necessarily. This is actually a huge misconception that the visually impaired community has to deal with. Blindness is a spectrum. There is totally blind, but there is also a huge number of different types of vision impairments that would classify someone as being legally blind. In some cases, things might be blurry, and others someone might have a very limited field of peripheral vision, while still others can see clearly, but things need to be very close up. These vision impairments cannot be corrected through wearing glasses, having Lasik etc. (And if we had a dollar for every time someone asked us why we don’t just get better glasses or have surgery, many of us would be very wealthy LOL!)

[@ang5798]

I really enjoyed the video, thank you

[@astaroth......]

"I guess I've got to be careful. I might get" sighted " *LMAOOO*

[@Hobbitstomper]

Wait, the US notes don't use any tactile feature so blind people can read them?

[@mister0ldschool]

no

[@SalamanderMagic]

Hobbit Stomper nope. Its fucked

[@gothicxpixie666]

Hobbit Stomper no, but they really should :/

[@BeanieDraws]

You'd think they'd have fixed that by now, pretty sure notes have been around a few centuries. In Australia, the notes are different physical lengths.

[@kingkeeper99]

What!? even Colombian pesos have braile in some corner

[@ThyBountyHunter]

I'm surprised, I thought American money would have braille on it to help those without site. I know Canadian money does.

[@Scrutarii]

ThyBountyHunter it's easier with plastic

[@ThyBountyHunter]

steeze. Our money has been like that before these new plastic like ones had come out. Our paper ones for year have had it as well. www.kijikiji.com/colum/canada/IMG_1870.jpg

[@bob562010]

You do know braille is printable, right?

[@yuppi3495]

I'm not sure, but I think the Brazlian Real has Braille.

[@KHobbies_cina]

Im kinda shocked that american dollars dont have braille. Even small countries like Malaysia has printed on it, both paper and plastic.

[@PATRICKBATEMAN855]

Its crazy how happy these guys are

[@adambartlett7955]

Hey man, love your videos. I think I grew up really close to where you used to live. Grew up in good ole Monroe! HAVE A GREAT DAY!

[@LED816]

I love your awful jokes and bad puns 😂. I'm legally blind out of my left eye. Vision is about 20/200 from having chicken pox as a kid. The virus attacked my eye and I almost went completely blind in it from being covered with white scar tissue. I had a cornea transplant but since the chicken pox virus never leaves your body, it's flared up again over the years and I'm back to being legally blind. I can see colors and rough shapes, but every thing has a white fog over it. As a kid it totally messed up my depth perception. I had to wear a freaking eye patch and used to run into walls lol