Legally blind and traveling to Chicago

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@BlindtoBillionaire 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Juan, This is a nice video! It is a nice recap and summary of your vacation. Great video! Hopefully your trip able to travel again sometime soon so you can document and share it with us. It’s always interesting to see how other blind or visually impaired people travel. Thanks again! Matt

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Matt. The only thing I regret not leaving in this video was talking about how I went the minimalist approach in traveling for this trip. I enjoyed it so much that I am going to do this again the next time I travel.

@BlindtoBillionaire 5 жыл бұрын

JC5 Productions that is great to hear. You need to travel more! And you can create more videos. I’m glad to hear you had a nice experience

@darquequeen2323 5 жыл бұрын

Right on! The first time is always daunting, but after the first experience, it’s less nerve wracking. I have social anxiety as well, and the first time I traveled alone, I was a wreck. This was 6 years ago. Now, it’s no biggie. Looks like you had a great time in Chi-Town! Great fun video! 👍🏽❤️

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Can I ask if your social anxiety has become more manageable over time? I guess I’m just asking because I know I will always have it, but it seems like I keep slowly chipping away at it and it gets a little bit better each time managing it.

@darquequeen2323 5 жыл бұрын

JC5 Productions Actually, I’ve found it to have become worse over time, caused by many contributing factors, some physical, others circumstantial. Anxiety runs rampant throughout my mother’s side of the family, and from my grandma down, I’m at least third generation of living with it.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

That has to be tough knowing it’s gotten worse. It’s definitely one of those lifelong battles but I’m hoping you’ll be able to control it more than it controls you in the future. Best of luck in your journey.

@theblindlife 5 жыл бұрын

Great video man and congratulations on taking that trip! The family and I did spring break in Chicago about 4 years ago and had a fantastic time! really brought back memories watching your video. We did Navy pier, portillo's, deep-dish pizza, I even knocked on the bean also! Thanks for the shout out and congratulations again! also, digging the 5 o'clock shadow. remember, beards are sexy!

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sam. So you also decided to knock on The Bean huh? LOL. I really wish California had Portillo‘s because that chocolate cake is freaking awesome. Also you’re welcome and I got a lot out of your travel video which is a big reason why I decided to give it a shout out.

@bamablind9916 5 жыл бұрын

It’s your brave new world! I know that this trip had to be so liberating because you just pushed through the anxieties and uncertainties and it sounds like you had a wonderful trip. I remember the first time I travel by Air, by myself, legally blind, white cane user and even with layovers, I remember the feeling of accomplishment when I returned home from a success fall trip. I have made many, many since then and I still have that awesome feeling of independence each time I travel by myself. Thanks for sharing all of the aspects of your journey and I wish you many more take care, Beverly

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying that and I hope that with more trips I get more confident and have that reassurance of myself like you do. I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

@SkinoB 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Chicago and I’m also diagnosed with Rp. Just last night I went downtown with my friends and it was already dark out. The lights really helped me see, but the light also irked me a lot too. I was riding bikes and I was behind all my friends and it was a bit hard to catch up to them and I kept getting anxious that I couldn’t see anything. I felt bad for myself bc my friends kept thinking I was going to bump into something when we were walking and it annoyed me bc I was able to see well enough. I’ve been getting so mad and easily annoyed for the last few months. I’m really fed up that I can’t see as much as used to before. It really puts me down. I was just diagnosed with Rp in February of 2020. I also just graduated from highschool in May.

@JuanAlcazar 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, sorry to hear that things aren’t going very well for you. Have you explored what your current options are so as to make any sort of transition easier for you? This is just me speaking from my own experience, but learning the skills you’ll need ahead of time will come in huge even if you’ll have some remaining vision for the rest of your life.

@SkinoB 4 жыл бұрын

JC5 Productions Since I just found out that I had rp, I had to notify my highschool and I had a whole “IEP” meeting. They’re basically going to help me enroll into this mobility school where they teach me how to use a cane and read brail. It’s only a semester long, but im also anxious about enrolling to college b/c my family struggles financially. I feel like I’m wasting time if I worked and went to school at the same time, bc my vision get can worse by the time I’m financially stable. I can care less about having money once I’m blind. I want to go out and explore. I get even more anxious as the days go by.

@JuanAlcazar 4 жыл бұрын

Have you thought of possibly looking into vocational rehabilitation? Just bringing that up because they do tend to help out with educational needs as well and not just employment needs.

@CaylawithaC 5 жыл бұрын

That’s really awesome that you did this. Very brave. And I enjoyed hearing about it glad it went well!

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Cayla. It went surprisingly well, and I hope to be traveling again soon. One detail I left out from the final edit was that I decided to travel with just a carry on. I really wanted to give the minimalist style a try and I really really liked it.

@BLINDHAVOK 5 жыл бұрын

nice work Juan, so glad you made it to your destination and experienced so much. I like this style of video vlogging from you and will post it on blind awareness... also that food looks too good :O

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah this is definitely not my style of video, but it was a nice challenge because it was something rather new to me even though I have done blogs in the past. Oh and also I had to indulge with the food because I normally don’t eat these kinds of things anyway LOL.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

@daddyjay5396 5 жыл бұрын

It looks a great trip- Chicago is a great city to visit. So many events, attractions, museums- plenty of ways to spend lots of money!

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

It was indeed a great trip 🙂 I’m definitely visiting again. So much I have t seen yet.

@jannelappalainen1977 5 жыл бұрын

Great video and important issue! It is amazing how, there is always helping hand, when trawelling with white cane.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely a good thing to get help when you need it. I only got help if I really needed it though. Still it’s nice to know that there’s a lot of people who understand what the white cane stands for.

@KonjikiKonjiki 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing your experience! I have social anxiety that has ramped up in unfamiliar areas now that I'm visually impaired. I always loved my solo trips when I had normal vision because I got to walk everywhere and figure things out as I went along, with a mind to remaining safe as a solo female. However, now I'm facing thoughts that I can't travel that way any more, that I have to stick to big tour trips with a group or something so not me. I don't think this is actually true, and videos like yours here help me realise it isn't. Probably just budgeting for Ubers or caps instead of walking around will do the trick for the most part for me. I'm still fairly early in the sight loss process, and still grieving the loss of independence as I learn to adapt and set new goals and boundaries, but I think I should still be able to see the works of Gaudi in Barcelona, or more of the E M P in Seattle even. Not necessarily condemned to a lifetime of travel on casino and bingo bus tours!

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

It’s definitely a process of doing things independently once more. Sometimes it’s a faster or slower process. We’re all different and proceed at our own rates. Thank you and hopefully you’ll be able to travel more like you did before.

@peteroc7395 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent work and thank you for the info

@JuanAlcazar 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It was very much an interesting and fun trip. Hoping to be going back sometime soon because I haven’t gone to check out a few other places, and I’d like to check out the inside of Wrigley Field if possible.

@LEXPIX 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done putting yourself outside your comfort zone.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying that and yes I am trying to do my best to keep taking myself out of my comfort zone whenever possible.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying that and yes I am trying to do my best to keep taking myself out of my comfort zone whenever possible.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying that and yes I am trying to do my best to keep taking myself out of my comfort zone whenever possible.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for saying that and yes I am trying to do my best to keep taking myself out of my comfort zone whenever possible.

@myvisuallyimpairedlife5674 5 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked the trip. Looks to be that you had a ton of fun. And I think your personal growth was actually your waist. After the burgers the deep dish pizza I think you had some growth around your waistline. Hahaha corny joke. Always great to see new video from you my buddy.

@JuanAlcazar 5 жыл бұрын

LOL. Exactly, that’s why I immediately went back to my workout routine after I got back home. I think I burned off those calories by now…I hope I did.