Ok I haven't even watched the entire video yet but I just yelled at my fiancé "Baaaabe I've just found someone who seems to have almost the exact same visual impairison as me!" Can't tell how happy I am to have found your channel

I love how detailed you were about your vision loss, really fascinating and just goes to show blindness is not a one size fits all. It's the same with hearing loss, I always have to explain what hard of hearing means in my case because for me it's not the same as someone else

the most relatable video on the internet, thank you so much!

I can’t believe I only just found this. I also have Septo Optic Dysplaysia. Though I’m a bit opposite. I can’t see anything out of my left eye, and have fairly usable vision in my right. My visual field is also constricted. My nystagmus is pretty noticeable as well I must say, you are amazing and never stop being you!

Thank you! I’ve spent 40 years trying to describe living with nystagmus and sight loss. I identified exactly with what you said.

From a step mum of a child with septo optic dysplasia. Thank you. I know everybody is different but living in a small country any information about our daughters condition is gratefully accepted. You are amazing.

My daughter has this from birth, also blind on right eye. She's 9 now. I was always curious how is her vision. I asked her of course, but your explanation put new light on it. Thank you and God Bless!

Hi Emily, You are such an inspiration to many Blind people like myself. I am glad I found your Channel! Thank you for sharing your experiences. Keep smiling!

I have sight loss in one eye and would LOVE to see your winged liner trick!!

I just want to say thank you for your videos you have made my heart feel so much better!! my grandson is a 1yr old and has the same thing you do I love you so much for making your videos

I enjoyed watching this video of yours explaining I think you can see because as someone who also has nystagmus, I come across these issues every single day.

Thank you so much for this video, my 1 year old has this diagnosis and your videos have given me a comfortable amout of understanding about how she is going to be effected, youve relieved some of this mammas stress for sure!

I love your videos. You have such a great perspective and seem so empowered to conquer and solve issues. My daughter is only 3 years old and is totally blind. I hope she grows up to have a similar attitude. Please keep sharing.

my son has this condition. watching this video has really helped me a lot with him. He has is a strong kid but his SOD causes him to be delayed in a lot of areas like speech vision and many other things.

Thank you for doing this video. My daughter has the exact same condition as you and she is really good at advocating for herself, but because shes only almost ten, you are much more articulate and this was really good to listen to. Thank you so much!

LOL! The horticulture intervention is hilarious...as is your telling of the fire engine story. You have such a warm, amusing sense of humour. Thanks for sharing this....it was so interesting and it's appreciated.

These videos and your perspective is so interesting I will be using these with my students at work

Really good explanation, as someone with sight loss in a parallel way, with my central vision being mainly affects (1/60, and 2/60 in each eye), and my peripheral vision somewhat peripheral .it is interesting to see how someone with different struggles goes about day-to-day.

Thank you for sharing Emily! I can definitely relate to so much of this (even though I have Bests, and my issue is loss of central vision, but do have peripheral vision). I love knowing how well other VIPs do life. You have described your situation so eloquently.

Another fantastic video Emily. Very interesting as always, and I've submitted captions for it now. As a fellow nystagmus sufferer, I can certainly relate to problems like distance vision and recognising facial expressions. And technology is so helpful these days as well, I completely agree.

Thank you for sharing this, I have the same condition and watch your videos so that I know I'm not alone:)

you look so beautiful Em!!!!!! Also love the picture of you and Charlotte in the background. You're an amazing young woman

I just share your videos, because I am exhausted having the same discussions for 50 years

My eyesight seems to be similar to yours. I'm blind in my right eye too and also have Nystagmus. I do have peripheral vision though, but I do find that I bump into people on my right side when walking sometimes because I can't see them. I can't see very much at all without wearing a contact lens but the lens gives me enough vision to get around without a guide dog/cane. I'm still not able to drive and there's so many things I can't see but I get around alright. It's nice to have found someone who has something similar and understands what it's like. Love your videos. 💕

I ❤️ you. Wish you weren't so darn far away LOL. We share a lot of commonalities with our blindness. My functional vision is highly environment and light dependent. I also have nystagmus, as well as astigmatism, and severe photophobia. Our attitudes are also very similar! Keep on keepin' on lady! ❤️❤️❤️

Great video! I think you went into a lot more detail on this one compared to the previous "blindness" video. I am happy for you that you don't expect your sight to worsen. TFS! (Thx for including the funny moment w/your mom.)

You are the most beautiful and smart blind person I've seen ❤(heart)

I just came from Charlotte Eades’s channel. In a video she talked about how you two are good friends, so I decided to check you out.

Emily, you and I have similar vision. I think the only difference is that I have a little light perception in my right eye, but it's only enough to be annoying. Also, I think my nystagmus is worse. I had a little more sight as a kid, but it has decreased as a result of a car accident some years ago. I went from needing a cane only at night, to needing it almost all of the time. Now I'm working my 3rd guide dog (guide dog tag video coming soon). I'm glad you understand how lucky you are that you had loads of technology at your fingertips during school. I was just completing University when the first iPhones came available. I didn't get my first computer until halfway through my degree. Now that we have this technology, I'm just beginning to learn the full extent of my capabilities.

Your description of nystagmus is pretty fantastic and I will kindly ask you to let me use it for future explanations! I have a bit more severe version of it than you, and my weird thing is that tilting my head doesn't help much, but my eyes, or more specifically my good eye, has actually found a position where the eye can be held steady... problem is, to sighties it looks ike I'm focusing to my right, when I'm in fact looking straight ahead!

my right eye as well is out of commission. i have shocking depth perception and no peripheral vision. technology is great and i have si nany different magnifyers to use st work customers are always curious. i love your videos especially your make up for vision impaired people. keep up the great work!!! by the way im now on the waiting list for a guide dog here in Australia!!!

My eyesight is 6/60 in both eyes but I have peripheral vision and no central vision.. I I can relate to so much you say and then differ in other ways so it's cool to hear someone else's perspective... my eyes go haywire when I try to use my telescope and I can never focus on what I'm trying to look at.. so instead I just take a picture on my phone and zoom in... thank god for modern technology... another great video , I always look forward to these on my Friday night KZfaq catch up..

"this eye has left the building" made me lol! my right eye left the building too

Really enjoyed this video! The digital magnifiers are amazing arnt they! I was only told about th a year or so ago amd its made my life so much easier xx

So I have optic nerve damage from a brain tumour which has affected my field of vision similarly to your condition, but I'm also naturally short sighted so that's fun 😂

and I have a nystagmus, but it isn't that bad so most people can't notice it but when I'm tired my eyes move more

I think our sight is similar, although I have sight in both eyes but i am partially sighted, I too have a Nystagmus but it's not very noticeable and I completely agree with your example with the camera out of focus. I can't see things to the side of me either, I don't have depth perception so going down public stair cases is harder and I too have 6/24 vision, I am also completely deaf in my right ear so that makes crossing the road that little bit harder too. I would really like to get a guide dog but I'm not sure if I would qualify or not. X

I have that same diagnosis.

I have biolateral optic nerve hypopleasia to

Hi I love what you do. My 10 year old daughter has also onh and pendel nystagmus and blind on her right eye. She really wants to learn how to do makeup eyeliner and lipstick etc. Now I am trying tonhelping her do it but I could really use some tips or instruction video. 😅 So I can learn her to do it herself

You are really strong person, I admire you sweetheart ❤❤❤

We have olmost the same vision in what we can see. I have ROP and astagmis. Sorry about spelling.

My 4 year old has optic nerve hyperplasia in his left eye . He told me recently that his left eye is glitching 😢 so I clarified and ask if he can see me at all while I cover his good eye he said no .

if you still work for lush it would be interesting to do a video on how you work in retail as a visually impaired person.

Emily; David 32 from Brisbane Australia here i have been a fan for about 6 months; i have sever vision impairment (congenital catteracts; bilatteral aphakia and stable glaucoma just re watching this one again and i've got a doozey for u i was trying to catch a bus home the other night due to headlights i missed 2 buses within 45 sec. i didn't see them before they;had gone past the stop but afterwoods i managed to hail down a school bus- once again not much good to meLOL😂- don't feel too bad as i've trird to hail garbage trucks before been there know how silly it feels lol our local council lets VIP'S call in and have radio messages sent to the bus we need so they know we are waiting; i could use this service every trip but i find this helps a great deal at night for safety and my piece of mind. keep the video's comming! love the way you give an insight into our world, it makes me feel better knowing im not the only one having these issues!😊 DAVID BRISBANE AUSTRALIA.

I have a nystagmus too. I have been reading a book for about a year

I see 6/24 vision too, but in both eyes instead of 1

LOL. Awesome analogies! Did you read the books to the series of misfortunate events?

hi Emily, that's a really good description of what you can see (and of everything else). do you have any facial recognition? like can you recognize people from the faces if they are close to you and you know them well, or do you go by voice or what thet do etc? i try to be open too about what i donʻt see - and facial expressions are big on that list. i only realized how big after seeing some movies with audio description. imitation game was one of those - iʻd seen it before and loved it but didnʻt realize how much i had missed of the giant screen and on the small screen. i hate asking for help but itʻs quite a hassle trying to figure if iʻve found the correct product. i might find pancake mix that i thought was gluten free... guess the rest. so whip out a magnifying thing and/or ask for some help. in some stores it feels easier - cosmetic stores and running stores are good examples. i can ask for the exact product, describe the scents i like or tell what kind of running shoes feel good and that i need to be able to feel the ground so they canʻt be really thick and padded.

I too am vision impaired but I love to wear false lashes which do you think is better for a vision impaired lady to apply the Mink lashes or the magnetic lashes

Happy Friday sweetie wonderful vid to I'm pretty sure I knew most of it from others but it's always nice to hear watch your videos anyway I do have one question very random I hope you don't mind have you ever considered wearing a wacky contact lenses in your right eye not to help with the sight or anything but just for fun or to mess with people there are some really cool ones out there have a wonderful weekend beautiful xxx

I love the series of unfortunate events.

I am legally blind and I live like any normal person

When I read s book I read the same lines over and over because my eyes sort of flick back to the wrong place I guess

Does your guide dog come with you to work? I work in a kitchen and legally that is the one place service dogs aren't allowed so I'm wondering if there are service dog users who only have their dog half of the time?

Snap my left eye goes walkies too. I can’t control it, I don’t have it in my right wye because that one is plastic. I have a contact lense for my left eye but that doesn’t really work because my left eye tends to wander off. With my lense in I know when it has moved because we check and my contact lense is in the right place meaning my eye has gone walkies. With the lense in when my eye is keeping still things are clear which without it in I never realised and when my eye goes walkies things go more blurry more blurry then my vision is without it in. Going for eye check ups very frustrating because I just can’t control the eye.

Do let me know when you write that petition Emily. I will be sure to be your first signature. LOL

Our busses up here are green, many a time I've put my hand out for a green truck (once it was the bin men and they tooted) cringe!!

I have his as well

You should do a follow me around video

I don't have no proof illusion myself I'm blind in my right eye and I also have nystagmus along with that a house I have glaucoma. does your local Cinema have descriptive video Services? If they do you should utilize it it would let you know what's going on as far as facial expressions or anything else that you can't see.

Emily I hope they make a second series 2. Maybe we can find a petition to sign or something. LOL

There we go! Finally switched my commenting account over to my @craftyblindchick account. I'm Nicole Schultz-Kass in the previous comment. 😂

you are so pretty

Hi! I also have SOD ;)

Hi, what is the app u us that is a voice over & it can read things for u? Thanks 😀 x

I could not make good KZfaq videos because I have such bad mustagmas

Does your guide dog go to work with you?

If you found reading so hard as a child, how come you never learned to read braille?

U so cute