Blind or visually impaired individuals face challenges in choosing clothing styles, but good organization and creativity skills can help them. Blind individuals confidently choose outfits using braille labels, tactile markers, and accessibility apps. Empowerment through technology and adaptive clothing has made it easier for them to learn about fashion, pick out styles they like, and find out how things look on them.
To help blind individuals choose their outfits, they can use tactile methods such as putting a single safety pin on garments of one color (e.g., greens and beiges) and two safety pins on clothes of another color (e.g., blues). Organizing clothes by color, garment type, or season can make it easier to pick out what you need for any occasion. Labeling is another important aspect of shopping for clothing.
Blind people shopping for clothing either have a sighted friend come with them to assist or get assistance from a sales clerk to help them find clothing that looks good on them and that matches. They will choose whatever feels comfortable and within their price range, and may bring a friend or relative to help select things that look good on them.
APH has tags that can be attached to the label of clothing to help identify color. Other systems and devices are available to help the visually impaired keep track of their clothing. Some fashion brands have started adopting different changes in their clothing to accommodate blind individuals.
In summary, blind or visually impaired individuals can use various strategies to choose their clothing styles, including working with a stylist, shopping with friends or loved ones, using accessibility apps, and utilizing technology to help them navigate the vast selection of clothing options.
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How do blind people sort their clothes?
Mary is responsible for identifying matching outfits by using safety pins or ponytail holders to prevent stains in the washing machine. She ensures that a shirt with two safety pins matches pants with two safety pins. When it comes to shoes, Mary must ensure that each pair stays together, either by placing them in a plastic bag labeled in Braille with the color or by tying them together. For socks and other pairs, Mary must find a way to keep them together even while in the washing machine, using safety pins to ensure they stay together.
How do blind people know if someone is attractive?
The author is a bodybuilder who finds attractive men with a pleasant scent and good voice. They are tactile and rely on touch to map out things, including bodies. As an athlete, they prefer a sporty, fitness-oriented guy who shares their interests. They are attracted to elements in other people’s physical form that are present in their own body, such as the feel of their shoulders, back, and legs. The author also finds the way someone smells connects them to them, as some male scents can turn their stomach. They train in a gym and are often confronted by unpleasant-smelling men, but they would still say no, thanks.
How do blind people pick an outfit?
Choosing a style for a visually impaired person can be challenging due to the numerous factors to consider, such as color palettes, design choices, and outfit combinations. To help, consider working with a stylist, shopping with friends or family, asking store associates or personal shoppers for assistance, bringing extra light and a magnifying glass, and preparing sizing, color options, and style preferences beforehand. Engaging sighted help in the initial process can help stay updated on trends and gather necessary information.
Once you have identified your style and collected clothing items, organize your closet in a manageable and easy-to-navigate manner. Label your clothes, use storage systems, and create preset wardrobe combinations to ensure you are aware of what you are wearing without requiring assistance from others. This will make it easier to shop and create a cohesive wardrobe for yourself and others.
How do colorblind people dress themselves?
Colorblind men can benefit from purchasing grayscale clothing, such as white shirts, charcoal suits, and black trousers, which eliminates guesswork. Neutral browns and grays are easy to distinguish, even with colorblind vision. To relieve the muted palette, be more aggressive with patterning. However, be sure to buy what you think you are, as fine lines may appear gray or black to colorblind men. To create a more colorful wardrobe, work within a set color family, seek opinions from others, and learn to recognize your perception of colors.
How does a blind person know when to stop wiping?
The friction generated by the wiping action of toilet paper facilitates the cleansing process. In other words, the harder it is to wipe, the cleaner the surface becomes.
How do blind people know what color they are wearing?
Blind people can identify their clothes by touch, with different buttons, snaps, bows, ties, fabric, texture, belts, elastic at the waist, or different pockets. They can also tell which clothes match each other. However, there may be more than one shirt or blouse that feels alike, and men’s ties can feel alike. Some blind people mark their clothes in special ways to tell them apart, such as using Braille labels or safety pins.
Some blind people can see some colors but not all of them, such as blue, black, brown, pink, or white. It is important to learn about colors even if you cannot see them, such as what colors look nice together, what colors do not match, stripes, plaids, and other patterns. This knowledge is crucial for clothing and decorating.
Blind people can play games or cards with Braille, including games like Uno, Scrabble, backgammon, chess, checkers, and yhtzee. These games can be made of different textures, shapes, and colors to tell them apart, or a small piece of tape can be placed on one set. Monopoly cards can be Brailled, and the board can be Brailled or marked. Yahtzee and other games using dice with dots that can be felt and count are easy if used with dots that can be felt and count.
Not all games and toys made specifically for the blind are made specifically for them. Many games and toys purchased at the store are easy and fun for the blind, and they can use their imagination to think of ways to use the same things as a sighted person. By understanding how blind people can identify their clothes and play games, we can work towards creating a more inclusive and accessible environment for everyone.
How to help a blind person get dressed?
The process of dressing a blind person or someone who is visually impaired involves using assistive technology, which can range from low-tech items like safety pins to high-tech items like talking labels, smart closet apps, and color readers. Most people use multiple methods and combinations of low-tech, mid-tech, and high-tech tools instead of relying on a single system.
Organizing clothing with visual impairment is crucial for effective assistive technology. A well-organized clothing storage or closet system allows individuals to locate clothes independently. The “best” system for organizing clothes while visually impaired depends on the individual’s usable vision or residual vision, as their level of usable vision can impact their navigation of their environment. Some examples of assistive technology for dressing include:
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- Smart closet apps
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What does a fully color blind person see?
Achromatopsia, or complete color blindness, is a rare condition where individuals see the world in shades of black, white, and grey. It is often assumed that all color blind people see black and white, but it is actually a color deficiency affecting reds, greens, browns, oranges, blues, purples, and yellows. It is important to understand the unique visual experiences of those with color blindness to better understand their condition.
How to organize clothes for a blind person?
This article provides tips for organizing a walk-in closet with vision loss in mind. It emphasizes the importance of keeping categories of clothing together, ensuring defined segments in shelving and storage areas, arranging items by color, arranging tops by sleeve length/pants by length, ensuring adequate lighting, and using hanging storage whenever possible.
Organizing a walk-in closet with vision loss can be challenging, but it is essential to take the time to organize items from the start. Organizing by category, such as dresses on one rack and shirts on another, can make it easier for others to find items. This also helps if someone else needs to grab something from the closet.
Assistive technology and dressing aids for low vision can be helpful in organizing jewelry and dresser drawers, but it is essential to prioritize the organization of clothing and accessories to ensure accessibility and ease of use. By following these tips, individuals with vision loss can effectively organize their walk-in closet and make it easier for them to find and access their belongings.
Do blind people see GREY or black?
Around 15 people with eye disorders have total blindness, meaning they have no light perception and cannot see anything. However, some still can tell if a room is light or dark, and sometimes see flashes of light. It is a misconception that all people with total blindness only see black, as some may never see color before. Most blind people have some degree of light perception, and the amount and location of light varies from person to person. They can tell whether a room is light or dark, identify light sources, and see better in well-lit environments.
Is color blind a disability?
In the UK, colour blindness is often not considered a disability, but it should be treated as such. Employers, schools, and businesses should treat it as any other disability. However, the Guidance Notes to the Equality Act 2010 are misleading, but the Government Equalities Office acknowledges that colour blindness can be a disability. The Department for Work and Pensions agrees that the Guidance Notes need amendment. In other cultures, colour blindness may be considered a defect, such as in Japan where it is excluded from certain careers and in some communist countries where it is not permitted to drive.
Research on the effects of colour blindness in everyday life is limited, as the general population is unaware of the daily difficulties it can cause. Society needs to change, as colour blind people learn to manage their condition, but their needs should not be ignored.
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Tommy Edison, who was born blind, tells us how he shops for clothes and matches what he wears everyday. Directed/Edited by …
Thanks for perusal! Hopefully you learned a little bit more about how people with vision impairments can live independent lives and do simple tasks like picking out the right clothes. Have a question about what it’s like to live with blindness? Let me know in the comments and I might cover it in a future article!
Yeah, Seeing AI is useful, although it can make some pretty silly mistakes. The struggles with colors also depends on the lighting situation. Same thing with people and scene Recognition. For example, once, I took a picture of my dog and it told me that my dog was a horse. (I guess that’s actually not so far-fetched since he is a 27 inch tall 75 pound German shepherd. Although physically, he obviously doesn’t look like a horse.) when I more correctly positioned the camera a few seconds later, it did recognize that he was a dog. But even other times, it recognized him as a monkey and a cat. Not sure how it got those, though. There must be some ginormous monkeys and cats in the world. The organization system you have for your clothes is pretty similar to mine. For work, I like to wear a lot of dresses, so dresses are all grouped together, then skirts, tops, sweaters, and jackets. I like my skirts to be black because I know that black will go with anything. Same thing with jackets and vests. Have you considered using NFC tags to label your clothes? And other things? It’s a cheap and accessible labeling system. I’m not talking about Way Around, The system that is for “the blind “. I’m talking about getting some NFC tags, and using a main stream app. It works, too. I can’t take credit for that idea. I got it from Tamara over at the website called Unsightly Opinions.
Tommy, they stopped putting tags on the back of the necks of shirts because they tended to flip outward and look silly, and, more importantly, because they felt annoying against the neck. I’m grateful for the change for those reasons, but I usually change in the dark, and it’s definitely more challenging. Fortunately they still keep the tiny tag on the inside bottom left seam, so I use that.
I’m actually going to school to help those with disabilities, so i have ideas and methods for every kind of disability there is. I wish I could help make life a little easier for you Tommy. You seem like a stand-up guy, and I would do whatever it takes to ensure that life becomes somewhat easier for you with your condition. i wish you well, and God Bless you for your articles and sense of humor. Nothing better than seeing someone like you have a brighter side to life. A lot of people can a page from your book Tommy. You are an inspiration to everyone! Thanks for your amazing articles!
I use puffy paint to create a stencil on our clothing. Once that dries, I use it as a tactile stencil to embroider our initials on our clothes. Otherwise, I would accidentally end up in my daughter’s leggings, my son’s hoodies, and my husband’s shirts. I am looking into the WayAround button tags for more detailed identification. At least, for my clothes. Until then I just ask my daughter to make sure I have what I think I have.
Tommy – I know color is sort of a loose concept for you – but your shirts always look nice and you have a variety of colors. You probably know how people tend to associate different attributes with color – you know, red – aggressive, yellow – happy, green and blue – calming, …. Do you have clothing color preferences based on what the color represents?
I’m really glad I’ve watched you articles. Before seeing your articles I always thought that being blind would be really hard and terrible. But hearing your joyous take on things makes me see that it really has been a blessing for you. You are the most organized person I know of and I wish I could even begin to keep track of my own things the way you do. Thanks tommy for changing how I see things 🙂
It’s pretty much the same method for blind women. Only we have a lot more accessories to work with. You can tell which blouse or top you have by it’s weight, or maybe it has a woven feel to it, or a certain neck line, etc. Now they have technology that can tell you the colors of items and that has been a big help to a lot of blind people. Such as Tap Tap See app. But I have never seen a blind person looking goofy, wearing a plaid shirt with striped pants, nothing like that!
I think you’re better off being blind from birth than loosing sight during life. You don’t know what you’re missing out or pitty yourself, you just live your life as you always has. Sight is great thing but to loose it must be very very hard. Btw you are like a sunshine 😀 so happy and smiling and I love it 🙂
In the long run, it’s cheaper for clothing manufacturers to print information directly onto the inside of the shirt, than it is to print the information onto a little tag then sew the tag inside the shirt. Industry spindoctors present it as a change made in response to customer concerns, but it was really made to save companies money. Sighted people may appreciate not having scratchy tags in their shirts, but its not like scratchy tags were a huge problem that forced clothing manufacturers to change their designs.
I am totally serious here! I am 100% blind! I have a Seeing AI app, the the colour part of it doesn’t work! I am looking for a job and used it the other day to match shirts and pants, and when my Commission For The Blind counsellor, came over, she told me That it didn’t work!! My question is, I want to look nice every day and not be made fun of, especially by the friend of mine, who thinks it is funny when I don’t look right! What can I do besides asking someone
If I was clothes shopping with Tommy, I’d just ask ‘What do you want people to see in you, what do you want to project?’ Like I’d say, ‘How about a black shirt, you’ll look mysterious and smart just a bit more’… Or, ‘How about a multi-coloured shirt, you’d look more easy-going but some people might take you less seriously or think you’re a clown’… Basically I’d just try to give estimated comparisons like that
So, I can see and I still do this. Black or blue jeans. Simple T-shirts. All white socks (all the same brand and size so they all match each other). It just makes getting dressed easier. Also, most shirts still have “tags” but it’s just the size, brand and whatever printed on the cloth. They did it because it’s more comfortable, with no tag tickling you or sticking out when you’re not paying attention.
I read some of the comments and i have to agree that it took me like thirty seconds to notice you had your eyes closed so how were you reading it… Then I was oh! He is blind, forgot …. I’m perusal your articles for about an hour, how the hell did I forget that? Are you a wizard or something? Maybe just a really smooth talker, hum, ok then. Anyway, your vids are really interesting so thanks for sharing and all. (Also, man, your memory is GOOD!)
So I wanna know, because this has come up recently in conversation; we’re told to look at our poop to make sure it’s “healthy” as in no blood, no loss of pigment, etc. Obviously an independent blind person does not have this option, so this may seem like a moot point and I’m not being sarcastic, but I’m curious; do doctors expect you to get someone to look at bowel movements on a regular basis, or is it just a matter of if you start having pain/diarrhea/constipation that’s when you’d maybe give a stool sample?
Just because science is discussing it, or may have developed it, doesn’t mean it’s commercially and/or easily available to all patients. I mean, scientists have also figured out how, in theory, warp drive or time travel could work. Doesn’t mean we’re all Doctor Who now. There’s a huge difference between new or theoretical technology and affordable, available treatment.
I really have to agree with your previous articles that its just so silly not dressing for comfort. I mean even my things that look good have to have a certain level of comfort or they do not make the grade. I think sighted people get to carried away in the look as opposed to the practicality or comfort of clothing.
I think i can kinda explain to you what seeing is like.. Let’s say you have a bottle in front of you, you can touch it and when you touched it you know it’s there, right? Well, sighted people know that the bottle is there when they point their eyes in that direction, we don’t need to touch it to know it’s there. We know what’s in front of our eyes without touching anything.
When i went blind, for a while, i bought 20 pair of sox. All matching, or so they said. I put all these socks in a drawer. no matter which two socks i pulled out, i was sure to have a matching pair, as they werre all just alike in the first place. I also learned, no matter how many choices you have the certainty is always determined, by simply adding ( one) . if the number of choices is 2 then the answer is three. etc.
QUESTION: What about when you have sex? I know it’s kinda personal, but I’m really curious cause you often hear talk about how sex feels a lot more intense if you can’t see (like using a blindfold or something). And since people who have been blind for a long time has a more signifigent strength in the remaining senses, does having sex then give you that kind of extra POW-feel to it? And do you go out on a friday night to a bar or something if you feel like meeting women? 🙂 THUMBS UP!!!!!
Tommy I HAVE A QUESTION! 🙂 … Assuming that you have an imagination, when you imagine something in your mind, do you imagine it in terms of the senses you have, or are you able to compose any kind of image in your mind at all? Lets say you imagine a straight line, can you imagine more lines to put together a mental image of some sort? Whenever you have touched an edge of something such as a door for example, you are tracing a line with your hand, are you able to recreate that in your mind?
Dude u are awesome. U are so funny! Thank you for being so strong and who you are. What do you think Of the concept of style. Like what makes certain things go together. And also can you look up to the sum and see any change in the darkness? And tommy I bet u may be able to see white or red if u push on your eyes when they are closed (not too hard) I can see a slight color change when I do it and also when I look up to the sum with my eyes closed or even the tv flickering.
Just found you the other day on YouTube have subscribed and love your work. Have you ever fired a gun? I know a lot of the fun of shooting is seeing where you hit, but I have been around quite a few people firing guns for the 1st time that can’t hit shit. However after the 1st shot they all have big smiles. I would love to see you fire a gun just to see if it makes you smile just as big.
After perusal a bunch of your articles, I’m dying to know 2 things. Any relation to the inventor, Thomas Edison? Second, when I close my eyes, I see black, but there is still some visual input. Do you have a sense of “darkness” or is that website just missing completely – like the difference between a tv that has no article and a radio? Does that make sense? I hope its not too forward.
What happened with the tags is that people HATE those tags. They itch to no end! I have found, though, that the text in the area where the tag used to be has a texture that’s different from the shirt. I’ve also noticed that, at least with T-Shirts, the collar is slightly reinforced in the back. Not sure why, but there it is. Also, as someone just passing through, thank you to the person who allows Tommy to know what these comments say. ^_^
Since you answer all of our questions, I’m going to answer your last question: they’ve started taking the tags out because to most people feeling that scratchy material back there is really annoying. I’m an aspie so I’m really sensitive to things like that and actually got ALL my clothes and cut the tags out because they irritate me that much. Lately the little painted tags have also been bugging me as well so I’ll scratch those away as well. I’m sorry it’s long but there ya go.
As a fashion design major, I can answer the question about tags. The answer is cost. Nowadays, instead of an embroidered tag that that is created and then sewn into the garment (several different steps, an more materials) the label and care instructions are actually screen-printed in ink in place of where the tag was. This is much cheaper, and in some opinions, more comfortable. the downside is that eventually that information rubs away.
They moved from the sewn in tags to the printed ones for a lot of reasons. They’re less irritating on the skin; they don’t stick out of the shirt when you put it on; it wastes less cloth to print it on than to sew a tag in: prevents people from ripping/cutting the tags out. I’m sure there’s so many more reasons- a lot of them economical, but most of the time the packaging on shirts or what not says it’s for comfort.
Kind of a flawed question. He wouldn’t be able to tell you if his sex is better than a person’s sex who isn’t blind because he has never felt what it’s like to have sex while not being blind, he has only felt what it is like to have sex while being blind. He has no way to compare the two different kinds of sex.
i was in a desert taking a break in the early morning and it was quite still and very quiet. I actually heard my footsteps echo off a long sign across the street it freaked me out (thought i was being followed). Once I figured it out, I got so excited i started making all sorts of noises. Glad nobody was around to see me 🙂
I have a condition called Migraine aura. Luckily I do not get the migraine afterwards. It puts a C shaped aura in my vision that is very colorful, but it is there if I close my eyes or have them open. Have you ever heard of a blind person having this condition? I have researched it a bit and it affects the brain and not the eyes. Thank you.
They got rid of the tags because people think they scratch. 🙂 Do you use any of the brailled tags that tell you what color clothing is? I noticed form some of your other articles that you don’t seem to have your DVDs or CDs labeled in braille. Is that true? Do you use braille labels around the house? Do you prefer to use braille or audio?
In the interests of being morbid: If you had to lose a 2nd sense, what would you choose? This is a play off of the morbid question I hear people ask each other “If you had to be deaf or blind which would you choose” Which is a bizarre question to ask, but figured we shouldn’t leave you out of the morbidity 😛
Yeah, I’ve noticed that. As the “tag” on shirts wear off, I always feel for the difference in the way the top is sewn on. Most shirts without the sewn-on tag that I’ve encountered have a bit of reinforcing cloth sewn into the back side where the tag would be. Do you do that or have you tried that method?
Do you wear sandals, or ‘closed-toed’ shoes more often? Is lacing shoes at all annoying for you? Also, re: the tags question – can’t you tell by the cut of the neck of the shirt which is front v back (back is higher-cut than front, so would ride up on your neck uncomfortably when put on the wrong way)?
That’s right they don’t put tags in shirts that much anymore. Maybe you could have a friend or a local tailor sew in a tag in the inside of the back of the shirt. That would be less of a pain when you get dressed. By the way you really look good today.I love that shirt. You look really good in black.