How To Offer Help To A Blind Person

Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, answers the question: "Is It Okay To Offer Help To A Blind Person?"

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Captioning courtesy of:
http://billcreswell.wordpress.com

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THE TOMMY EDISON EXPERIENCE
Starring Tommy Edison
http://blindfilmcritic.com

Directed & Edited by Ben Churchill
http://benchurchill.com

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[pointyearsrule]

I'm new to your channel, and I love what you're doing with both these videos and the film critic videos. What I was wondering is what you'd like filmmakers to improve upon when making films so that blind people might better enjoy them. I am a filmmaker and I'd honestly like to try to make a film that is more friendly to those without sight.

[TommyEdisonXP]

Start and end with story. Make important points through dialogue or music/lyrics or sound effects.

[NinjaTrixxr]

Why did you decide to start making youtube videos? (They're really interesting, by the way.) Thanks!

[TommyEdisonXP]

Because people started asking these types of questions on the BlindFilmCritic channel.

[Milton Ribeiro]

can you play darts

[TommyEdisonXP]

Just wrote it down for a future video.

[TommyEdisonXP]

Using my superpowers and my cape.

[TommyEdisonXP]

Same as you, minus the visual part.

[NelsonClick]

I always do this when I'm alone with a blind stranger. I count on their advanced awareness to discern I'm not a threat and a temporary ally if needed. I will simply say, "Good Morning" or whatever and from that they can tell I'm male, my age , how tall I am and the tone in my voice says I am approachable. Then I don't have to hear any heart stabbing " Don't feel sorry for me" attitude because I broke their concentration by saying "Do you need assistance"? It happened once.

[famalamafamabangaman]

Dear Tommy, would you ever experiment with safe, psychedelic substances to see what you might see?

[pointyearsrule]

Thank you for responding! I'll keep all that in mind with my screenplays!

[Caroline Harrison]

ok, i have to say that your videos are SO cool. I have always wanted to look through the life of a blind person. thanks for giving me that insight

[FireEmblem129]

Are there any braille board games?

[scikoolaid]

With your better hearing ability, what do TV's, Computers, and just overall electricity sound like to you? How easy can you hear running motors and the hum of power flowing?

[Kitty From the city]

I love this video. I am doing the Boston vision walk for the blind and this video will help show my friends what not to do when they see more blind people besides myself. They all keep asking questions about what happens if they see a blind person at the event if they should grab them and help them and I think this video is well put :)

[Liam Kinahan]

Have you ever accidentally tried to go in someone elses house thinking it was yours?