experience of blind day
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Some months ago, I observed a blind pedestrian negotiating a busy London street with remarkable speed and confidence. “Just how does he do it?”, I thought to myself. I decided that I, as an eye health professional, could benefit from a brief experience of what it was like to be ‘blind’. This became the inspiration for a fundraising event, which involved me having my eyes covered for 24 hours, and being effectively ‘blind’, under close supervision from a sighted guide.
Living with sudden and complete visual loss is a high-risk endeavour, and ‘pretending’ to lose one's sight is no less risky. For this reason, prior to the event, my sighted guide, Puneet Sayal, and I underwent intensive visual awareness training. This involved learning a range of safe coping techniques, both indoors and out, such as opening doors, climbing stairs, and pouring hot drinks. Even the simplest activity could be challenging.
On the day of the event, with close guidance from my guide, I went about my normal daily routine: getting dressed, preparing and eating breakfast, walking to university, attending classes, etc.
I quickly noticed that some people treated me differently now that my eyes were covered: they were either more or less attentive than usual, and they sometimes addressed me indirectly by talking to my guide. Some seemed disturbed by my condition, others overeager to help.
I found I was less confident, found it more difficult to concentrate in class, and was not able to contribute as much as usual. I was completely dependent on my guide and experienced a severe loss of freedom. As the day progressed, I began to feel stressed and became anxious to remove my eye coverings. When they finally came off after 24 hours, the light was actually painful. I also felt quite emotional and remained unsettled for a few hours.
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