It's been a little awhile CZcams family, I had been traveling... and also moving all last month. Took the time off for that. Let's get back consistent uploads. 😎 What's a place you've always wanted to travel to? ⬇️
I want to go to Italy because I've been to America I want to go to America in the past I've been there so now I want to go to Italy for 230 Norden really
If I were given a chance to travel is Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, Korea, and more. Then, headed to Europe like London to the famous Big Ben and Norway to visit some good friends. 😍
I have been traveling more on my own lately. I am autistic/ADHD and I get airport assistance because airports are just really overwhelming for me. It’s much easier and I am much less likely to have a sensory overload or meltdown if I can get through tsa/whatever else with an assistant. I have had very mixed results. Southwest is fine but I found that the assistants were very infantilizing which I didn’t like. What I like about Southwest is you can book assistance when you buy your ticket. The other airline I’ve flown is Swiss and honestly I had a decent expirerencs flying out but coming home was a nightmare. When I got the the airport the lady at the assistance desk tried to tell me I didn’t have enough time get assistance then when I finally did it was way more complicated than it needed to be. When I landed I had to wait for assistance forever than the guy I was with tried to just give me directions through the airport instead of walking with me. He seamed really undertrained. So I guess I’ve had mixed experiences with assistance but I kind of need it so I’ll just do what I have too.
Last month I received a settlement from Greyhound because of a lawsuit with the DOJ and the ADA. One time a few years ago when I was traveling on Greyhound I had a transfer and there was suppose to be a guide to help me get to my next bus. There was not one there available when I got to the station, so the driver had to get off the bus and escort me into the building and help me get to my next bus. I do use a white cane. Also if you are visually impaired, it is good to travel light (luggage wise) because it is good to have at least one free hand for your cane and if you need to feel things with your hand.
I get so intimidated traveling on my own but once I did it around Europe where I didn’t even speak the language dam that was a challenging and so empowering! Love your videos dude!
Enjoyed that vid. Fortunately, I haven't had the "Fart" experience :-). I have always had amazing assistance with in the UK and America within the airports. In fact a VIP is treated like a Celebrity VIP more often than not lol
You are such an inspiring human being thank you for this video I lost my eyesight 12 years ago and I started my own CZcams channel it’s called Sheldon the blind traveller keep on inspiring God bless you!!!!
Good video with some pretty useful tips. Is San Jose really that accessible? I guess I’ve taken it for granted being so close to it. I just recently came back from a 5 day trip to Chicago. First time flying alone and I got assistance when I needed it. It was pretty smooth sailing for me. I did ask for the wheelchair when I was at Chicago because I was a bit crunched for time and I wasn’t going to mess with O’Hare and trying to navigate around an airport I’d never been at let alone one of that size.
That's pretty awesome that Virgin Atlantic had an iPad that was already set up with the accessibility options. I wil keep that in mind when traveling since I do quite a bit of traveling myself as a visually impaired/blind person. I recently travelled on Southwest to Las Vegas for the NFB convention and it was at least four of us that were blind traveling together and the airline staff were very accommodating and helpful.. No accessible iPad though, LOL. I do run into the issue where the airport folks try to force me to get a wheelchair but I usually insist that I can walk unless I happen to have a time issue. Thanks for sharing.
Hey, JR! Great video! This is in DG and sweetie Belle and we love watching your videos. We travel a little bit. My fiancé has done traveling in the airport with I assume sighted assistance. I’ve never done any traveling by airplane as a blind person. We do travel on the Amtrak train both blind. We could help to the train and away from the train. But they put us on last and they take us off last. So you have to get used to that. But other than that we really want to travel like you do overseas and places like that. Anyway, much support to you and much love. Keep up the great work!
Bäm James! You´re dope. I´m on the hard road to blindness with my recent stargardt diagnose and one big concern was that I love travelling and creating content and thought this would all be over. You proved me wrong. Been watching a lot of your videos and you really impress me a lot. Thank you for being there and giving courage to all of us. Please Keep up the good work!!!!
I am visually impaired. I have never flown on an airplane, but I have rode buses across states before. It is difficult to travel long distances as a visually impaired person, but not impossible.
I didn’t like flying before I lost my sight so doubt I’d be going international. Currently I’m working on improving how I travel on buses locally. And when I’ve travelled further especially if it involves going into London I take a family member. In crowds I hang onto their arm and let them guide me, while I use my cane with the other hand and close my eyes. My remaining sight is such that everything beyond arm’s length is a blurry blob and being in a a crowd sends my brain into overload with all the blurs moving. As if losing my sight wasn’t enough my brain decided that Charles Bonnet Syndrome was a brilliant idea so those blurry blobs become weird and wonderful (& sometimes terrifying);things. It’s hard to believe three years ago I was thinking my funky sight just needed new specs. In seven and a half weeks it will be the third anniversary of being told I was going blind and the cause diagnosed. Just over two years ago I was using my white cane for the first time. Now being legally blind feels normal and I don’t feel panicky as my sight continues to deteriorate. Yours is one of the first CZcams channels (along with Molly Burke, Fasioneyesta, and Well Eye Never) that gave my hope that I could stay independent after my sight loss diagnosis. Goes to prove that older people should never stop learning from the young (my diagnosis was just over three weeks before my 55th birthday)
I just happened to stumble across this channel and read your comment… It really touched my heart because just a few years ago I was ordering the exact same words. I had been on several cruises however my eyesight had not deteriorated as much but I always had a cited guide. Vacations to the Caribbean were pretty easy because I had a cited guide as well. However in the past four years I have been traveling with blind people and it has not been nearly as rough as I had imagined! I attend the World Series beep ball games as a spectator and have met some of the most amazing people ever! We traveled from the New York New Jersey area to West Palm Beach one year Wisconsin then Tulsa and this year we were to be in Iowa however the coronavirus put a stop to that. However a couple of us will be on our way to Las Vegas in about 10 days and we look forward to all the excitement that awaits us! We don’t plan to gamble much or hang out on the strip much I’ll need that for the younger crowd LOL how ever we do intend on enjoying ourselves as much as any other couple over 55 Will oh boy I have become more comfortable with this high level of blurred vision and I am not as intimidated as I once was. You guys are truly proof that it does not take eyesight to have insight… I wish you well on all your future travels, maybe we will bump into one another at some point… LOL
I wemt through the longest time of not talking for almost a year. Like I would not talk at all (on my own) to the point where I'd write stuff down and show it to people. When I started talking, it freakin amazed me how people treated me like I was stupid because my brain was unable to let me talk.
I really appreciate this!!! I'm going from the states to Canada at some point this year. Im 20/800, going blind from ROP, cataracts and degenerative myopia. I'm terrified.
But from my experience, with a weelchare the process of checking in and doing all that paperwork and stuff is a lot faster. It's also useful when you have a huge bagage.
Awesome video man, the last time I flew somewher The staff was pretty good and even let me sit next to my mom because she had accidentally bought a seat number and when we called they informed us. No one would buy the seat then they would let us sit together and it was awesome. When I came back I did ask for the wheelchair but it was because I was feeling sick and really not up to walking a lot.e
nice video. Cool of you that you can travel alone. How I wish I can 😊 Never to realize that I can travel like you do because I am afraid though most of the times. well afraid to lost or get panic to where and how I wish here in our country has like yours that is very accomodating for PWD who is VIP.
People say that American airlines are not the best airline but in my opinion I freedom with them twice and they have been good to me and my friends so I want people to remember that
The experience on a plane for me has been great like I haven't experienced the services and accommodation forget however one thing for me that's very accessible and this makes me feel like a human being or they tell you were the exits are they don't tell you this because you're blind they tell you this because you're a human being and you need to know that
@UC2SRfQNdF3puBVA1uIAsNxg Hey Ageng, I am visually impaired with Ocular Albinism and will be moving to China to teach English in February. I'm curious about your experience going to Asia with low vision.
Hello james ! I'm glad i stumbled upon your channel . First of all i am from manila philippines and sadly we don't really have blind youtubers . To you and through some others i don't feel so alone now . Thank you so much for sharing i really appreciate it and i hope to hear and see more from you very soon . As you know i'm not much to do that so i'm always on youtube trying to adjust my life as i have just been turn blind due to go , after retinal detachment anyway hugs and kisses from manila philippines
I have a question, how do you get around the u.s visually impaired. I ask because imalso visually impaired/ blind, I live in a city, I'm 18 and I have never traveled to another place by myself.
It's been to reach out to a local blind/low vision center/non-profit. For example, I grew up a bit outside of Philadelphia in the suburbs. I felt trapped but while in school, the government provided me with a visual specialist in school who'd also sign me up for Orientation and Mobility training for the course of several months. I even did it again while living in Los Angeles because they can personalize your training for your neighborhood or travel goals. I learned how to take buses, trains, and navigate traffic lights. It'll again depend on your state but begin by asking either your eye doctor or searching your state's government website for blind services.
Sometimes it's available to note when you order your ticket online but if not either calling beforehand or at the front desk when you arrive at the airport they'll make the change and get assistance.
From my experience, the only assistance option offered at the airport is to provide a wheelchair. I don't know why they have a checkbox for low vision when I book online. I always end up asking for a wheelchair because they don't seem to want to escort me on foot. Are we supposed to tip wheelchair pushers? If so, how much?
James Rath Thanks James. That's good to know. Next time, I'll ask for an escort. I am wondering though... If you have your cane in one hand and a roller board in the other, how do you hold onto your guide?
I want to make it where on aeroplanes for people who are blind or they can excessively navigate the screen or the thing you use to watch the movies on the TV because you can't do that on a plane in my opinion there needs to be a defecations for that
Sounds like you done more blind then some sighted people ! The term disabled certainly doesn't apply to you! By the way just bumped into your channel !
It's been a little awhile CZcams family, I had been traveling... and also moving all last month. Took the time off for that. Let's get back consistent uploads. 😎 What's a place you've always wanted to travel to? ⬇️
I want to go to Italy because I've been to America I want to go to America in the past I've been there so now I want to go to Italy for 230 Norden really
If I were given a chance to travel is Asian countries like Japan, Singapore, Korea, and more. Then, headed to Europe like London to the famous Big Ben and Norway to visit some good friends. 😍
Very inspiring I lost my eyesight 12 years ago and I started my own CZcams channel it’s called Sheldon the blind traveler.
I have been traveling more on my own lately. I am autistic/ADHD and I get airport assistance because airports are just really overwhelming for me. It’s much easier and I am much less likely to have a sensory overload or meltdown if I can get through tsa/whatever else with an assistant. I have had very mixed results. Southwest is fine but I found that the assistants were very infantilizing which I didn’t like. What I like about Southwest is you can book assistance when you buy your ticket. The other airline I’ve flown is Swiss and honestly I had a decent expirerencs flying out but coming home was a nightmare. When I got the the airport the lady at the assistance desk tried to tell me I didn’t have enough time get assistance then when I finally did it was way more complicated than it needed to be. When I landed I had to wait for assistance forever than the guy I was with tried to just give me directions through the airport instead of walking with me. He seamed really undertrained. So I guess I’ve had mixed experiences with assistance but I kind of need it so I’ll just do what I have too.
Last month I received a settlement from Greyhound because of a lawsuit with the DOJ and the ADA. One time a few years ago when I was traveling on Greyhound I had a transfer and there was suppose to be a guide to help me get to my next bus. There was not one there available when I got to the station, so the driver had to get off the bus and escort me into the building and help me get to my next bus. I do use a white cane. Also if you are visually impaired, it is good to travel light (luggage wise) because it is good to have at least one free hand for your cane and if you need to feel things with your hand.
Hopefully providing access will become priority for them moving forward. I use to pack so much! Now I have learned to travel lighter. It's freeing.
Finally a video😍 i love your channel so muchhhh!!
I get so intimidated traveling on my own but once I did it around Europe where I didn’t even speak the language dam that was a challenging and so empowering! Love your videos dude!
That's awesome to hear! Thank you, getting back to this!
Enjoyed that vid. Fortunately, I haven't had the "Fart" experience :-). I have always had amazing assistance with in the UK and America within the airports. In fact a VIP is treated like a Celebrity VIP more often than not lol
Such an informative video! Thank you.
Great questions on this video! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
You are such an inspiring human being thank you for this video I lost my eyesight 12 years ago and I started my own CZcams channel it’s called Sheldon the blind traveller keep on inspiring God bless you!!!!
Good video with some pretty useful tips. Is San Jose really that accessible? I guess I’ve taken it for granted being so close to it. I just recently came back from a 5 day trip to Chicago. First time flying alone and I got assistance when I needed it. It was pretty smooth sailing for me. I did ask for the wheelchair when I was at Chicago because I was a bit crunched for time and I wasn’t going to mess with O’Hare and trying to navigate around an airport I’d never been at let alone one of that size.
That's pretty awesome that Virgin Atlantic had an iPad that was already set up with the accessibility options. I wil keep that in mind when traveling since I do quite a bit of traveling myself as a visually impaired/blind person. I recently travelled on Southwest to Las Vegas for the NFB convention and it was at least four of us that were blind traveling together and the airline staff were very accommodating and helpful.. No accessible iPad though, LOL. I do run into the issue where the airport folks try to force me to get a wheelchair but I usually insist that I can walk unless I happen to have a time issue. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing your Marcia! Hope you can encounter one of those accessible iPads for entertainment in a future trip!
Hey, JR! Great video! This is in DG and sweetie Belle and we love watching your videos. We travel a little bit. My fiancé has done traveling in the airport with I assume sighted assistance. I’ve never done any traveling by airplane as a blind person. We do travel on the Amtrak train both blind. We could help to the train and away from the train. But they put us on last and they take us off last. So you have to get used to that. But other than that we really want to travel like you do overseas and places like that. Anyway, much support to you and much love. Keep up the great work!
Bäm James! You´re dope. I´m on the hard road to blindness with my recent stargardt diagnose and one big concern was that I love travelling and creating content and thought this would all be over.
You proved me wrong. Been watching a lot of your videos and you really impress me a lot.
Thank you for being there and giving courage to all of us.
Please Keep up the good work!!!!
You got this!
Good stuff man. I've often wondered about the accommodations given to VIPs at airports. Thanks for sharing your insights. I know, punny eh?
Haha, glad it was informative!
I am visually impaired. I have never flown on an airplane, but I have rode buses across states before. It is difficult to travel long distances as a visually impaired person, but not impossible.
I'm awful at buses. It's something I need to figure out for my own sake. More power to you!
I didn’t like flying before I lost my sight so doubt I’d be going international. Currently I’m working on improving how I travel on buses locally. And when I’ve travelled further especially if it involves going into London I take a family member. In crowds I hang onto their arm and let them guide me, while I use my cane with the other hand and close my eyes. My remaining sight is such that everything beyond arm’s length is a blurry blob and being in a a crowd sends my brain into overload with all the blurs moving. As if losing my sight wasn’t enough my brain decided that Charles Bonnet Syndrome was a brilliant idea so those blurry blobs become weird and wonderful (& sometimes terrifying);things.
It’s hard to believe three years ago I was thinking my funky sight just needed new specs. In seven and a half weeks it will be the third anniversary of being told I was going blind and the cause diagnosed. Just over two years ago I was using my white cane for the first time. Now being legally blind feels normal and I don’t feel panicky as my sight continues to deteriorate. Yours is one of the first CZcams channels (along with Molly Burke, Fasioneyesta, and Well Eye Never) that gave my hope that I could stay independent after my sight loss diagnosis. Goes to prove that older people should never stop learning from the young (my diagnosis was just over three weeks before my 55th birthday)
I just happened to stumble across this channel and read your comment… It really touched my heart because just a few years ago I was ordering the exact same words. I had been on several cruises however my eyesight had not deteriorated as much but I always had a cited guide. Vacations to the Caribbean were pretty easy because I had a cited guide as well. However in the past four years I have been traveling with blind people and it has not been nearly as rough as I had imagined! I attend the World Series beep ball games as a spectator and have met some of the most amazing people ever! We traveled from the New York New Jersey area to West Palm Beach one year Wisconsin then Tulsa and this year we were to be in Iowa however the coronavirus put a stop to that. However a couple of us will be on our way to Las Vegas in about 10 days and we look forward to all the excitement that awaits us! We don’t plan to gamble much or hang out on the strip much I’ll need that for the younger crowd LOL how ever we do intend on enjoying ourselves as much as any other couple over 55 Will oh boy I have become more comfortable with this high level of blurred vision and I am not as intimidated as I once was. You guys are truly proof that it does not take eyesight to have insight… I wish you well on all your future travels, maybe we will bump into one another at some point… LOL
I love watching your videos I have albinisom too but I can see but it is hard at times but you are incredible ❤❤
Thanks for watching Celine!
@@jamesrath thank you ❤
I wemt through the longest time of not talking for almost a year. Like I would not talk at all (on my own) to the point where I'd write stuff down and show it to people. When I started talking, it freakin amazed me how people treated me like I was stupid because my brain was unable to let me talk.
I really appreciate this!!! I'm going from the states to Canada at some point this year. Im 20/800, going blind from ROP, cataracts and degenerative myopia. I'm terrified.
But from my experience, with a weelchare the process of checking in and doing all that paperwork and stuff is a lot faster. It's also useful when you have a huge bagage.
Awesome video man, the last time I flew somewher The staff was pretty good and even let me sit next to my mom because she had accidentally bought a seat number and when we called they informed us. No one would buy the seat then they would let us sit together and it was awesome. When I came back I did ask for the wheelchair but it was because I was feeling sick and really not up to walking a lot.e
nice video. Cool of you that you can travel alone.
How I wish I can 😊
Never to realize that I can travel like you do because I am afraid though most of the times.
well afraid to lost or get panic to where and how I wish here in our country has like yours that is very accomodating for PWD who is VIP.
I love Delta airlines is well those guys are amazing the way they treat people with disabilities is it shifting and I love it
Hi James Eliel from Brazil ..
People say that American airlines are not the best airline but in my opinion I freedom with them twice and they have been good to me and my friends so I want people to remember that
The experience on a plane for me has been great like I haven't experienced the services and accommodation forget however one thing for me that's very accessible and this makes me feel like a human being or they tell you were the exits are they don't tell you this because you're blind they tell you this because you're a human being and you need to know that
Will be travelling solo to seoul this dec. Visially impaired
Wishing you best of luck! I've never been personally! Please share your experience somehow!
@UC2SRfQNdF3puBVA1uIAsNxg Hey Ageng, I am visually impaired with Ocular Albinism and will be moving to China to teach English in February. I'm curious about your experience going to Asia with low vision.
My boy james
I have put t shirts on backwards before, don’t know if it was because of my vision or I’m just plain stupid but it’s happened 😂
Very amazing video well done and keep up the great work
Thank you!!
@@jamesrath you are most welcome
have you been to canada? i am curious if you had any experience good or bad at toronto pearson airport
Hello james ! I'm glad i stumbled upon your channel . First of all i am from manila philippines and sadly we don't really have blind youtubers . To you and through some others i don't feel so alone now . Thank you so much for sharing i really appreciate it and i hope to hear and see more from you very soon . As you know i'm not much to do that so i'm always on youtube trying to adjust my life as i have just been turn blind due to go , after retinal detachment anyway hugs and kisses from manila philippines
I have a question, how do you get around the u.s visually impaired. I ask because imalso visually impaired/ blind, I live in a city, I'm 18 and I have never traveled to another place by myself.
It's been to reach out to a local blind/low vision center/non-profit. For example, I grew up a bit outside of Philadelphia in the suburbs. I felt trapped but while in school, the government provided me with a visual specialist in school who'd also sign me up for Orientation and Mobility training for the course of several months. I even did it again while living in Los Angeles because they can personalize your training for your neighborhood or travel goals. I learned how to take buses, trains, and navigate traffic lights. It'll again depend on your state but begin by asking either your eye doctor or searching your state's government website for blind services.
If I may ask; how do you request assistant agent to help you?
Sometimes it's available to note when you order your ticket online but if not either calling beforehand or at the front desk when you arrive at the airport they'll make the change and get assistance.
Hello
How much sight is it you have? …were you always visually impaired?
5-10% of sight depending on eye fatigue throughout the day - yup, born with under-developed retinas.
From my experience, the only assistance option offered at the airport is to provide a wheelchair. I don't know why they have a checkbox for low vision when I book online. I always end up asking for a wheelchair because they don't seem to want to escort me on foot. Are we supposed to tip wheelchair pushers? If so, how much?
Sorry to hear about that experience, I have many times been offered just being guided, but every once in awhile I get that wheelchair pressured on me.
James Rath
Thanks James. That's good to know. Next time, I'll ask for an escort.
I am wondering though... If you have your cane in one hand and a roller board in the other, how do you hold onto your guide?
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Hi James raph will you review a app called Microsoft soundscape for ios
I want to make it where on aeroplanes for people who are blind or they can excessively navigate the screen or the thing you use to watch the movies on the TV because you can't do that on a plane in my opinion there needs to be a defecations for that
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Bigay ko sayo isang mata ko
Sounds like you done more blind then some sighted people ! The term disabled certainly doesn't apply to you! By the way just bumped into your channel !
Hi James Eliel from Brazil ..