Video Shorts & Reels – March 2024

by tommyedison
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Which Restaurants Have Braille Menus?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, asks five American restaurant chains if they offer braille menus for people who are blind or visually impaired. Watch until the end for when Tommy visits one of the restaurants and shows us their braille and large print menu. The restaurants are Chili’s Grill & Bar, Applebee’s Neighborhood Grill + Bar, TGI Fridays, The Cheesecake Factory, and Outback Steakhouse.


Blind Person Tries To Draw A Bunny For Easter

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, tries to draw a rabbit for Easter.


Movies For Blind People On VHS Tapes with Braille Labels

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, shows us four movies that were made accessible for blind people with described video / audio description and how he uses braille labels to identify them. The movies are Bruce Almighty, Mystic River, Independence Day, and The Full Monty.


How A Blind Person Uses The ATM

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, demonstrates how someone who is visually impaired uses an automatic teller machine to withdraw money from the bank by plugging in headphones and listening to spoken instructions which make the ATM more accessible for blind people.


Why Does A Blind Person Use ‘Sighted’ Language Like See, Look, & Watch?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about why someone who is visually impaired may use language more commonly used by people with sight, like see, look, and watch.


Blind Person Tries Crossing A Busy Street

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, demonstrates how a blind person crosses a busy street or intersection using a signal or the sound of the traffic to know when to cross.


How A Blind Person Uses Playing Cards

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, demonstrates how someone who is blind or visually impaired uses a deck of Bicycle braille playing cards to play card games like poker and black jack.


How Does A Blind Person Choose Their Haircut & Hairstyle?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about how he’s chosen a haircut and hairstyle since childhood.


Does A Blind Person Believe In Ghosts If They Can’t See Them?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, shares his thoughts on ghosts and whether or not he believes they are real even if he can’t see them?


How A Blind Person Organizes Their Music & Movies on CD & DVD – Part 2

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, demonstrates how he used to organize his CDs and DVDs.


How Does A Blind Person Know When Food’s Expired?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about how he senses when food or drinks have expired including uncooked raw chicken, bananas, ground beef, sandwich meat, wine, bread, and canned items.


Blind Person Tries To Draw A Flower

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, tries to draw a flower.


How A Blind Person Puts A Needle On A Record

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, shows us how he puts a needle on a record – featuring Pink Floyd’s album, The Dark Side of the Moon, with an Audio-Technica AT-LP120-USB Direct-Drive Turntable.


Household Tips From A Blind Person

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, offers household tips for sighted people when they find themselves in the dark including how to pour a glass of water without overflowing it and walking down a set of stairs without falling.


Does A Blind Person Understand Color?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about his understanding of color and shares his thoughts on yellow, purple, and gray.


How A Blind Person Organizes Their Music & Movies on CD & DVD

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, demonstrates how he used to organize his CDs and DVDs.


Blind Person Tries To Identify Random Objects Found In An Airbnb – Round 3

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, tries to identify random objects found in an Airbnb including a wooden model plane, a life preserver, and an electric pressure washer spray wand.


Do Blind People Imagine Shapes In Their Mind? – Part 2

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about what he imagines when he thinks about a specific shape like a star, cylinder, square, oval, and a pyramid. Tommy explains that he’ll recall a memory of learning about the shape in school using a raised-line drawing or what an object felt like when he touched it in the past.


What A Blind Person Fears In Nature

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about some of the things in nature that scare him because including insects crawling through the grass, birds flying down to grab his food, and swimming with turtles in fresh water lakes or ponds.


Misconceptions About Blindness

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about some of the misconceptions about blindness that he experiences crossing the street, ordering food at a restaurant, and meeting new people.


Watching Action Scenes When You’re Blind – Blind Film Critic’s Review of Christopher Nolan’s Inception

We revisit Tommy’s review of Inception after Christopher Nolan’s latest film, Oppenheimer, wins 7 Academy Awards including Best Picture.


Blind Person Tries Drawing A Guitar

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, tries to draw an acoustic guitar based on what it feels like.


What’s A Blind Person Perception of Daylight Saving Time?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about how he perceives Daylight Saving Time when we set clocks forward by one hour.


Blind Person Tries To Identify Random Objects Found In An Airbnb – Round 2

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, tries to identify random objects found in an Airbnb. The items include My Little Pony, and a ‘light switch’ night light.


Do Blind People Imagine Shapes In Their Mind?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about what he imagines when he thinks about a specific shape like a rectangle, square, circle, triangle, heart, cone, cube, and a diamond. Tommy explains that he’ll recall a memory of learning about the shape in school using a raised-line drawing or what an object felt like when he touched it in the past.


Rubik’s Cube For Blind People

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, shows us his tactile Rubik’s cube that he’s had since the early 1980s.


A Car Wash Through A Blind Person’s Perspective

Tommy goes for a ride through an automatic car wash and reacts to the different sounds that it makes.


Blind Person Tries Drawing Clouds

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, tries to draw things that he’s never touched – a wispy cloud, a thundercloud, and a fluffy cumulus cloud.


Do Blind People Enjoy Physical Comedy?

Tommy, who’s been blind since birth, talks about how visual comedy and sight gags work for someone who is visually impaired. Featuring highlights from I Love Lucy, Three’s Company, and Saturday Night Live.

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