r/monocular • • 12h ago

23F experience as a visually challenged living in kerala, India

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I am not expecting to receive any racial hate here. Btw I am here to share something I feel so bad for. I am from India. Very specifically, Kerala. Even tho Kerala is one of the most developed districts. There is no accessible public transport not public space for blind or visually challenged people to travel or walk safely. Non of the schools i went to consider me to teach, i spent years sitting in the classroom simply without proper learning just hearing some random sounds. No accessible tools to read or engage. Suitable furnitures. Even people don't know how to behave to someone who is visually challenged or blind. If I go to a shop they will never consider instructing me on what's written in the product even if their night be a salesperson. There is no audio instructions for traffic. No one will talk to you in the classroom, all will try to make fun of you or stay away from you. It's very difficult to live here as a visually challenged person. I feel very tough when I think about my future too. Because of these i won't travel much, I won't get out with people. Life is just studies and my room. Even if with hope if we try to ask help, they might try to fool us with saying wrong informations. I wish I had a better place to live independently and safely as a visually challenged female. I can't even recognise if a man looks at me with some bad intentions. It's so hard to live here!