But what might feel like a throwaway comment for you, could be yet another in a constant stream of invalidating and dismissive comments for blind and partially sighted people (these are all real comments).

So what could people do instead?

EXCLUSIVE for The Sun - 'I'm a Beatles superfan - I changed my name to John Lennon and my grandson is called Paul McCartney' thesun.co.uk/news/25947436/…
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📷 Tom Wren

Dog owner claims her pet pooch can say her name - and has the footage to prove it 🐶🗨️
dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-ne…
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🗞️ Daily Star splash

EXCLUSIVE in The Sun - Royal Mail threatened to stop delivering to a couple - over claims their naughty cat was attacking the postman through the letterbox 🐈‍⬛📮 thesun.co.uk/news/24054165/…
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📷 Anita Maric

EXCLUSIVE for The Mirror online - Meet the gran who is 'defying age' and looks 15 years younger than she is - because of her intensive beauty routine mirror.co.uk/news/real-life…
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EXCLUSIVE for The Sun online - 'We live on the ‘worst road in Britain’ with potholes the size of craters… it’s wrecking our lives' thesun.co.uk/motors/2117411…
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EXCLUSIVE for The Mirror online - A young mum says she has no idea how she'll get through the cost-of-living crisis after the sudden death of her husband mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/m…
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EXCLUSIVE for The Sun - A mum is smitten after three eggs she bought from Morrisons hatched - and now she has pet ducklings 🥚🐤
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📷 Lee McLean

EXCLUSIVE in The Sun - A horse breeder was left all shook up - when he spotted Elvis Presley's FACE on his pony's neck 🐴
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EXCLUSIVE in the Sunday Mirror - A teenager was 'petrified' after her driving instructor turned into a stalker - creating a TikTok dedicated to her and paying dark web hackers to access her socials mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/s…
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📷 Lee McLean

EXCLUSIVE in The Sun - An Elvis Presley impersonator is to marry a Priscilla Presley tribute act - after they couldn't help falling in love at a gig thesun.co.uk/news/18711487/…
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📷 Lee McLean

EXCLUSIVE for The Sun online - Meet the glam mum who has ditched the high street after previously splurging up to £250 a month on new clothes - and now buys designer outfits from charity shops 👚👗👠 thesun.co.uk/fabulous/18115…
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Hey TikTokSupport I’ve been trying to contact you about an #Accessibility problem using the TikTok UK website. Pleas can you check your DMs and reply or email me. At present it does not seem possible for #BlindPeople to submit a contact form . Thanks 😁😁

EXCLUSIVE for The Mirror online - An influencer couple have been left devastated after a hacker stole their Instagram account including cherished family photos and videos - and demanded £30k to hand it back mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i…
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EXCLUSIVE for The Mirror online - A student burned in a gas explosion which put him in a coma for 12 days said his life was saved - by his new Calvin Klein tracksuit mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/i…
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EXCLUSIVE in The Sun - A mother and son were amazed when they booked into the Ritz for dinner - and it was so quiet they had the entire restaurant and all the staff to themselves thesun.co.uk/news/15956705/…
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It was a pleasure! Lovely to see you again, and great to meet everyone. 😆😆

I studied for this diploma with News Associates with help from the _JDF and loved it. Now I’m working with @swns and loving that too. Really, if you’re interested: go for it. 😄😄

Found this while doing some research, one of my most fun reads in a while: wired.com/story/how-long…

Hi tisha Beauchmin
I’m a journalist SWNS.com, a news agency in the Uk covering stories for major publications.
I’m very taken with a lovely story I’ve seen about you and your family and I’d love to write about you.
Please message here or email [email protected] if you’d like that