Parents Who Raised A Blind Girl To Believe She Was Sighted (Caroline Casey's Unique Life Story)

I have one eye that has really poor vision and one that's perfectly clear, I remember sitting in the car as a little kid saying "Grandma, isn't it cool how when you close one eye you can still see, but the other you can't?" And she panicked. I had no idea everyone wasn't the same

When two blind ladies have better eye contact when talking than you!

When I was in high school I had an eye exam, the doctor got really upset with my parents and I didn't understand why. Apparentley I had really bad vision and they never took me to the doctor. My parents asked me why I didn't tell them. I thought I could see. I remember when I got my first pair of glasses I sat outside for hours and literally I was shitting my pants. It was the best day of my life.

Molly: We're not going to be able to see who's walking past. Me: Yeah, makes sense since your backs are turned... I'm dumb.

She reminds me of a blonde version of Edna from The Incredibles

Molly If you ever wanted to do a Video with a legally blind/blind mom of 4 I’d love to talk with you about the trials and tribulations I have gone through and my husband and kids have gone through with a blind wife and mom.

Stranger: ah legally blond I love that Blind person: no legally blind

Someone needs to make a movie about this woman’s life. Unbelievable

I gotta say this: Molly looks so good in that black turtleneck/tweed jacket combo!! It looks very fancy. 🙂

Saw the title was like gotta watch this this is freaking crazy

They’re blind and yet they have a better sense of style than me Wtf

"there was no Molly for me growing up" THAT sentence must have really hit molly like she has made such a difference that is so powerful damn

How could her parents do this to her? It sounds like a movie script. She was basically a science experiment.

So, by not having a "Molly Burke" growing up, she became Molly Burke's "Molly Burke." I love this story 💜💜💜

I just wonder how nobody noticed or told her for 17 years. I mean, at school... You gotta read and write, right? You gotta read from books at a regular distance, read from the board, pick other students and say their names - gotta see their faces for that - and so on. Like... how? Was everyone like involved in trying to hide this or how did that possibly work?

she must have spent years editing this. she’s literally cut every pause and breath out of the whole video😂

I just don't understand how her parents were okay with her living as if she were sighted but yet didn't do the same for her younger sister or didn't come clean sooner.... I couldn't do that to my child

My friend and mentor Caroline Casey is one of the most fierce warriors I know. Her story, and the story of our friendship, is certainly one-of-a-kind and so is she. I'm so proud of everything she's doing with the Valuable 500 and I encourage you to learn more, get involved, and support the companies that support ALL of us. www.thevaluable500.com/

As someone who is 20 yrs old with severe arthritis, when they started talking about invisible disability I felt that in my soul. So many people don’t understand how limited my ability is because I walk yet they don’t understand how painful it can be for me to do that simple life task but I do it to keep the most normal life I can.

My mum downplayed one of my diagnoses when I was a kid, she didn't want me internalising it, and feeling even more different than I already did. I was dealing with mental illness already, so she downplayed my Autism. It was absolutely done from a place of love and care, no malice intended, just doing her best for me. But honestly I think it was a mistake. The diagnosis couldn't make me differenmt, it was just a label for what I already was. Now I have the help I need, and I know that there is no such thing as being a tiny bit autistic. It's a happy ending, but I wish the culture had been there in the nineties to support mum to understand, so she could help me understand. Now we both understand, but its been a journey