From spending time with students of my local school for the blind and visually impaired, I am under the impression "blind" and "visually impaired" are seperate things. Some of the people I knew seemed to care about the distinction, so it seems better to stick with something neutral until I am sure.
Sure, but I was not refering to the somewhat blurry distinction between blind and visually impaired. I am well aware there is a spectrum. I was talking about my own experience, and that is limited to being pitch-black-darkness-blind myself.
Of course, but I was also talking about my own experience. If I randomly met you I would be hesitant to call you "blind" until I knew more about you. It stems from a young man being very angry at being called "blind" when he could see.
Rereading your post, it sound like people are unwilling to call you blind even after you tell them you are, so we may be talking about different things.
