"There’s Never a Perfect Time to Say, 'I’m Blind'"

Death, Sex & Money

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Business, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Careers, Relationships, Sexuality

4.6 • 7.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

I talk with a listener named Fey about her deteriorating vision, how and when to disclose her disability, and she gets a pep talk from EDM singer Lachi.

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0:00.0	I think that scares me the most of anything.
0:03.4	Like telling somebody romantic or otherwise
0:07.0	that I might be blind, there might be a day
0:09.4	where I am using a cane and guide dog that like,
0:13.6	I genuinely just can't see without a lot more intervention.
0:18.6	I can't get around.
0:20.6	Yeah, I don't know.
0:21.5	I don't know how comfortable I am with that.
0:24.2	This is Death, Sex, and Money.
0:31.1	The show from WNYC about the things we think about a lot
0:35.2	and need to talk about more.
0:38.1	I'm Anna Sale.
0:47.4	There we go.
0:49.5	Hi.
0:50.8	Hi.
0:51.6	How are you?
0:52.4	I'm going to throw, but.
0:54.1	I was not anticipating it.
0:56.0	Me and on camera.
0:58.0	Last year, I faced time with a listener named Fay.
1:01.1	We quickly changed to audio only.
1:03.2	She's 27, Nigerian American.
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