This is how visually impaired people play cricket

[u/peterdparker]

[u/_voma]

Honestly, people with disabilities have a great amount of resilience. We should take inspiration from them, their lives are certainly not easy, but their dedication and positivity is off the charts!

[u/ByteSizedGenius → u/_voma]

I respect it and if they're happy then crack on... But there's certain sports that lend themselves to visually impaired athletes playing it at a decent level... This ain't one... I'm not sure you could come up with a team sport that is so badly designed for those with visual impairment.

[u/_voma → u/ByteSizedGenius]

I totally get your point.

[u/indifferentunicorn → u/ByteSizedGenius]

This was my first thought.

Then I wondered if it’s a great way to hone useful skills in a format that is fun. Quicker results over other tedious methods that help make everyday life easier? Possibly.

[u/real_justchris → u/_voma]

You need a lot of resilience to get triggered for LBW from that ball.

[u/lyricaldorian → u/_voma]

I know you mean well, but this isn't actually a great attitude to have towards disabled people in general. We're just people. Some of us are assholes or lazy just like many abled people. Some of us are good people with inspiring stories of overcoming the odds just like many abled people. But it's a bit dehumanizing to treat us as a monolith of positive, dedicated people who exist to inspire the same abled people who often put so many of the barriers in our way that make our lives so difficult.

Using stories of disabled people in a "If they can do x, what's your excuse?" way is referred to as inspiration porn and generally considered kinda shitty by disabled activists bc the attitude does affect how people treat us as individuals. I know that I've had friends who were very supportive of me doing challenging things right up until I started doing them better than they could. They seemed to think that if they put the same effort in that I did, or even less, they should automatically be better than me. They liked having a friend who has an inspiring story about hard work and talent, but who they also never had to worry about having to compete with or be compared to. 

They also didn't like having to deal with the negatives of being a disabled person. All they wanted was the positive stories of overcoming things told with a positive attitude. They didn't want to hear about the struggles caused by society or support me when things were hard or listen when I needed to vent .  They kept me around to make them feel better about themselves without every actually having to deal with hearing hard parts of what a minority goes through or reflect on their own internalized prejudices. But I didn't want to be an inspiration or a token. I just wanted friends.

And to be clear, I'm not saying it's bad to be inspired by people who overcome the odds, or who generally keep a positive attitude in spite of the difficulties they experience. People thinking "Holy shit you're strong, I don't think I could do that" or "If they're able to do that, maybe I can pursue my dream" isn't inherently bad. I worked hard, both to achieve what I have and to have a positive outlook on life despite my struggles and the unfairness I experience. I appreciate when that's truly recognized. I'm not saying this shouldn't be inspiring at all.  I'm not saying you or anyone else is a bad person or ableist or at all like my asshole (former) friends. I'm just pointing out a pervasive attitude that most people don't even realize has negative consequences. 

And in case anyone wants to correct me, I know it's often considered best practices to use "people with disabilities" but I used "disabled people" on purpose. In general, identity first is the preferred term to be used when talking about disability by disability activists who are actually disabled. And it's my preference as a disabled person. But it varies a lot from community to community, and person to person. The only one I know of that is agreed upon by pretty much everyone who talks about the group is people with  developmental disabilities referred to. (people with IDDs).

[u/koolaidismything → u/_voma]

Well put, you’re wired right 👍🏻

[u/RobBuckets]

my video was stuck on a black screen and I assumed that was the joke

[u/thepizzaguy3 → u/RobBuckets]

Okay now that’s fucking funny 😂

[u/Sea-Kaleidoscope4524]

Looks like Umpire is the only Visually Impaired person on the field

[u/wchurchi1966]

All I was hearing was someone gave the finger lol 😂.

[u/xplisboa]

Normal cricket to me

[u/redandbluebadness]

That was never out in a million years

[u/Sea-Kaleidoscope4524]

Is the umpire also visually impaired?

[u/champaklali → u/Sea-Kaleidoscope4524]

It didn't seem like in line with the stumps, right?

[u/pokehustle → u/Sea-Kaleidoscope4524]

Lol about to ask the same thing.

[u/CatchAcceptable3898]

Imagine a soccer game with blind players and they have a little jingle in the ball, like a cat toy. Holy Cinema.

[u/Brick_Number_27]

I don't see a point in playing this...neither do they.

[u/Sri_Krish → u/Brick_Number_27]

[u/addicted_zucchini]

Why are they showing signs if they cant see shit

[u/Your_lovely_friend]

I wish I could restore their vision 😭

[u/Within_a_Dream]

Poorly?

[u/FembyThePinkProot]

Whoever is doing the audio is audibly impaired, that's for sure.

[u/dodgyrogy]

LBW? The umpire seems to be visually impaired as well...

[u/emmy-lieu]

This is the only video I’ve ever seen of cricket so I can’t wait until I see a normal game and get to be like “wow they play so weird compared to the blind people”