How You Should Treat Someone Who Is Blind At The Hospital!

by Chelsey Zumpano

Last week on Thursday I passed out and had to spend the day at the hospital, (video is below). Now I want to explain how great the staff was to me.

The paramedics were good at talking to me asking me what happend and they asked me if I wanted to ride in the ambulance. They let me know they bringing the stretcher in and where it was to help me on it. One of the paramedics, (named Eric), talked to me the whole way to the hospital.

At the hospital the nurse was good at letting me know what she was doing, (like when she was taking my blood). Other nurses were good at letting me know where the bed was and things like that. The nurses were very good at helping me when I felt anxious.


Let’s Talk About Independence!

by Chelsey Zumpano




Ways I’m Independent!

1 I take care of my puppy, (Hazel).

2 I do my own laundry.

3 I edit and upload my YouTube videos.

4 I write and edit my Blog posts.

5 I’ve learned coping skills for my anxiety.

6 I know how to make meatloaf and mash potatoes.

7 I can bake cookies and brownies.

Ways I Can Become More Independent!

1 Taking Hazel for a walk by myself.

2 Taking Dial-a-Ride to the pet store.





Review of Computer Glasses!

by Chelsey Zumpano

I recently got some new glasses to protect my eye from the harsh light of my Ipad and over the past week I’ve been wearing them.

The glasses have a yellow tent that dols the harsh light from my eye. I’ve been getting less headaches with them on. They don’t change the color of pictures or anything like that, but it does make everything a little yellow and a little less bright when I first put the glasses on. My eye feels a little less straind.

I still do a day with out looking at my screen, but sometimes that turns into more because My new puppy keeps me busy. I even just use them when I’m only watching videos.

Over all they work great for me and I wear them all the time, (even when I’m not on my Ipad). I do think more people need to wear glasses like these because how much everyone spends looking at a screen. If you want to try them for yourself go to the following link.


Guide To Colors When Your Blind!

by Chelsey Zumpano

There are hundreds and hundreds of colors with various different shades, but how do you describe color to someone who is blind?

The answer is simple try to relate it to other things. I got this idea from a video by ‘six Blind Kids’ and wanted to share my take on it.

I have enough vision to see colors, but some are harder for me to tell apart. When colors are really light they some times look white and when they are really dark they can look black and I’m going to list some of my favorite colors and the things they remind me of.

1 blue:

There’s the obvious like the sky and the taste of blueberries, and swimming on a hot summer’s day. The main thing it reminds me of is the ‘Percy Jackson series’ by Rick Riordan because Percy eats blue food. Oddly enough that’s why my favorite cocolor is blue because of Percy.

2 Green:

My first thoughts are of the feeling of grass tickling my feet and the fact that it’s one of my Mom’s favorite colors. The secon is Alex Fierro, (I couldn’t go with out mentioning her). Also green M and M’s.

3 Gray:

The softness of my cat (Audrey’s), fur, and rainy and overcast days.

4 Orange:

The sun set and ‘The Hunger Games Trilogy’ by Suzanne Collins because it’s Peeta’s favorite color. (A lot of my favorite things come from books).

5 Pink:

Cotton candy and Alex Fierro.

Tell me your favorite colors and the things that remind you of them. If you’d like to be interviewed or otherwise contribute to this Blog or YouTube send an email to:

My Very Own Bumbelbee!

by Chelsey Zumpano

Last night we whent to the movies; as a family to see Bumblebee, (which is the new transformer movie). It was a great movie.

The main reason I wanted to go see it was because Bumbelbee is a VW Bug, but not just any Bug, a yellow bug.

A yellow VW bug with white doorsparked on the road.

I have a yellow bug that my Dad got me the night before I started high school. It’s the same yellow as my tandem bike. I’ve had it for 8 years! That’s the longest my family has had a car because Dad and Clint like to trade and work on lots of cars. I can’t drive my car on the road, but I can drive it off road. Clint took me to drive it in a parking lot. It was Awesome! We use to drive it to high school all the time.

The only thing that would make my Bug even Awesomer is if it was a self driving car! I mean think about how cool that would be! I could drive my own car! Or what if I had my very own transformer? Now that would be epic!


My Goals For 2019

by Chelsey Zumpano

1 write some flash fiction

2 publish a book

3 drink more water

4 eat better

5 try not to cuss

6 do more interviews on the blog

7 do lots of baking videos

8 write a short story

9 get Hazel in to a puppy class

10 take Hazel on lots of walks


Learning What It’s Like to be a Mom!

by Chelsey Zumpano







Baking Mishap

by Chelsey Zumpano

Today I have a funny story for you all.

So me and my friend Sylvia, (who you’ve met in this video wanted to make cookies; we got everything out before we started the actual baking process. We measured and mixed everything up. I tasted the batter and it was a little sweeter than it usually is, but I just thought we put to much vanilla extract and didn’t think much of it. The batter was very fluffy and mixed well, so we put it in the oven.

It was only after our cookies were out of the oven that we noticed a problem with the cookies; they were flat and merged into one.

It turns out we accidently used powdered sugar instead of flour. It feels the same as flour and my ingredients are in unlablled tupperware containers. I now know I really need to label them. But I do think our accidental creation turned out good and it tasted like caramel. It was to sweet for Sylvia, but Clint and his friends liked it. If you want to try this creation for yourself go to, (, for the recipe and just substitute flour for sugar.


Why I Don’t Use the Word Sighted or Disabled #ControversialThoughts

by Chelsey Zumpano

A lot of my fellow VI/blind people use the word “sighted” when talking about people who don’t have a vision impairment. But I’ve never really used this word before. First off I want to say that I do not care if you use it! You do whatever feels right for you.

One of the reasons I don’t use “sighted” is because I still have sight, (limited sight in one eye, but still sight), and there for it doesn’t feel right for me to use that word. The second reason is that people use the word negatively and that sticks in my brain. They also use it as if it’s the only thing about them that matters! People do this the same with our blindness and that’s never okay! Treat others how you want to be treated and try to help others understand us.

I’m okay with using the word “disability.” To quote myself, “I have a disability, but my disability does not have me!” I prefer to put the person before the disability and you might say, but you’ve put “blind girl” in the titles of your YouTube videos? That’s because I want people to see that and not feel alone. Yes, i’d rather write “girl who is blind,” but sometimes that doesn’t flow right. We shouldn’t just refer to people just by one part of them because we are all people with feelings and lives beyond that one thing! I want people to know that you are more then just one part of yourself. you are many parts that adds up into one person.

The thing is I never refer to myself as being disabled: I usually say, “I’m visionally impaired or I have a vision impairment and that I have anxiety.” (And yes, I consider my anxiety a disability). I don’t like using the word “disable” because for me it sounds negative and like I can’t do anything. I never see my vision as an obstacle to get over and I just have to do some things differently, but you know what? Everyone does things differently! Everyone learns differently, has different shoe sizes, has different favorite movies, likes different foods, and that has nothing to do with a disability.

I use to use the word “differently abled” and I might start using it again. This word sounds more positive and includes everyone. It sounds better to me, then “disabled or even disability.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments.


Feeling Accomplish!

by Chelsey Zumpano

I DID IT! I wrote a blog for every day in November! It’s a great feeling to set out to do something and actually accomplish it! I’m so proud of myself and I think it really helped me with writing. Now if you give me a writing prompt, I’ll be able to write a blog about it. I’m hoping this will help me write stories.

Now for the month of December: I’m going to do a quote and draw/paint/take a picture of something to go along with it. I’m also going to do some baking videos. You can find today’s picture on my instagram @VIBlindResources and if you like what you see there give me a follow. Thank you to everyone who has followed me this month and the months before! I’ll be going back to once a week Blogs and Vlogs/videos will be twice a week. (They’ll be some random posts throne in there).
