S4 Ep. 38 They think I'm faking my blindness! | Sparrow Sardothian

About this episode

Sparrow Sardothian shares her experiences with misconceptions about her blindness and the importance of multi-dimensional disability representation.

On this episode of PWD Allies podcast, we're joined by Sparrow Sardothian, a blind woman from Las Vegas.A discussion on blindness and perception takes center stage. We hear Sparrow's personal account about her experience with others doubting her blindness. This segment highlights the everyday disability challenges and misconceptions surrounding visual impairment, and what it's like being blind. A star on TikTok, Sparrow Sardothian believes proper disability representation should be more multi-dimensional and much less inspirational.PWD Allies podcast airs every week on YouTube, hosted by Brent Frain. ** This episode was pre-recorded and then released on May 29, 2026.

People in this episode

Host: Neil Matheson

Guest: Sparrow Sardothian

Topics covered

• blindness
• disability representation
• perception
• visual impairment
• misconceptions
• personal experience

Keywords

• blindness
• disability
• misconceptions
• visual impairment
• Sparrow Sardothian
• TikTok
• representation

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Las Vegas

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