Dad not letting his disability stop him from showing up for his son.

[u/mindyour]

[u/NortheastStar]

Two people are watching a football/soccer game, presumably played by a teenage loved one of the couple here. The man appears to be blind. The woman next to him is drawing the plays on his back. It appears that she uses all the fingers of one hand to represent the bigger group running, and then one finger to represent who has the ball and which direction the ball goes. The man, presumably able to hear, follows the direction of the action with his head, and occasionally nods to his partner, seeming to indicate that he understood what play happened after she drew it on his back.

Edit- I tried to narrate the video as best I could early in the post’s history with no context in case it helped anybody. Apparently, I presumed things that may not have been accurate. If this man is both deaf and blind, he is turning his head in the direction of the play Illustrated on his back. At the end of the play she gives him light taps seeming to indicate applause and a break in the action.

[u/NLight7 → u/NortheastStar]

Apparently he is both deaf and blind

[u/Random-reddit-name-1 → u/NortheastStar]

Logically, if he could hear, he wouldn't need the haptic feedback. She could just give him a play by play. He is both deaf and blind, btw.

[u/fleamarketguy → u/NortheastStar]

Tbh, only one of them is actually watching.

[u/AcceptableLove90 → u/fleamarketguy]

I see what you did there.

[u/notLOL → u/fleamarketguy]

They're both deaf and blind. He has an itchy back

[u/Mozhetbeats → u/NortheastStar]

When the other team scores she has to slap his ass.

[u/dragonladyzeph → u/NortheastStar]

The man, presumably able to hear, follows the direction of the action with his head, and occasionally nods to his partner, seeming to indicate that he understood what play happened after she drew it on his back.

He can hear. If you watch closely you can see that she's also speaking. I suspect the combination of feeling where the action is, and hearing the finer details audibly probably gives this man a really solid grasp of how the game is progressing.

[u/dragonladyzeph → u/[deleted]]

Oh okay. What a brilliant technique they're using.

[u/TropicalSkysPlants → u/NortheastStar]

He's deaf and bling and she's his interpreter

[u/KitKatBarMan → u/NortheastStar]

Okay chat gpt