Would I rather be deaf or blind? I am super biased on this one because throughout high school and the beginning of my college career, I was pretty well immersed in deaf culture. I have several deaf friends and my older sister (who now is an interpreter for the deaf) even dated a hard of hearing guy for a while. I’m certainly not fluent in Sign Language but I know enough of it to know that if I were to become profoundly deaf, I would be able to cope a lot better than I would be if I were to lose my sight.  I really do love the deaf culture. It is a very open and welcoming culture. My high school had a deaf school as part of the school and I used to always hang out in the deaf quad so I got to know a lot of the deaf students. I am a very visual person so if I were to lose my eyesight I would have a really rough time coping. I love driving and biking and running all of which require me to see where I’m going. Also I really don’t like being blindfolded (even for games).