How did people with visual impairments (long sighted, short sighted etc) cope before glasses were invented?

by wtffokwhy

Like if you were a woman and long sighted and expected to do sewing and mending, what would you have done? Or if you were short sighted and literally everything from 3 feet in front of you was fuzzy. Just something I’ve always wondered about, being a shortsighted person myself, like how would I have coped if I had lived in the times before visual aids such as glasses or contacts were around

SecondTalon

I don't know crap about crap except for how to search.

So you might enjoy the previous answers, specifically two separate answers by /u/sunagainstgold and one by /u/rocketsocks

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8cvbs2/how_did_humans_cope_with_poor_eyesight_in_the/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4aq8vr/how_did_people_deal_with_poor_eyesight_before/

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/chhonx/was_impaired_vision_seen_as_a_major_disability/

There apparently used to be a portion of the FAQ that dealt with this, but it appears to be removed.