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SINGLE mom of two, Adriene, was born with a rare condition called complete bilateral cryptophthalmos which meant her eyes "stopped developing" in the womb. She has been blind her entire life - but that has never held Adriene back, as she told Truly: "I'm the type of person that figures my own stuff out, I try every possibility before going for help. Where there's a will, I'm sure there's a way." So when Adriene fell pregnant for the first time at the age of 19, she took it all in her stride - she adapted to find ways of teaching her eldest daughter Adrianna to thrive. By the time Adriene gave birth to her second daughter, Trinity, she knew all the audio cues necessary to care for her girls: "I knew their cries - the hunger cries, the bored cries, the 'I don't feel good' cries. It was easy for me." Now that her daughters have reached adulthood, they do help out here and there, but when Adriene began posting on TikTok to raise awareness around her condition, she began to receive "very judgemental" comments from strangers online. Some have assumed that her daughters "do everything" for her or that they take care of her - and nothing could be further from the truth. As Trinity explained: "My mother can do everything I can do. When we were younger, she did everything herself." And whilst Trinity says her mom "doesn't care what people say," Adriene does have a message for anyone who might make assumptions about blind moms like her: "How about you open the book before you start judging by the cover. Read the chapters, you might like what you find."
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Credits:
Videographer: Craig Richard
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Sonia Estal
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Meet Adriene & Her Condition
01:37 - Pregnant At 19
02:29 - Raising Children Blind
04:22 - Social Media & Judgement
06:16 - Message To Viewers
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SINGLE mom of two, Adriene, was born with a rare condition called complete bilateral cryptophthalmos which meant her eyes "stopped developing" in the womb. She has been blind her entire life - but that has never held Adriene back, as she told Truly: "I'm the type of person that figures my own stuff out, I try every possibility before going for help. Where there's a will, I'm sure there's a way." So when Adriene fell pregnant for the first time at the age of 19, she took it all in her stride - she adapted to find ways of teaching her eldest daughter Adrianna to thrive. By the time Adriene gave birth to her second daughter, Trinity, she knew all the audio cues necessary to care for her girls: "I knew their cries - the hunger cries, the bored cries, the 'I don't feel good' cries. It was easy for me." Now that her daughters have reached adulthood, they do help out here and there, but when Adriene began posting on TikTok to raise awareness around her condition, she began to receive "very judgemental" comments from strangers online. Some have assumed that her daughters "do everything" for her or that they take care of her - and nothing could be further from the truth. As Trinity explained: "My mother can do everything I can do. When we were younger, she did everything herself." And whilst Trinity says her mom "doesn't care what people say," Adriene does have a message for anyone who might make assumptions about blind moms like her: "How about you open the book before you start judging by the cover. Read the chapters, you might like what you find."
Follow Adriene on TikTok:
tiktok.com/@ap03081985
Credits:
Videographer: Craig Richard
Series Producer: Kim Nguyen
Producer: Adam Fleet
Casting Producer: Destiny Taitt
Editor: Sonia Estal
00:00 - Introduction
00:23 - Meet Adriene & Her Condition
01:37 - Pregnant At 19
02:29 - Raising Children Blind
04:22 - Social Media & Judgement
06:16 - Message To Viewers
If you have an amazing story and want to appear on the show, please email trulycasting@futurenet.com and the team will be in touch!
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Born Different - bit.ly/3XluKiQ
Hooked On The Look - bit.ly/3Xi0UM6
My Extraordinary Family - bit.ly/3XkEDNJ
Love Don’t Judge - bit.ly/3Z05bFe
Dating Different - bit.ly/3XkRbEU
Miami Muscle - bit.ly/471TQX8
Rahki’s World - bit.ly/3yL9lX3
Brand New Me - bit.ly/3MtxpRb
Bling Life - bit.ly/3Xi0Agv
Transformed - bit.ly/45bDs3R
Shake My Beauty - bit.ly/3Z18hZH
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Born Different - facebook.com/BornDifferentShow
Hooked On The Look - facebook.com/HookedOnTheLook
My Extraordinary Family - facebook.com/myextraordinaryfamilyshow
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Shake My Beauty - facebook.com/ShakeMyBeauty
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