Visual impaired adolescents have mixed emotions, that is feelings of helplessness, confusion, disbelief, powerlessness, fear, shamefulness and anxiety. They generally consider themselves as inferior beings. They are beset by predominantly negative images and view themselves as either a source of trouble or in trouble. In bringing this view, one of the main challenges has been to challenge this problematic perspective on visually impaired adolescents. Therefore the aims of research on the life-world of visually impaired adolescents were to explore and describe the life-world of visually impaired adolescents and to describe guidelines to assist them on how to cope and lead a meaningful life