I Thought About an Existance of Disability Today 障害のある生活

I Thought About The Existence of Disability Today 障害のある生活 (or "Today, I thought about what it's like living with a disability" however, that's too long for a title. ^^; So you could shorten it to, "Living with a disability")

Working as a massage practitioner is one of the most common jobs for blind people the blinds in Japan.

Actually, he is my senior of in high school.

He became blind on the ground of due to an eye disease in his thirties.

The other day, I happened to talk with him about ear problems, I had an intake of breath gasped when I heard this from him: "Losing (my/one's) eye-sight is not a big problem, but impairing hearing being unable to hear would be a big trouble."

He said the word without even a second thought. threw off the word unconsciously .

I was a bit surprised, because losing my eye-sight is something that I could not live with, and my idea is that it would be more tragic than I could ever imagine.

I can't compare with the two problems though, I was gradually understanding his words, because he is a person who can prove to be able to live happily and support his family without his eye-sight. (doesn't really make sense... "I can't compare the two problems though, (best to state a reason here, maybe something like "because I've never suffered from a disability"), however, I eventually began to understand what he meant. He is a person who proves that you can live happily and support your family even without your eyesight" maybe?)

I rather feel a pain in my chest, one of chest pain with great and complex emotion.

I Thought About an Existance of Disability Today 障害のある生活(I think "Living With [a Disability / Disabilities] " would be a closer translation.)

Working as a massage practitioner is one of the most common jobs for the blind in Japan.

Actually, he was my senior from high school.

He became blind on the ground because of an eye disease [he contracted] in his thirties. ("on the ground of" is more like "on the basis of". For example, "He was discriminated against on the ground of a disability.")

The other day, I happened to talk with him about ear problems. I had an intake of breath took a sharp breath when I heard this from him: "Losing eye-sight is not a big problem, but impaired hearing would be a big problem."

He threw off the word unconsciously. (I think you are trying to say: "He said this nonchalantly.")

I was a bit surprised, because losing eye-sight is something that I could not live with, and my idea is I feel that it would be more tragic than I can imagine.

I can't compare with the two problems though, (I don't understand this.) I gradually came to understand his words, because he is a person who can prove to be able that it is possible to live happily and support one's family without eye-sight.

In the event, (Either way, ) I was relieved to know that he didn't take his situation as an extreme tragedy.

I thought that he might have already accepted it after struggling to get over it.

I rather feel a chest pain with great and complex emotions when I watch it. OR I felt a chest pain with great and complex emotions.

I Thought About an Existence of Disability Today 障害のある生活

Working as a massage practitioner is one of the most common jobs for the blinds in Japan.

Actually, he is my senior from high school.

He became blind due to an eye disease in his thirties. ("On the grounds of" is usually used in business and law. "We are suing X Corp. on the grounds of perjury and copyright infringement." or something of that nature.)

The other day, I happened to talk with him about ear problems , and I gasped when I heard this from him: "Losing eyesight is not a big problem, but impairing hearing would be a big trouble."(An intake of breath, due to shock? If so, then it's a "gasp" ^^ )

He threw off the word unconsciously. He said it nonchalantly/indifferently.

I was a bit surprised, because losing eyesight is something that I could not live with, and my idea is that it would be more tragic than I can imagine.

Though I can't compare the two problems, I was gradually came to understanding his words, because he is someone who can proves that a person is able to live happily and support his family without eyesight.

I feel my chest aching with great and complex emotion.

Actually, he is a my senior from my of high school. [ I think this is what you really meant. I hope so. ]