"How to write a blind character" guide?

[steorran_worulde]

Hi,
This post may be stretching the boundaries of this community, since it's not exactly about fandom, but:

trouble directed me here and suggested that people here might have links to things of the form "How to write characters with X disability". The thing I'm particularly investigating at the moment is blindness. I want to know what kinds of things blind people can do that sighted people might expect that they couldn't do, and what kinds of adaptations they make to do these things. I also want to know about what kinds of things blind people find difficult that a sighted person might not expect. And, more generally, I want to know what I should know about blindness and being blind that I might not even know to ask about.

The context in which I'll be putting this information to use is not for writing a blind character in a sighted society, but for designing a culture in which everyone is blind. Still, things aimed at helping authors write blind characters in sighted society will likely still be useful to me.

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blindness resource page for fanfic writers

[(Anonymous)]

I put together an info & resource page for fanfic writers in the Covert Affairs fandom. The blind character, Auggie Anderson, is realistically played by sighted actor, Chris Gorham. (With the exception of Auggie's fictional laser projection mobility device. When the script calls for it, Auggie has great white cane skills. I wish the writers had kept that normal facet of blind life, instead of adding a sci-fi device.)

Here's the link. I apologize that it is not coded properly with heading levels that would make access by screenreaders easier. The site where I posted would not allow accessible html coding, but I wanted to place it there as a way to inform the Covert Affairs fic writers on that site who are/were unfamiliar with blindness.

http://www.fanfiction.net/~resourceress7
Mobile version: http://m.fanfiction.net/u/2554086?a=b

Re: blindness resource page for fanfic writers

[steorran_worulde]

Thanks. I'll look at it.