#blind representation

[timecrayon]

sometimes people will say daredevil basically isn't disabled, because he can still "see". that's bullshit. sure, he's not representing an actual blind person well. but he can't read. he can't see colours. he can't see printed pictures, computer screens, tvs, signage. he experiences ableism. frankly, the whole overstimulation through sound must be hell. acting like daredevil is just a run-of-the-mill superhero is so disingenuous, just because he has fucking echolocation doesn't mean he isn't still blind

[fuck-yah-writing]

In honor of Disability Pride Month, this is your reminder to please remember that representation is important! If your writing a story it's mandatory that you include at least one character from the provided list. (/hj)

- a blind person

- a cane user

- a deaf person

- a forearm crutch user

- a mute person

- a person with arthritis

- a person with gastrointestinal problems

- a walker user

- a wheelchair user

- an amputee

- an asthmatic

- an autistic person

- an underarm crutch user

Thank you for working to further representation <3 (heart)

[disabled-primadonna]

Disability media recommendation: Bird Box (2018 film)!

Disability-focused/centric: no

Created by a disabled person/people: I can't find anything that confirms or denies this.

Disability represented: various forms of blindness

Fiction or non-fiction: fiction

Summary:

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Bird Box is a horror film about the apocalypse. Mass suicides are occurring across the world for an unknown reason. The film focuses on Malorie Hayes as she tries to survive and find community.

Trigger warnings: birth, blood, child neglect, guns, hallucinations, implied child abuse, murder, pregnancy, sanism, suicide, unreality.

Why I Think It's Good:

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Although it only shows blindness at the end of the movie and very briefly, it shows it in such a positive light I thought it was still worth mentioning.

[micoz-field-of-dreamz]

yall have no idea how good this is for blind representation????? i mean im not blind myself but they got BRAILLE and you can SEE HIM FEELING AROUND⁉️ brawl stars has to be one of the only games with inclusivity AND listens to their fans

[animentality]

Ok serious question time, because this bothers me, and people with disabilities are especially welcome to answer this one, because I am genuinely not sure...

Can I have an MC who is not blind, but perpetually blindfolded for specific magical reasons, and not be appropriating blind perspectives/ stories?

I know that technically. No, they're not blind.

But they are functionally blind, for story reasons. But does it matter that they can technically take it off, but with the understanding it has serious repercussions? Is that the trope people hate, where a magical power takes away a disability?

But they technically don't have a disability??

But also they kind of do???

Weigh in, people, because I can write around it, either way, I just want to know the politically correct thing to do here. I can definitely delete that idea completely, I actually already have a revision idea in my back pocket, but let me know...

Would this be appropriating blind stories?

no, they aren't blind, so it's fine.

yes, they are basically blind, metaphors and magic aside.

err on the side of caution, and remove the discourse entirely. don't do it

i'm not sure, i just want to see the results.

Voting ended onDec 12, 2023

feel free to weigh in with more detail in replies.

[nerdybitch]

I love reading those little write-in's at the back of comics where people wrote to the authors, and I'm reading the 70s Phantom Stranger run and- MY HEART

[johannepetereric]

I got a deaf character who can only hear at a certain low pitch but not yelling, I got three OCs who hears like the average person with their hearing aids but is just white noise (or nothing) without them, I got another one who has to yell to hear herself and others (which is what I suspect the (partially) deaf Bakugo HC means).

And two wheelchair user OCs, one of whom is also partially-deaf while and another is half-blind.

Peeps, I’m awakening to the “stockpile your disabled OCs and write in different types even if they don’t exist (yet)” mentality. I’m getting into a “If a Picrew gives me the options of hearing aids or a wheelchair for my OC(s), try taking them and running with it 👍” thing lately.

Anyone else doing this?

[sickz6mbie]