Hello! I have a question for a partially visually impaired character
My question is: is it possible for a character to not know they are visually impaired? And just thinks that's how everyone sees?
For context: he needs glasses for being near sighted but that is unchecked/undiagnosed
Along with this, a past injury has caused his left eye to be, more blind, everything being blurry both up close and far away (the character isn't really focused on him being blind, more so him healing from trauma)
If it helps, he has no medical/health information, like he doesn't know what a toothbrush is kind of uneducated
Hello,
Actually, yes. I've seen a few people who read a post about a visual impairment only to go "Wait, that sounds like what I see," go to an eye doctor, and then find out that they've got a visual impairment. This even happened to me with my visual snow, I assumed everyone saw everything through a layer of static. You'd be surprised what you can think is normal if you don't know any better.
Education around visual impairments has undoubtedly done a great deal for the diagnosis rates in those who would otherwise never realise. When this education isn't there, a kid might not notice the blurriness, the headaches, the pain in the eyes, or any other symptom they might be having, or they might notice it but assume it's something everyone deals with and is perfectly normal. Children also have regular vision and hearing checks for school and in the doctor's office just in case, because kids will miss this stuff.
If he's not been educated about visual impairments and he's not getting his eyes checked, it's entirely possible that he wouldn't notice or think that what his vision does is normal. It can happen. In fact, it's very common.
Mod Aaron
