Why is it that authors who portray visually impaired people in their books always portray them as having had surgery or some miracle to give them sight as the way to go?
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Why is it that authors who portray visually impaired people in their books always portray them as having had surgery or some miracle to give them sight as the way to go? Why not have a totally or partially blind person be the genius detective or whatever? Why must that person have once been blind but can now see? #Blind #BlindFrustration #PetPeeve
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Why is it that authors who portray visually impaired people in their books always portray them as having had surgery or some miracle to give them sight as the way to go? Why not have a totally or partially blind person be the genius detective or whatever? Why must that person have once been blind but can now see? #Blind #BlindFrustration #PetPeeve
@NicksWorld @blindquilter I guess some authors aren't original enough, so they have to come up with some miracle cure to get rid of whatever is deemed offensive, of which blindness, generally seems to be amongst the top 10, if not top 5, things to be so bloody catastrophic, almost up there with cancer, if not there already.
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Why is it that authors who portray visually impaired people in their books always portray them as having had surgery or some miracle to give them sight as the way to go? Why not have a totally or partially blind person be the genius detective or whatever? Why must that person have once been blind but can now see? #Blind #BlindFrustration #PetPeeve
@NicksWorld @blindquilter which is just utterly stupid, imho, although, I say this as someone who was born totally blind. So, ... yeah.
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Why is it that authors who portray visually impaired people in their books always portray them as having had surgery or some miracle to give them sight as the way to go? Why not have a totally or partially blind person be the genius detective or whatever? Why must that person have once been blind but can now see? #Blind #BlindFrustration #PetPeeve
@blindquilter Same way they treat autistic characters as quote unquote "inspiring", but leaving the bad parts out.
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@blindquilter Same way they treat autistic characters as quote unquote "inspiring", but leaving the bad parts out.
@rommix0 It’s just wrong. There’s nothing ‘wrong’ with us so show us as people capable of doing what needs to be done! All of us!
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@NicksWorld @blindquilter which is just utterly stupid, imho, although, I say this as someone who was born totally blind. So, ... yeah.
@tinygirl @NicksWorld I agree. It is stupid. I lost my sight less than a year after graduating high school so have been blind longer than I could see.
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Why is it that authors who portray visually impaired people in their books always portray them as having had surgery or some miracle to give them sight as the way to go? Why not have a totally or partially blind person be the genius detective or whatever? Why must that person have once been blind but can now see? #Blind #BlindFrustration #PetPeeve
@blindquilter I've thought about this before. My guess is because a book written from the perspective of a blind character would necessarily be devoid of visuals. The vast majority of readers are sighted. Sighted people need visuals. No matter how something feels, sounds, or tastes, the sighted reader would feel a lack of detail and reference points. I'm sure a compelling story could be written this way, but I doubt most authors could manage it. Just my guess.
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@rommix0 It’s just wrong. There’s nothing ‘wrong’ with us so show us as people capable of doing what needs to be done! All of us!
@blindquilter indeed. I never really liked that trope either. They did all sorts of people wrong from Rain Man, Radio, and Music.
